Create a menu

A menu in Maitaki is a list of dishes, each made from one of your recipes and sold at a price. Once your dishes are on a menu, you can see what each one earns.

Menus live in Library under Menus. Each dish on a menu is built from a recipe, so make the recipes first. See Cost a recipe.

Start the menu

1. Tap Library, then the Menus tab.

2. Tap New menu.

   

3. Enter the Menu Title, for example Dinner Menu.

4. Tap Create Menu.

Add dishes

1. On the menu, tap Add item (or Add first item on an empty menu).

2. Pick the recipe. Search if the list is long.

3. Add any choices or add-ons the dish comes with, under Modifier Groups and Individual Modifiers. See Modifier groups and add-ons.

4. Choose the Menu Section: Starters, Soups, Mains, Desserts, Beverages, Sides or Specials.

5. Enter the Menu Price.

6. Tap Add to Menu.

   

Repeat for each dish. Dishes are grouped by section on the menu. To take a dish off, tap the trash icon on its row.

Other ways to start a menu

If you have	Do this
A printed or PDF menu	Scan a menu from a photo or PDF
A POS with a year of item sales	Build a menu from your POS sales

Common questions

A recipe isn't in the list when I add a dish.

Recipes marked Modifier / Component and archived recipes don’t appear. Open the recipe, tap the pencil icon, turn off Modifier / Component and tap Done. For an archived one, see Archive or restore a recipe.

Where do I see the profit on each dish?

Tap the dish on the menu to see its price, food cost and margin. See Margin per dish.

I don't see New menu or Add item.

You have Viewer access, which can look but not change menus. Ask an Owner or Admin to change your role.