MenuEspress gives your restaurant a fast website, an easy-to-update menu, and direct online ordering that sends paid orders straight to your kitchen.
Website from $99/month · Online ordering from $149/month · $199 setup on every plan
3% per online order instead of the 15–30% commonly charged by marketplaces.
Everything customers need to find your menu and place an order online, plus a simple dashboard to keep your restaurant information current.
A polished, fast-loading home for your menu, hours, location, specials, and ordering link.
A search-friendly foundation that helps search engines understand your restaurant and location.
Customers can quickly find your menu, hours, location, and next step from their phone.
Keep menu items, restaurant details, hours, and specials current from one dashboard.
On Ordering and Pro plans, customers order and pay through your restaurant website.
Hosting, SSL, product updates, and support are included on every plan.
Four connected steps move a paid order from your customer’s phone to your kitchen.
They browse your menu and place a pickup order directly on your restaurant website.
A secure online payment system processes the customer’s payment before the order moves to your restaurant.
MenuEspress receives the paid order and routes the order details to your configured workflow.
The paid order prints automatically on the configured kitchen printer.
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Explore the live demo →After the secure payment system confirms payment, MenuEspress sends the order to the configured printer in your kitchen. Your team gets a printed ticket without watching a marketplace tablet or maintaining a dedicated ordering server.
Your kitchen printing configuration is confirmed during setup.
The Online Ordering workflow is designed to remove extra devices and manual steps from paid web orders.
No separate ordering tablet to keep charged, audible, and within reach during service.
No restaurant server to install and maintain solely for receiving MenuEspress orders.
Paid orders print automatically, so staff do not have to copy each web order from a tablet onto a kitchen ticket.
Compare the Online Ordering plan’s monthly fee and 3% MenuEspress fee with illustrative marketplace commissions.
MenuEspress basis: $149/month + 3% of order subtotal. The one-time setup fee is not included.
| Marketplace commission | Marketplace cost | MenuEspress cost | Estimated difference |
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Illustration only. Marketplace pricing and terms vary by provider, market, plan, promotions, and service. This comparison excludes taxes, tips, delivery costs, card-processing fees, and any other provider fees. MenuEspress ordering is currently pickup only.
DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub can provide marketplace discovery. MenuEspress serves a different purpose: helping customers order directly from your restaurant.
| Comparison | MenuEspress | DoorDash | Uber Eats | Grubhub |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary order channel | Your restaurant website | Marketplace app or site | Marketplace app or site | Marketplace app or site |
| Customer relationship | Your restaurant controls the direct ordering channel and relationship | Platform-mediated marketplace order | Platform-mediated marketplace order | Platform-mediated marketplace order |
| Your brand’s role | Your menu, website, and ordering path are central | Your listing appears within the marketplace | Your listing appears within the marketplace | Your listing appears within the marketplace |
| MenuEspress fee | 3% of order subtotal on Ordering and Pro | Not applicable; marketplace pricing varies by provider and agreement | ||
| Kitchen workflow | Paid orders print automatically | Provider-specific workflow | Provider-specific workflow | Provider-specific workflow |
Marketplace product features, availability, fees, and terms can change. Confirm current details directly with each provider. This table describes the channel relationship, not every feature offered by each service.
A direct channel for your customers, a straightforward workflow for your team, and clear pricing for your business.
Start with a fast website, or add direct online ordering. Every plan has a clear monthly price.
+ $199 one-time setup
No per-order fee
Best for: restaurants that need a professional website and an easier way to keep information current.
Website and menu management—without online ordering.
+ $199 one-time setup
+ 3% per online order
Best for: restaurants ready to accept paid pickup orders through their own website.
Everything in Website, plus the standard direct-ordering workflow.
+ $199 one-time setup
+ 3% per online order
Best for: restaurants whose requirements go beyond the standard Online Ordering plan.
A higher-touch, scoped plan—not a promise of unsupported preset features.
Website: $99/month + $199 setup. Online Ordering: $149/month + $199 setup + 3% per order. Pro: $199/month + $199 setup + 3% per order. Online ordering is currently available for pickup only. The 3% is charged on the order subtotal, never tax or tips; card-processing fees are separate.
The setup fee covers the initial work to turn the restaurant information you provide into a configured MenuEspress presence.
Initial configuration of your restaurant identity, location, contact details, hours, and core website content.
Initial entry and organization of the menu information, categories, items, and details you provide.
Launch configuration for your selected plan. For Online Ordering, this includes confirming the secure payment and automatic kitchen-printing workflow.
Any restaurant-specific requirements outside this initial scope should be discussed before signup, especially for Pro.
It covers the initial restaurant and website configuration, initial menu setup from the information you provide, and launch configuration for your selected plan. For Online Ordering, that includes confirming the secure payment and automatic kitchen-printing workflow. Restaurant-specific work outside that scope should be confirmed before signup.
Customers pay through a secure online payment system as part of the ordering flow. A paid order then moves through MenuEspress to the restaurant and its configured kitchen printer.
No. Card-processing fees are separate from the MenuEspress monthly price and 3% per-order fee. The applicable processing rate is confirmed as part of the payment setup.
For Online Ordering and Pro, MenuEspress charges 3% of the order subtotal. It is not charged on tax or tips. Card-processing fees are separate.
After secure payment is confirmed, MenuEspress sends the order to the configured kitchen printer automatically. The printing setup is confirmed during onboarding. A separate ordering tablet or dedicated restaurant server is not required.
Online ordering is currently available for pickup only. Delivery is not presented as a current feature.
Yes. The Website plan includes a dashboard for managing your menu and restaurant details, including hours and specials. Online Ordering includes everything in Website.
Contract length and cancellation terms are not stated on this page. Ask MenuEspress to confirm the applicable terms in writing before you sign up.
Website provides the professional site, menu and restaurant-information management, and hosting foundation without online ordering. Online Ordering adds secure online payments, direct pickup ordering, and automatic kitchen printing. Pro is for requirements beyond the standard Online Ordering plan; its exact scope is confirmed with the restaurant before signup.
Choose the closest plan or use the form below. Share your restaurant and menu information, and MenuEspress will discuss fit, setup requirements, and the next steps before launch.
Tell us about your restaurant. We’ll help you choose Website, Online Ordering, or Pro and explain exactly what setup looks like.
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