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How does an NFC menu work?
The tag holds a link to your online menu. When a diner taps it with their phone, the phone offers to open the link.
NFC Menu Cards: Let Diners Tap to Open Your Menu
Why venues use NFC menu cards
- Update dishes and specials online without reprinting.
- One tap is quicker for diners than lining up a camera.
- You use your own tags and your own link, so there is nothing to renew.
What you need
- Your menu online: a page on your website or a link to a PDF. NFC Ninja writes the link you enter; it doesn't host your menu.
- NFC table cards, stands or stickers.
- Your phone and NFC Ninja.
Make a menu tag in five steps
- Copy your menu link. Use a link that won't change when you update the menu.
- Choose Contactless Menu. In NFC Ninja, open the Library and tap Use this idea on Contactless Menu. With Pro, you can start from the Restaurant Menu template instead.
- Paste the link and preview. Check the link and the space it needs.
- Write the tag. Hold it near your phone. NFC Ninja asks before replacing anything already on it.
- Let it check itself. NFC Ninja reads the tag back and only shows success when the link matches.
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Tip: keep one link, change the menu behind it
Point the tag at a page you control, such as yoursite.com/menu. When the menu changes, update the page. The tags on the tables stay the same.
Set up a whole dining room
With Pro, the Batch Writer writes the same menu link to up to 48 tags per batch, one verified write at a time, and Batch erase clears a set one tag at a time if you change link. Use numbered mode if you want a separate link per table. The Design Studio has a Table Talkers category: add a headline, your link, brand colour and logo, turn on the QR code and NFC mark for diners whose phones have NFC off, and share it as a PNG or PDF.
Protect tags on public tables
Anyone with an NFC app can rewrite an unprotected tag. Pro's tag security tools add a write password or a permanent lock (both need NTAG21x tags).
Make the table card clear
Add a short line such as "Tap your phone here for the menu" and a phone icon. Place the tag where the phone naturally rests, not under a glass or a metal stand, because metal can block NFC.
NFC NINJA PRO
Design. Deploy. Protect.
Set up all your tables before the lunch rush
- Batch Writer: up to 48 tags per batch, identical or numbered per table, each one verified. Batch erase when the link changes.
- Design Studio: table talkers with your colours, logo, QR code and NFC mark, shared as PNG or PDF.
- Business Template Studio: start from the Restaurant Menu template, one of 11 ready-made business templates.
- Tag security: a write password or permanent lock for tags on public tables (needs NTAG21x tags).
Pro is a one-time upgrade inside the NFC Ninja app, no subscription. Reading and writing tags work without Pro.
Put your menu on the table now
Paste your menu link, write the tag and see it verified before service.
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Set up your first tag with NFC Ninja
Pick an idea, build the tag in a few taps, write it, and see it verified. No account needed.
Frequently asked
questions
Do diners need an app?
No. Most recent phones open the link from an NFC tag without an extra app.
Should I use NFC or a QR code for my menu?
Use both. NFC Ninja Pro's Design Studio makes a table talker with a QR code and NFC mark, so diners can tap or scan.
Does NFC Ninja host my menu?
No. Put your menu on your website or a PDF link, and NFC Ninja writes that link to the tag.
How do I set up tags for many tables?
NFC Ninja Pro's Batch Writer writes up to 48 tags per batch, checking each one by reading it back.