Free menu QR code generator, no login

Every menu QR code does one of three things, and the code looks the same in all three. What changes is the page it opens.

A PDF code is the fastest start: upload the file, paste its link here, print. If you already need to change prices often, or want guests to order without waiting, point the code at a live menu that takes orders. On Menuthere you upload a photo or PDF of your menu, check the dishes, and guests order from the table; the order rings in your app with its table number. It's free for up to 50 orders a month, with 0% commission. Read more in what is a QR menu? or see QR table ordering.

This generator makes static codes, and a static code never expires. The link is written into the pattern itself, so the code keeps working for as long as the page it opens does. There is no account to keep paid and no short link in between that can be switched off.

A dynamic code holds a short link owned by the QR company, which then forwards guests to your menu. You can change where it points and count scans, but it only works while that company keeps the short link running. Some makers switch dynamic codes off when a trial ends: see why some free QR menus stop working.

Want to change the menu without reprinting?: Point a static code at a page you control and edit the page, not the code. A Menuthere ordering page, a Google Drive file you replace with a new version under the same link, or your own website all work that way.

The pixels you download decide how big the code prints sharply. Print shops ask for 300 dpi, so divide the width in pixels by 300 for inches:

• Dark on light. Denso Wave, which invented the QR code, says to print black on a white background. Scanners read with red light, so a red code on white can fail.
• Keep the margin. The code needs a blank border about 4 modules (the small squares) wide. The download already has it: don't crop it off.
• On a table card, make it at least 3 cm wide, and bigger on a wall that guests scan from across the room.
• Add words. A line such as “Scan to see our menu and order” tells guests what they will get.
• Test it with an iPhone and an Android phone, from where guests sit, before you print.

Error correction lets a phone read a code that is scratched, dirty or partly covered. Denso Wave says level M (about 15%) is the one most often used, and that's our default. Pick Q or H for codes that get wet or worn, such as on an outdoor table or a takeout bag. Higher levels make the pattern denser, so print those codes a little bigger.

Need Wi-Fi on the same card? Use the Wi-Fi QR code card, or the table card's all-in-one option, which holds three codes.

Not every guest can or wants to use a phone: a flat battery, poor eyesight, no data. Keep printed menus for anyone who asks. In California, chains with 20 or more locations that put allergen information behind a QR code must also offer it in a non-digital form (SB 68, from July 1, 2026).