One dish per line: Dish | short description | price. The description and the price are optional.
Making the PDF…
About the menu maker
Make a printed menu for your table in a few minutes. Press a sample — Thanksgiving, Christmas, Dinner party, Wedding, Birthday or Café — and the boxes fill with a full menu and a style that suits it. Change the dishes to your own, and you get a print-ready PDF.
Type the menu as plain lines. A line that ends with a colon, like Dessert:, starts a new course. Every other line is a dish, with an optional short description and an optional price: Pumpkin pie | with whipped cream | 6.50.
Print it as a full page, as a half page (two menus on one sheet), or as a folded table card that stands on the table and reads from both sides.
Features
- 6 sample menus — Thanksgiving, Christmas, dinner party, wedding, birthday and café, each with its own style
- Courses and dishes — each dish can have a short description and a price
- 3 formats — full page, half page (2 per sheet with a cut line) and a folded table card that reads from both sides
- 7 styles — Elegant, Rustic, Festive, Autumn harvest, Modern, Chalkboard and Minimal (saves ink)
- Text that fits — the text is sized to fill the page; long menus get smaller text, and a wide table card can use two columns
- Close-up and PNG — for the half page and the table card, see one menu big and save it with Download image (PNG)
- A4 or US Letter, with a live PDF preview, Download PDF and Print
- Saved in your browser — nothing you type is uploaded
Seven styles
| Style | Good for |
|---|---|
| Elegant — gold frame | Weddings, anniversaries, formal dinners |
| Rustic — kraft paper and leaves | Dinner parties, barn weddings, family meals |
| Festive — Christmas holly | Christmas dinner and holiday parties |
| Autumn harvest — leaves | Thanksgiving and autumn dinners |
| Modern — colour band | Birthdays, brunch, office lunches |
| Chalkboard | Cafés, bakeries, bars and coffee corners |
| Minimal — black and white (saves ink) | Any menu, printed cheaply |
You can also pick your own Colours and Heading style, or keep the style’s own.
How to write the menu
- Main course: — a course heading (the line ends with a colon)
- Roast turkey — a dish
- Roast turkey | with sage stuffing — a dish with a short description under it
- Latte | oat milk on request | 3.40 — a dish, a description and a price
- Espresso | 2.50 — a dish and a price
Type the price the way you want it to show, with or without a currency sign: 3.40, $12 or 9 €.
Frequently asked questions
How do I make a menu for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner?
Press Thanksgiving or Christmas under Start from a sample. The boxes fill with a menu and the matching style (Autumn harvest or Festive). Change the dishes, the title and the note to your own, then press Download PDF.
What is a folded table card?
It is one sheet folded across the middle so it stands on the table like a tent. The menu is printed on both halves, and the top half is upside down, so after folding the menu reads the right way from both sides of the table. Fold along the dotted line.
How do I print two menus on one sheet?
Choose Half page — 2 per sheet. The sheet is turned sideways and holds two copies of the menu. Cut along the dashed line in the middle. On A4 each menu is A5; on US Letter each menu is 5.5 × 8.5 in.
Can I leave out the prices?
Yes. Prices only show when you type them. For a dinner at home or a wedding, just type the dishes.
What if my menu is too long?
The text gets smaller so the whole menu fits. On a table card, a long menu can use two columns. If the menu still does not fit at the smallest size, the last dishes are cut off with “…” and a red message tells you, so you can remove a few dishes or choose Full page.
Can I send the menu as a picture?
For the half page and the table card, press Download image (PNG) under the close-up. For a full page, download the PDF.
Is it free?
Yes. The menu is made in your browser, and nothing you type is uploaded.
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- Turkey Size Calculator — how big a turkey you need
How to use it
- Press a sample under Start from a sample, or type your own Title
- Add a Line under the title (optional), such as the date or the names
- Type The menu: a course name ending with “:”, then one dish per line
- Add a Note at the bottom (optional)
- Pick the Format, the Style and the Paper
- Press Download PDF or Print
