QR code menu for restaurants in the Philippines

A QR code menu lets diners scan the code on the table and read or order from your menu on their phone, without downloading an app. Menuthere's digital menu and table QR codes are free, priced in pesos, with up to 50 orders a month and 0% commission. In the Philippines there is one thing to know first: Stripe doesn't open accounts there, so Menuthere has no online checkout for Philippine stores. Diners order from the table and pay at the counter, where your BIR-registered system issues the invoice and handles senior citizen and PWD discounts.

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Two ways Philippine restaurants use a QR menu

1. Read-only digital menu (Free). One QR code for the whole restaurant opens a swipe-through menu booklet with photos, prices in pesos, your hours, a Call button and WhatsApp. Diners order with your server as usual. It's the cheapest way to replace sticky, worn-out laminated menus, and you never reprint when prices change. See the digital menu booklet.

2. Table QR ordering. Each table gets its own code. The diner orders from the phone, the order rings in your partner app with the table number, and the kitchen ticket prints. Second rounds join the same running order. On Free, the first 50 orders a month are included; after that the table codes switch to browse-only until the 1st of the next month, unless you move to Lite (US$17 a month) for unlimited orders. See set up QR table ordering and Free plan limits.

Make table tents with the table QR card maker and put a Wi-Fi QR code next to it, so diners on mobile data can still load the menu.

VAT, invoices and the BIR

• VAT is 12%. Businesses above the ₱3,000,000 VAT threshold register for VAT. Under the EOPT Act the threshold is adjusted every three years for inflation.
• Invoices replace official receipts. Since RR No. 7-2024, the official receipt is a supplementary document. VAT-registered sellers issue an invoice for every sale, and non-VAT sellers must issue one for sales of ₱500 or more.
• Menuthere is not a BIR-registered invoicing system. Its QR order is your kitchen ticket and order record. Keep issuing invoices from your BIR-registered POS or CAS.

In Menuthere, set Charge tax on orders to 12%, switch on Call it VAT instead of GST, and mark dishes Tax Inclusive. Checkout then shows VAT (included) for information without changing the total. See tax-inclusive prices.

Worked example: a barkada of four with one senior citizen

Four friends order sisig, kare-kare, rice and drinks totalling ₱2,240, VAT included, split evenly at ₱560 each. One of them is a senior citizen. According to BIR guidance, senior citizens get a 20% discount and VAT exemption on restaurant food, and the receipt must show the breakdown.

The bill for the table comes to ₱2,080 instead of ₱2,240. The QR order arrives in your dashboard at full price. Apply the discount at the counter in your BIR-registered system, and check the senior's ID there. A person who is both a senior citizen and a PWD gets only a single 20% discount. For shared dishes and group orders, check BIR RMC 71-2022 on how the senior's share is worked out.

How diners pay

Stripe's supported countries don't include the Philippines, and Menuthere uses Stripe for online payments outside India. So:

You can send Menuthere a request for the gateway you use; requests decide which gateway is built next. See no Stripe in your country.

English and Filipino on the menu

Most Philippine menus are in English with Filipino dish names. Menuthere's automatic language button doesn't include Filipino, so type your menu the way your diners read it: "Sinigang na baboy" as the dish name, with "Pork in tamarind soup" as its second name, on any plan. See dish names in a second language.

Put the QR on your foodpanda bags too

foodpanda doesn't publish its Philippine commission; public sources put it at about 25–30%, plus a platform fee of about ₱1,000 a month. On a ₱600 delivery order:

See our page on foodpanda commission in the Philippines, and compare GrabFood alternatives. For takeaway and delivery from your own link, see the online ordering system for the Philippines.

Set it up

1. Sign up at /get-started and find your restaurant on Google.
2. Import your menu from a photo or PDF. Set the currency to PHP.
3. Set VAT to 12% inclusive if you're VAT-registered.
4. Add tables and download the codes, or start with one digital menu code.
5. Place a test order from a table and check the kitchen ticket.
6. Train the counter to apply senior and PWD discounts in your BIR system.

Plans are billed in US dollars: Free US$0, Lite US$17, Pro US$39 a month, no contract. See pricing, the free QR code menu or the best online ordering systems in the Philippines.

The Free plan needs no card.

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