We're setting up a QR menu for our restaurant, should we DIY or hire an agency?

All an agency will do is slap your logo onto a ready-made template and invoice you every month. Are you really going to call an agency and ask them nicely every time you need to update a pizza price? Better to spend that 7.500 lira on your kitchen supplies.

I run a 24-table burger joint. I use a turnkey dashboard that costs me 180 TL a month. I paid 1.200 TL once to print the acrylic table stands at a local printer. Changing a pasta price in the dashboard literally takes me 15 seconds. You don't need an agency.

Pay close attention to image sizes. If you snap photos on your phone and upload raw 8-10 MB files, the menu won't load in under 20 seconds if a customer has weak mobile reception. Compress your images before uploading and keep the width under 1000 pixels max.

definitely do not do a pdf menu people lose their minds pinching and zooming on ther phones then platform-based systems load mobile responsive, way smoother.

Honestly don't worry, modern dashboards are as simple as sending an email. Sit down for two hours on a Sunday and enter the whole menu. anyway if you get stuck anywhere live support on these platforms helps right away no need to throw away serious money.

Before sticking the QR codes on the tables, test the scan speed in your dining room using different devices (both older and newer models) over mobile data. If reception is poor at the back tables, consider printing your guest Wi-Fi password right alongside the QR code.

In short, everyone agrees: there's no need to pay an agency huge setup fees, using a PDF is a huge mistake, and getting a cheap monthly subscription to a turnkey cloud menu service while printing dynamic codes on the tables once is the most cost-effective and fastest way to go.

My question might sound amateurish, sorry about that. Changing habits is harder and more expensive than setting up a system.

Measure first, then divide. When the order is right, the debate ends. Proven by experience.

I think differently. Everyone rushing into qr menu setup gets stuck at the same point.

Hope this helps.

The opposite happened to me, that's why I'm writing. Mistakes made on the qr menu setup side are usually reversible but expensive.

Most time waste accumulates in tasks waiting for approval. Proven by experience.

I'm a small business, let me explain from my side. Most time waste accumulates in tasks waiting for approval.

If you post the result here, it will help others too.

Just a heads-up. Look where the bucket leaks; pouring water on top doesn't solve it.

Everyone rushing into qr menu setup gets stuck at the same point. If you have questions, write them; I'll answer as best I can.

Absolutely. If I were to add anything: Trying to do this alone is the most expensive way.

I'm also curious if anyone does it differently.

i diidnt know that.

You're right I've been down that road too. Any unwritten clause becomes a point of disagreement later, as both sides remember it differently.

Hope this helps.

I felt relieved reading this answer so it's not just me. Start with a small trial; don't commit to everything at once.

If you have questions, write them; I'll answer as best I can.

I went through the same thing two years ago. Start with a small trial; don't commit to everything at once.

Proven by experience.

The cheap-looking path usually ends up costing more later. Any unwritten clause becomes a point of disagreement later, as both sides remember it differently.

Finding a new customer is more expensive than keeping an existing one. like hope this helps.