La Carta exists because the platforms that "help" small restaurants were quietly taking a third of the bill.
Every restaurant owner I spoke to told a version of the same story. The printed menu goes out of date the moment a supplier raises a price, so it gets reprinted, or worse, corrected by hand in pen. The delivery platforms offer a digital menu, and in exchange they want a commission on every plate, the customer's data, and a place between the restaurant and the person eating at its own tables. For a place with eight tables, that math never works.
So I built the boring, honest version. You keep your menu current from your phone, your guests scan a code and order from the table, and the kitchen sees the ticket. Nobody takes a cut, nobody is profiled, and the guest is never asked to create an account just to ask for a coffee.
Your menu, always current
Organize dishes into categories, write descriptions, set prices, and add photos. Change a price once and every table sees it on the next scan — no reprinting.
A QR code per table
Guests scan the code and your menu opens in their browser. They install nothing, sign up for nothing, and hand over no personal data to eat at your restaurant.
Orders on the kitchen screen
When a table sends an order it lands in the app as a ticket, with the dishes and the table it came from. Notifications tell you the moment a new one arrives.
More than one restaurant
Run several venues from the same account, each with its own menu, its own dishes, and its own QR codes, and switch between them from the app.
Honest feedback from the table
Guests can rate a dish and leave a comment after ordering it. You find out which plate is quietly disappointing people before a review site does.
No commission on your sales
La Carta never sits between you and your guest's money. Payment happens the way it always has, at your restaurant, and none of it passes through us.
100% free. Forever.
La Carta has no subscription, no In-App Purchases, no ads, no paywall, and no commission on your orders. You download it, you use it, you keep it. If you ever want to support the work, email me — that's enough.
