Menu Templates | Restaurants, Salons & More

Tips to get you started on designing, printing & promoting your Menus

How to make a menu?

Whether you’re looking to craft a new menu for your restaurant or updating your spa’s menu of services, the starting point is the same: plan and prioritize. Planning involves pulling together all of the necessary components of your menu, including items, prices, images, your logo, and a clear understanding of your company’s branding strategy. Then, prioritize. Organize your menu items in a clear and concise way, arranging them in a way that gives your biggest sellers or most profitable offerings the best real estate (and most attention). Part of prioritizing is making decisions about what needs to be included and what doesn’t. Use your industry knowledge to pare down your menu items to the ones that matter most, leaving off those that are repetitive, unnecessary, or rarely purchased.

Once you’ve completed these steps, browse our catalog of customizable menu templates until you find the one that aligns with your strategy and design. Enter the online editor by clicking on the template. You can then replace placeholder text with your menu items and prices, stock images with your own high-quality photos, and sample logos with that of your company. Apply your color scheme to the template by using your own custom color codes. Change font size, style, and more with our text box tools and add or change shapes, icons, arrows, patterns, and more with just a few clicks. Give your finished product a thorough proofreading, even enlisting one or two others, to ensure that there are no typos or slip-ups that will drive you crazy when printed and viewed daily. Then, hit “Print/Download” and place a print order with us or download a high-quality PDF to print anywhere you like.

Want to learn more? Check out our in-depth article on How to Make a Menu: The Ultimate Guide or take a look at this great resource we've found for even more restaurant marketing ideas.

How to print a menu?

Transferring your finished menu from the screen to your hand is as easy as clicking the “Print/Download” button in the editor. Choose your paper type, folding options (if any), and quantity needed, then hit submit to order straight from us. We’ll deliver top-notch prints quickly and efficiently. Or, if you’d rather DIY, you can download a high-quality PDF of your finished menu and print anywhere you like!

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What size font is too small for menus?

As you design your menu, it’s essential that your customers are able to read your menu items, descriptions, and prices without a microscope. The text box feature in MyCreativeShop’s online editor includes a pre-set recommended font size that varies according to the purpose of the text and document type. For example, choosing a “Heading” text box will get you a font that stands out, while our “Paragraph” boxes are a smaller, but readable, size. As a general rule, though, keeping all text at 10pt or greater is a good practice. If your business serves a large proportion of seniors or the elderly, you may want to up that minimum to 16pt (the standard font size of a large-print book).

How to layout your menu design?

The goal of your menu layout should be provide clear organization to the types of dishes you offer. Keeping a focus on organization should naturally keep you inline with how your customers would want to process your menu. This common sense approach to your menu layout should result in you keeping things simple.

You can use our menu templates to easily layout your design and finish your menu faster. If you'd like to learn some advanced techniques to layout out your menu check out our Guide To Making The Ultimate Menu.