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Creating A New Menu Item

This article describes how to create menus to display on your TableCheck booking page for diners to order prior to visiting your restaurant.

 

This article covers the following topics:

 

 

Setting Up

1. On TableCheck Settings system, go to Menu under Menus on the left panel.

 

 

2. Click New menu item to create your new menu item.

 

 

Fill up all the relevant fields in the menu creation page located in each respective tab.

 

Basic tab

 

Name

Indicate the name of the menu you would like displayed for diners to see.
Internal Name

You can choose to have a name for internal reference, it will not be displayed to your diners.
Price

Indicate a price to be displayed for your menu.
Tax type & Service Fee
  1. Toggle between Tax Incl. and Tax Excl. for mandatory taxes (goods tax etc.) applicable in your country (this automatically applied for you).
  2. Use the Add Tax Rule function for any other tax that is not government related, or service charge.
  3. Indicate if Service Fee has / has not been included in your menu price.
Days of the Week

Toggle the days of the week this menu should be made available.
Meals Toggle the meal periods this menu should be made available.

Please only select meal periods you have created in your Sheet settings.
Image

We recommend uploading an image to your menu item to make your TableCheck dining page more appealing.
Copy to Other Venues

If you would like to apply this menu to other shops within your Franchise, simply select your shop from the drop down list here.

 

 

Online tab

 

Booking Sites

Toggle TableCheck to make menu visible on your TableCheck page.

When enabled, the button will be highlighted in blue.
TableCheck Menu Category

You may choose to organize your menu under a section header known as a Menu Category. These are for internal sorting only, and are not visible to the diner.

To learn how to create Menu Categories, refer to our article here.
Original Price

By entering an amount in this field and enabling the Coupon checkbox, a discounted effect is presented as below.

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If Coupon is not enabled, then Original Price will not be displayed on your TableCheck page.
Tagline

An introductory header to your menu item.
Text in this field is always boldfaced.

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Description

A description of your menu item can be placed here.

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Fine Print

Any disclaimers can go here.

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Form Questions You may set a maximum of 2 questions per menu item, to gather additional information from diners prior to their arrival.

To learn how to set up Form Questions, refer to our article here.

 

 

Booking Rules tab

 

Duration Indicate a reservation duration to be tied to this menu. The duration here will override the one that is set in the Shop and Sheet setting.

Learn how to set this up here.
Extend Duration to End of Meal If this setting is enabled, reservation duration is automatically extended to the end of the current meal period. This ensures only 1 seating per table per meal period.
Order Limit This is to define the minimum / maximum quantity to be ordered per reservation made.

Learn how to set this up here.
Group Order

When Group Order is enabled, menu quantity is automatically selected based on the reservation party size.

When Group Order is disabled, a drop down list is available for diners to manually select the number of orders required.

Learn how to set this up here.
Quantity per Day You are able to restrict the number of portions of this menu is available per day.

Learn how to set this up here.
Furthest & Closest Booking Indicate a furthest / closest booking restriction to be tied to this menu. The setting here will override the one that is set in the Shop and Sheet setting.

Learn how to set this up here.
Show Date & Time Indicate the date range & time when this menu should appear on your TableCheck booking page.

If your menu should be visible for all dates & times, please do not apply anything here.

Learn how to set this up here.
Valid Date & Time Indicate the date range & time when this menu should appear on your TableCheck booking page.

If your menu is valid for all dates & times, please do not apply anything here.

Learn how to set this up here.
Turnover This setting may be used for when you require fixed seating times for your menu.

Learn how to set this up here.
Table Tiers You may use this function when you wish to link specific tables to specific menus via the tier system.

Learn how to set this up here.

 

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