Use the photographs you already own
Send the dish photos you have. We turn the one you approve into a short video, keeping the food looking like itself.
Why video
A PDF behind a QR code is still a paper menu.
A PDF is your printed menu shrunk onto a phone. A Cravd menu is built for the phone: every dish has a short video, its price and its allergens, and it changes the moment you edit it.
Seeing the dish
QR code + PDFText, and a few small photos at best
Cravd video menuA short video of every dish, so guests see what they are ordering
Reading on a phone
QR code + PDFPinch and zoom around a page made for paper
Cravd video menuFull screen, one dish at a time. Nothing to download
Staying up to date
QR code + PDFRe-export and re-upload the file after every change
Cravd video menuEdit in your portal and guests see the change straight away
Languages and allergens
QR code + PDFSeparate files, or tiny symbols to decode
Cravd video menuGuests pick their language and hide dishes with the allergens they avoid
Built around the food.
Your own approved photos stay at the heart of the menu, from the first screen to each full-screen video.
We do the work
Four ways to turn your dishes into video.
We make the videos. You give us one photo of each dish, check the result and decide what goes live.
Work with your own photographer
Your photographer’s professional images are used exactly as they are, and we turn each approved one into a short video.
Send a clear phone photo
No professional photos? We use AI to turn your phone photo into a professional-quality image, then make the short video from it.
Book a photographer through Cravd
We send a photographer for a full day to cover your whole food and drinks menu in one visit. Those photos then work like any other.
Nothing is published automatically. You watch the finished video, check it shows the real dish, and approve it before guests can see it. Anything made with AI is clearly labelled.
Fewer questions at the table, more time for service.
Guests see every dish, read it in their own language and filter out their allergens before they order, so your team answers fewer menu questions and spends that time on hospitality.
What the research says
Video can make a dish easier to imagine.
In a peer-reviewed study of restaurant menus, video made people picture the dish and want to eat it more than photos, spoken descriptions or a normal menu did. It measured how much people wanted the food, not completed orders, so we do not promise more sales. Every restaurant should measure its own results.
From table to kitchen
Guests order from the table. Cravd never takes the payment.
Guests choose their dishes and the order appears on a screen in your kitchen. Cravd does not take card details or any payment: you keep taking payment the way you always do.
The QR code knows the table
Guests scan, open the menu in their phone’s browser, and say how many people are at the table.
Each diner chooses
Each dish can be assigned to a diner, and guests can untick ingredients they want left out.
The kitchen gets a clear order
Each order shows the table, who it is for, the dishes, anything left out and any notes. No handwriting to decipher.
Servers focus on hospitality
Your team spends its time recommending dishes and looking after guests, and takes payment as usual.
Works with your till system (POS): Cravd is prepared to connect during setup, and its own kitchen screen works fine on its own. We only say a specific till system is supported once we have built and tested that connection.
One menu, two web links
For guests at the table, and for people searching before they arrive.
Every restaurant gets two web links automatically: an interactive menu for guests and for sharing on social media, and plain web pages that Google and AI assistants can read.
Interactive menu
app.cravdstudio.com/your-restaurantThe video menu guests open from the table QR code or from your social media.
Search and AI pages
cravdstudio.com/guest/your-restaurant/menuOrdinary web pages showing your approved menu and dishes, written so Google and AI assistants can read them.
This makes your menu easy to find, but nobody can promise that Google or an AI assistant will list or recommend a particular restaurant.
FAQ
Questions about restaurant video menus
What is a video menu for restaurants?
It is a menu for phones where each dish has a short video beside its description, price, dietary labels, calories and confirmed allergens. Unlike a QR code that opens a PDF, it is made for browsing on a phone and always shows what is available right now.
Can we use our existing dish photographs?
Yes. If you already have good dish photos, we can use the ones you approve as the starting point for the videos.
Do guests need to download an app?
No. The menu opens in the phone’s browser from a QR code or a link, with no account or sign-up.
Can AI publish allergen information?
No. Allergens are safety information. You pick them from a fixed list, and a person on your team confirms them before the dish can go live.
Does Cravd process payment?
No. Guests send their order to your kitchen through the menu, and you take payment the way you always do. Your team spends less time writing orders down and more time recommending dishes and looking after guests.
Does Cravd connect to our till system (POS)?
Cravd is prepared to connect to your till system (POS) during setup, but we only say a specific one is supported once we have built and tested the connection. Cravd’s own kitchen screen also works without any POS.
How is pricing calculated?
Pricing depends on how many locations you have and how much production work is needed. We give you a written quote before any work starts, and we never charge guests transaction fees.
Book a demo
Show your dishes before guests order them.
Bring your real menu to a short demo and we will show you what your guests see and how you manage it.
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