Menu Tools · Updated 2026-08-20 · 7 min
Digital Menu Board for Restaurants: Screens That Sell
Digital menu boards need hierarchy, dayparts, and instant price updates — not a PowerPoint exported once a quarter.
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Layout that sells
Hero items largest, modifiers readable from 2m, allergens not tiny.
- 3–5 items per screen zone
- High contrast
- Daypart day/night
Ops reality
When the board is wrong, staff invents prices. Sync from one menu system.
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Limitations and assumptions
A digital board can become inaccurate when dayparts, stock, prices, screen resolution, network state, or the publishing feed changes. Verify every displayed item against the approved source, test readability from the guest's actual viewing distance, provide a fallback for an unavailable screen, and follow local pricing, accessibility, food-information, and advertising rules.
FAQ
TV enough?
Hardware is easy. Content ops is hard — start with the menu system.
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