How to Create a Digital Menu Board for Restaurants & Cafés
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Why a digital menu board?
A digital menu board shows your dishes, prices and offers on a screen instead of on paper – and can be changed in seconds. Sold out? New lunch special? Happy hour from 5 pm? One click and every screen is up to date. Moving images and appetising photos work better than a laminated sign.
What you need
Three things: a screen, a player and a CMS. Retrofitting an existing monitor? The Amazon Signage Stick turns any HDMI TV into a menu board. How the components work together is explained in our digital signage guide.
Set up your menu board in a few steps
- Choose a screen or retrofit a monitor with a stick.
- Pick a template in the CMS and add dishes, prices and photos.
- Create a playlist – e.g. breakfast, lunch and dinner separately.
- Set a schedule so the menu switches automatically by time of day.
- Pair and go live.
Tips for menu boards that sell
- Few dishes per screen – readable from several metres away.
- Real, appetising photos instead of stock images.
- Dayparting: coffee in the morning, lunch at midday, specials in the evening.
- Keep prices clear and current – no problem when it’s digital.
- Use motion sparingly so the board stays calm.
Prefer expert advice?
Want to know which screen and licence fit your business? Book a free consultation – we’ll find the right setup together. The software behind it is the lumafy CMS.