Menu Creation: Step-by-Step Guide

Introduction:

This article will walk you through the process of creating your restaurant menu for your Point-of-Sale. It is designed in a step-by-step guide or in a recommended order to easily organize your menu offerings. Each sheet has sample entries to reference and make it easier for you to build your restaurant menu.

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How to Manage Menu? eatOS

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If you have a question or need assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to your implementation team.

Ingredients

The best way to begin creating your restaurant menu is by starting to list all of the Ingredients of all your products. Using the Excel menu template (to easily manage listings), list all of the ingredients on the Name column of the Ingredients sheet.

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Modifiers

After you have listed all your ingredients, our next step is to create modifiers. From the modifiers sheet, list all of the Modifiers in the Name column

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This means the customer will be required to select one item before tapping Add or adding the items to the order

Enable the modifier option and set the selection capacity of multiple modifiers at eatOS dashboard Menu Modifiers section can be controlled either on the POS or dashboard.

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Add-Ons

Begin to list all add-ons in the Name column from the Add-Ons sheet. If add-ons have Multiple Options set a value on Multiple Options = True

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This means the customer will be required to select One item before tapping Add or adding the items to the order

It is recommended to always set “Mandatory = False” to prevent any end-user error in completing orders

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Groups

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_Group modifiers can share individual modifiers and add-ons. A product may have multiple modifier groups assigned, and a modifier group can also be assigned to more than one product_

Products

The products section provides complete details of your menu. On the Product sheet, input all Important Required Values for each column to work properly.

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Categories

On the Categories sheet, assign Products within Categories. This section allows you to create Parent & Child Categories. It is important to note the difference between the parent category column and the category column itself.

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Insert parent category within Parent Column

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Menu

Create or provide a Menu Name for your Menu(s). From the Menu sheet, create Menus with their specified parameter and products.

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Printers/Taxes/Service Charge/Discounts

To easily assign and create Printers, Taxes, Service Charge, and Discounts we recommend adding and configuring topics to the eatOS dashboard or your POS device. Below are sample entries on Excel when exported from your dashboard:

Printers

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Taxes

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Service Charges

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Discounts

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Updated on: 09/06/2025

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