This article applies to all Thryv website plans, including the AI Website Builder and Thryv Managed Website.
Overview
Your menu is a centerpiece of your restaurant's website. The Restaurant Menu widget gives you a flexible way to showcase your dishes professionally, complete with pricing, descriptions, and images.
This widget allows you to:
- Control presentation: Choose from multiple layouts, customize category dividers, and add images to make your items visually appealing.
- Manage categories easily: Organize your offerings by creating custom categories and adding items with names, descriptions, and prices.
Guide
Add the restaurant menu widget onto your responsive website. To learn more about adding widgets to your website, see Adding Widgets.
Once the widget has been placed, the Content Editor will appear.
Select how you would like to build your menu. You can either build it manually or upload your menu using a CSV file.
To make changes to your menu at any time, return to the Content Editor to add or edit items directly on the Restaurant Menu widget.
Enter a title. You can choose to hide the title by clicking the eye button on the right of the title text box.
Build Your Own Menu
You can organize your menu by creating categories and items. To add a category, click "Add category" and give your category a name.
To add an item, click Add Item under the category where you want it to appear. In the Item Settings panel, enter a name, description, and price for the item. To include an image, make sure the Show Images checkbox is checked — this will allow you to add, replace, or edit the item's image in Item Settings.
To add a title, enter it in the title field. You can hide the title at any time by clicking the eye icon to the right of the title text box.
Upload a CSV
To import a menu using a CSV, click the Upload CSV button.
You will be prompted to select a file from your computer.
For the CSV import to be successful, the file must be in CSV format and follow the structure below.
CSV Format
Comma-delimited or tab-delimited lines:
<Category> , <Item> , <Description> , <Price>
Example: Desserts, French Cupcake, Cupcake with cream, 15
You can edit your menu by clicking Edit Menu. Please note that editing the menu manually will stop the auto-sync.
To display images, make sure the Show Images checkbox is selected.
To add a title, enter it in the title field. You can hide the title at any time by clicking the eye icon to the right of the title text box.
Restaurant Menu Design
To make design changes to the Restaurant Menu widget, open the Restaurant Menu Design Editor. From here, you can adjust the menu layout, text, items, background, title, and spacing.
Layout
Choose from multiple different menu layouts to showcase your restaurant dishes.
Categories
Edit the dividers and text styles from this editor. Change the height and divider style for each category by using the slider bars. Make edits to the text style by changing the font, font format, font size and alignment.
Items
Edit the dividers and text styles from this editor. Change the height and divider style for each item by using the slider bars. Make edits to the text style by changing the font, font format, font size and alignment.
Background
To edit the menu background, choose a background image or color. You can also add a color overlay by selecting a color and adjusting the opacity using the slider.
To edit the menu title, use the text tools to adjust the font, format, size, and alignment. Please note that menu titles will only appear if they are not hidden. You can manage the title visibility in the Content Editor.
Spacing
Change the margins (outer spacing) and padding (inner spacing) using this spacing tool.
Considerations
How do I change my restaurant menu?
You can update your restaurant menu in one of two ways:
- Build a new menu from scratch — Delete the existing menu and drag the Restaurant Menu widget into the editor. In the Content Editor that appears, select Build Your Own Menu and begin adding your items. If you drag the widget into the editor but cannot see the menu, click Restaurant Menu in the top-left corner.
- Upload a new CSV file — Follow the steps outlined previously and select Upload from CSV File instead.
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