Scan & Order

One QR code on the table opens your live menu in the guest's browser. No app, no download. Everyone seated shares a single order list, splits the bill on their own phones, and pays without waiting for a card machine, while every order lands in your POS tagged to the right table.

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One table, one session

Every phone at the table. One live bill.

Scanning the same code puts every guest into the same session. Each round is its own order with its own number and status, and the bill they all see updates live. When one person pays their share, it turns green on everyone else's phone.

Three phones at table 12 showing the same Quickbuy session: the menu with a 262.50 AED order ready to place, the shared order list with order 1042 sent to the kitchen and order 1043 ready, and the table bill split into three shares of 87.50 AED where person one has paid, person two is paying and person three has yet to pay.

Splits are equal, from two to ten shares, and each share is paid on its own phone. Guests can also add a round to the table bill and settle everything at the end.

The other half of the scan

On your floor, in the same second

A scanned order is not a message someone has to go and read. It arrives tagged to the table and floor it came from, payments settle themselves share by share on the counter's screen, and a guest who wants a person still gets one.

Three restaurant dashboard cards: a new QR order alert for table 12 on floor 1 with three items, a live payment card for order 1042 showing two of three shares paid and 87.50 AED still due, and a service alert card showing table 12 on floor 1 needs assistance alongside a ready order and a late order.

Every order is checked against live ingredient stock before it is accepted, so a guest cannot order a dish the kitchen has already run out of.

What a QR code menu actually replaces in your restaurant

A QR code menu is a small printed square, usually stuck to the table or the receipt, that opens your live digital menu the moment a guest points their phone camera at it. No app to download, no login. That single scan removes three recurring costs at once: reprinting laminated menus every time a price or a dish changes, staff walking back and forth to take orders, and the guest waiting to flag someone down. For a busy venue in Dubai Marina or on Abu Dhabi's Corniche, that reclaimed time is often the difference between turning a table twice a night and turning it three times.

It matters now because guest behaviour shifted for good after 2020. Diners expect to browse photos, search a menu instead of scanning a laminated page, read what is actually in a dish, and see the real price with VAT included, all at their own pace. A static PDF pinned to a wall cannot do that. A proper QR code menu is a living page you edit from a dashboard, so a sold-out special disappears in seconds rather than being crossed out with a pen.

How Quickbuy scan to order works, from tap to kitchen ticket

When a guest scans the code, Quickbuy loads the menu tied to that exact table number, so the cashier and the floor always know where the order belongs. The guest browses categories, adds items with modifiers such as spice level or no onions, and sends the order straight to your POS. Nothing is re-keyed by a server, which is where most order errors creep in during a Friday rush.

Payment stays flexible. Guests can settle on the spot by card, split the order equally between two and ten people so each pays only their own share, or add the round to the table bill and pay everything at the end. Every order carries the correct 5% VAT line and posts to its own QR Sales account in your ledger, so scanned revenue stays separate from counter revenue without anyone reconciling it by hand.

Key benefits of contactless ordering for UAE restaurants

The gains show up fastest where labour is tight and covers are high. The bottleneck in a full dining room is rarely the kitchen, it is the number of times a guest has to wait for someone to walk over: to bring a menu, to take the order, to bring the bill, to bring the card machine. Scan-to-order removes three of those four.

  • Guests order and pay without waiting to catch a server's eye, which is where table time is usually lost

  • Fewer wrong orders, since modifiers go straight from the guest to the kitchen with no verbal relay

  • Lower staffing pressure during Ramadan iftar rushes and weekend peaks, when covers spike within a single hour

  • Menus in Arabic, English, Hindi, Chinese and Portuguese that switch with one tap, matching your actual guest mix

  • Automatic 5% VAT on every order, posted to your ledger as the sale happens

  • Orders checked against live ingredient stock before they are accepted, so nothing sells that the kitchen cannot make

Features inside the Quickbuy QR menu for restaurants

A QR menu is only as good as the control room behind it. Quickbuy gives you the editing tools, the guest-facing polish, and the reporting in one place, so the code on the table reflects real stock, real pricing, and real service flow rather than a frozen snapshot from launch day.

  • One code per table with its floor printed on the card, plus a separate takeaway code for pickup orders

  • Bulk export of every table's QR as a print-ready PNG or vector SVG, so a new floor plan takes minutes

  • Menu builder with per-item photos, descriptions, variants, modifiers and combo groups

  • Shared table sessions, so a group ordering in rounds sees one bill instead of four disconnected ones

  • Equal bill splitting from two to ten shares, each paid independently and updating live on every phone

  • Call-waiter alerts that reach your floor staff with the table and floor already named

Getting started with a QR code menu on Quickbuy

Setup is measured in hours, not weeks. Import your existing menu from a spreadsheet or let the team lift it from your current PDF, add photos and Arabic translations, then print the table codes from the dashboard. If you already run Quickbuy POS, scan-to-order switches on inside the same account with no separate hardware to buy.

What makes Quickbuy worth the switch is that the QR code menu is not a bolted-on gadget: it shares one product catalogue, one payment stack, one stock ledger and one reporting layer with your POS, inventory and accounting. Change a price once and it updates on the table and on the invoice at the same moment. Sell the last portion of a dish and the next guest to scan cannot order it. That single source of truth is what keeps a growing UAE restaurant from drowning in duplicate menus, and it is the reason operators keep the codes on the table long after the novelty wears off.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about QR code menus and scan-to-order with Quickbuy

Scan, order, split, pay

Give your guests the menu, the table and the bill on their own phones, and give your floor one less thing to chase.