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Menu design for cafés, restaurants and bars
Menu design in Ireland for cafés, restaurants and bars. Print ready menus and editable templates you can update yourself when prices or dishes change.
A menu is a sales document
A menu is read by nearly every customer, at the moment they are deciding what to spend. Very few pieces of design in a business get that much attention at that useful a moment.
Most menus are treated as a list instead. Everything the same size, no order beyond the categories, prices lined up in a column that invites people to read down them and choose the cheapest thing.
Laid out to be read in order
A good menu leads the eye. The dishes worth selling get a bit more room. Prices sit close to the item rather than in a right aligned column that turns the menu into a price list. Sections are clearly broken so a table of four can all find what they want without passing it round.
None of that is decoration. It changes what people order.
Built so you can change it
Menus change. Prices move, suppliers change, a dish comes off. A menu you cannot edit is a menu that goes out of date and gets a sticker over it.
So alongside the print ready artwork you get an editable template with the type and spacing locked, which means a price change takes two minutes and does not quietly wreck the layout.
Allergens and the legal side
Irish food businesses have to declare the fourteen listed allergens and make that information available to customers. Menus routinely handle this badly, squeezing it into tiny type at the bottom or leaving it on a separate sheet nobody sees.
We design the layout to carry it clearly. The accuracy of the information stays with you and your kitchen, but the menu will not be the reason it goes unread.
Print, screen and the door
Most places need more than one thing: the printed menu, a takeaway version, a board behind the counter, a QR code menu on a phone, and specials for social. Designed together, they match. Commissioned one at a time, they never quite do.
Who this suits
Cafés, restaurants, bars, gastropubs, hotels and food trucks across Ireland, from a single A4 menu to a full set for a new opening.
Frequently asked questions
Can I update the menu myself when prices change?
Yes, and you should be able to. Alongside the print artwork you get an editable template so you can change a price or swap a dish without coming back to us every time.
How much does menu design cost in Ireland?
Priced per menu, with less per piece when food, drinks and specials are designed together as a set. Quoted on scope once we know how many menus and how much content there is.
Do you handle allergen information?
Yes. Irish food businesses must declare the fourteen listed allergens, and the layout is built to carry that clearly rather than squeezing it into a footnote. The wording and accuracy stay yours.
What about laminated or wipeable menus?
Artwork is set up for whatever finish you are having produced, including lamination, and we can advise on stock and finish with your printer. Heavily used menus need a material choice that survives handling.
Can you design digital menus and boards?
Yes. QR code menus, screen menus for boards behind a counter, and social sized versions of specials, all designed from the same set so they match the printed ones.
Do you design the whole set?
Food, drinks, wine, breakfast, kids, specials and takeaway can all be designed together so they share one look, which costs less than commissioning each separately.
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