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What you get

Online ordering systemYour own site for delivery and takeawayQR code menuA menu guests open by scanning a QRQR code orderingGuests order and pay from the tableWhatsApp OrderingCustomers order by sending “Hi”Delivery managementZones, charges and your own ridersBilling software & POSBills, KOTs and counter salesLoyalty programPoints that bring customers back

By business

RestaurantsCafés & Coffee ShopsBakeriesCloud KitchensPizzaBars & PubsCateringFood TrucksHotels & Resorts

Integrations

Petpooja Integration0% commission with Petpooja POSGoogle Business SyncSync menu to Google Maps
All featuresEverything Menuthere does, in one listAgentsNewEarn 20% for every restaurant you bring
FeaturesEvery feature, explained simplyFree ToolsQR cards, price calculators, posters and moreFree WhatsApp Order PageTake orders on WhatsApp from one free linkBlogIdeas and guides for running your restaurantDocsHow every feature works, step by stepHelp CenterGet support and find answersDownload AppGet the app for iOS and AndroidWhatsApp Cost CalculatorWhat Meta's per-message rates cost youCommission CalculatorWhat delivery apps really take per order
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What you get

Online ordering systemQR code menuQR code orderingWhatsApp OrderingDelivery managementBilling software & POSLoyalty program

By business

RestaurantsCafés & Coffee ShopsBakeriesCloud KitchensPizzaBars & PubsCateringFood TrucksHotels & Resorts

Integrations

Petpooja IntegrationGoogle Business SyncAll featuresAgentsNew
FeaturesEvery feature, explained simplyFree ToolsQR cards, price calculators, posters and moreFree WhatsApp Order PageTake orders on WhatsApp from one free linkBlogIdeas and guides for running your restaurantDocsHow every feature works, step by stepHelp CenterGet support and find answersDownload AppGet the app for iOS and AndroidWhatsApp Cost CalculatorWhat Meta's per-message rates cost youCommission CalculatorWhat delivery apps really take per order
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Getting started

  • What is Menuthere
  • Create from Google
  • Create by hand
  • Free digital menu
  • First-time setup
  • Dashboard tour
  • Search with ⌘K
  • Open or close store
  • Store details
  • Store location
  • Currency and timezone
  • Share your store
  • Partner app
  • Sign in and accounts
  • Feature switches
  • Glossary

Menu

  • Menu structure
  • Categories
  • Import photo or PDF
  • Import from GloriaFood
  • Dishes
  • Sizes and portions
  • Add-ons and choices
  • Custom prices
  • Dish marks
  • Delivery & tax prices
  • Dish photos
  • Get all images
  • Recommendations
  • Allergens, nutrition
  • Out of stock
  • Dishes by order type
  • Reorder the menu
  • Second-language names
  • Petpooja menus

Orders

  • Order statuses
  • Live orders
  • Order alerts
  • Auto-accept
  • Order details
  • Send track link
  • Edit an order
  • Cancel an order
  • Payment status
  • Assign a rider
  • Prebookings
  • Dropped orders
  • Table orders
  • Order numbers
  • Search and filter
  • Monthly order limit

Online store

  • How customers order
  • Order types
  • Menu layouts
  • Brand colour
  • Fonts and announcement
  • Logo and banners
  • Custom domain
  • SEO and tracking
  • Pop-up banners
  • Landing page
  • Import from Google
  • Legal pages
  • Desktop view
  • Customer sign-in
  • Customer accounts
  • Add to home screen
  • Order tracking
  • Customer bill
  • Menu languages
  • Search engines

Checkout & payments

  • Checkout settings
  • Average order times
  • Contact number
  • Payment options
  • Online payments
  • Cashfree
  • Razorpay
  • Easebuzz
  • ICICI Orange Pay
  • Stripe
  • Other gateways
  • Tax
  • Packaging charges
  • Round off
  • Tips & service charge
  • Settlements
  • 0% commission

Delivery

  • Delivery overview
  • Delivery radius
  • Delivery zones
  • Zones by area name
  • Delivery charges
  • Free delivery
  • Minimums and limits
  • Return trip charge
  • Price map
  • Outside your area
  • Your own riders
  • The rider app
  • Pay at the door
  • Delivery codes
  • Live rider tracking
  • Porter and Rapido
  • Distance routing
  • Delivery pool
  • Shiprocket
  • Uber Direct
  • Delivery agents
  • Customer's own courier
  • Maps

Dine-in & QR

  • QR table ordering
  • Print QR codes
  • Dine-in prices
  • View-only tables
  • Table occupancy
  • Geo-lock
  • Digital menu
  • Digital menu design
  • Table booking
  • Captain app
  • Counter POS

Hours & pre-orders

  • Working hours
  • Delivery hours
  • Prebooking
  • Time slots
  • Pre-orders when closed
  • Advance-notice dishes
  • Timed dishes

Printing & kitchen

  • How printing works
  • Bill content
  • Bill layouts
  • Arabic labels
  • Auto-print
  • Kitchen tickets

