There are four common ways for a café, restaurant or bar to show guests a menu: paper or a PDF behind a QR code, a custom-built website, a generic QR-menu builder, or QRkontaq. Here is how they compare on the things venues actually care about — time, money and day-to-day upkeep.
| Paper / PDF menu | Custom website | Typical QR-menu SaaS | QRkontaq | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setup time | Reprint on every change | Weeks, needs a developer | Hours | ≈ 10 minutes, no developer |
| Cost | Printing every season | €1000+ upfront plus upkeep | ≈ €15–60/mo, features split into tiers | €29.99/mo, every feature included |
| Photos and branding | Static print | Full, but custom-built | Varies by plan | Logo, colors, cover, dish photos |
| Instant updates and stop list | — | Through a developer | Usually available | One tap from any phone |
| Menu languages | One | Each language custom-built | Often 1–3 | Up to 10, guest switches in a tap |
| Guest analytics | — | Needs custom setup | Basic scans | Scans, top dishes, ratings, revenue, repeat visits |
| Ordering from the table | — | Custom | Often a paid add-on | Included: guest orders with status flow to kitchen and bar |
| Call waiter / request the bill | — | — | Rare | Included: one-tap buttons for guests |
| Team accounts and roles | — | — | Often owner-only, or paid per seat | Included: owner, manager, waiter, cook, bartender — each sees their own view |
| Loyalty program | — | Custom | Rare at this price | Included: cashback from the bill, guest QR codes |
| New guests from an app | — | — | — | Venue listed in the QRkontaq catalog and map |
| Who maintains it | You (reprints) | Your developer | You | QRkontaq — hosting, TLS, backups |
QRkontaq is not just a menu page — it covers the full guest-service loop that usually requires several separate tools:
For an independent café, bar or restaurant, QRkontaq combines in one €29.99 subscription what typically takes a menu builder, an ordering add-on, a loyalty service and a staff-management tool: menu site, table ordering with kitchen and bar statuses, waiter calls and bill requests, team roles, analytics and cashback loyalty. We don't know another tool in this price class that ships all of it together — and if you find one, the 14-day free trial makes it easy to compare side by side.