Offers & loyalty

  • Which to use
  • Item offers
  • Discount codes
  • Auto-apply
  • Free items
  • Buy X get Y
  • Limits and validity
  • Stacking
  • Share on WhatsApp
  • Loyalty points
  • Loyalty members
  • Earning and redeeming

Customers & reviews

  • Customer list
  • Segments
  • Customer history
  • Export
  • Reviews
  • Google reviews

WhatsApp

  • WhatsApp overview
  • Orders to WhatsApp
  • Connect your number
  • Multiple numbers
  • Order updates
  • Inbox
  • 24-hour window
  • Templates
  • Flows
  • Flow triggers
  • Flow steps
  • Flow library
  • Abandoned carts
  • Open-again messages
  • Broadcasts
  • Blocklist
  • Comeback messages
  • Order link taps
  • Message analytics
  • Catalogue
  • Message costs

Analytics

  • Dashboard home
  • Sales
  • Best sellers
  • Scans
  • Reports

Integrations & API

  • Google Business
  • Petpooja
  • Tag Manager
  • API overview
  • API: order status
  • API: WhatsApp
  • Webhooks

Outlets & head office

  • Multiple outlets
  • Head office
  • Add a branch
  • HO dashboard
  • Manage an outlet
  • Outlet picker

Plans & billing

  • Plans compared
  • Free plan limits
  • Free trials
  • Change plan
  • Yearly billing
  • Paying bills
  • Invoices
  • Dashboard lock
  • Add-ons
  • Branded App

Stock & add-ons

  • Dish stock
  • Inventory
  • Push notifications
  • Branded app

Free tools

  • WhatsApp order page
  • Table QR card
  • Review QR code
  • Wi-Fi QR card
  • WhatsApp QR code
  • Stamp card
  • Festival poster
  • Printable menu
  • Closed sign
  • Specials board
  • Bill maker
  • Catering quote
  • Staff roster
  • Allergen chart
  • Calorie labels (SA)
  • FSSAI checker
  • Menu pricing
  • Cake pricing
  • Recipe cost
  • Tiffin pricing
  • Delivery fee planner
  • Card surcharge (AU)
  • Commission calculator
  • WhatsApp message cost
  • GP calculator
  • Tronc calculator
  • Fridge log sheet
  • Cake order form
  • WhatsApp link
  • Par level calculator
  • Catering invoice
  • Allergen labels (PPDS)
  • Card fees (UK)
  • Break-even (UK)
  • Drinks GP (UK)
  • Name generator (UK)
  • Open/close checklist
  • Inventory sheet
  • Business plan template
  • Google review link
  • Restaurant report
  • Holiday pre-order form
  • Menu QR code generator
  • Profit margin calculator
  • Own delivery cost
  • WhatsApp templates
  • QR code size calculator
  • Menu engineering matrix
  • Catering price
  • Startup cost calculator
Free toolsAll plans

Restaurant startup cost calculator

The restaurant startup cost calculator adds up what it costs to open. Pick an example, replace its one-off costs with your own quotes in five groups, set a contingency and the monthly bills you want to cover while sales build up, including delivery-app commission. It shows the total to open, the cost per seat and what you still need to borrow.

Time
10 min
Updated
20 Oct 2026

Add up your costs

Open the restaurant startup cost calculator. It is free, needs no sign-up and works on a phone.

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Step 1: Pick an example

Under 1. Your business choose Restaurant, Cafe, Food truck or Delivery kitchen in Start from an example, then the Currency and your Seats (leave it empty for a truck or a delivery kitchen).

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Step 2: Put in your one-off costs

Under 2. One-off costs change the lines in Premises, Kitchen and equipment, Permits, insurance and advice, Technology and Opening. Press Add a cost for a new line, or the cross to remove one. Set the Contingency for overruns.

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Step 3: Add the first months

Under 3. Money to run the first months type Rent a month, Staff a month, Other costs a month, your Delivery-app sales a month and the Average app commission, and the Months to hold in the bank. Under 4. Your own money type what you put in yourselves.

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Step 4: Read and copy the total

What it costs to open shows each group, One-off costs, the contingency, the running costs for your months, Total to open, Per seat and Still to find (loan or investors). Press Copy the numbers to paste them anywhere, or Put them in a business plan to open the business plan template.

Good to knowThe example amounts are made up so you can see how it works; they are not averages. Your numbers stay in this browser and are not sent to us. Press Back to the example numbers to start again.

Questions

Why are food and drink left out of the monthly bills?
You buy ingredients as you sell, so sales pay for them. The first stock you buy before opening goes in Opening under one-off costs.
How is this different from the business plan template?
This calculator only adds up the money you need to open. The restaurant business plan template also covers your concept, menu, customers, sales forecast and break-even, and downloads as a PDF.

Related

  • Restaurant business plan template
  • Restaurant profit margin calculator
  • Free WhatsApp order page
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