Photos first
A masonry or grid of real dish photos, with the name and price under each, looks like your food rather than a document.
The short answer
The simplest photo menu is a folder of dish photos named with the dish and price, shown as a menu page behind a QR code on each table. GalleryLink turns a Google Drive folder into that page in menu mode: names and prices under the photos, no hearts or downloads, and it updates when you change the folder. If you also want ordering and billing, MenuLink, our sister app from Upbrew, is built for that.
What makes this delivery hard today
- A PDF menu behind a QR code is a tiny document diners have to pinch and zoom on a phone.
- Every price change means re-exporting and re-uploading the PDF, so the menu online drifts out of date.
- Menu apps want you to retype every dish into their system before you see anything.
- Your best food photos sit in a folder on your phone or Drive and never reach the people deciding what to order.
The GalleryLink workflow
- 1
Put your dish photos in one Drive folder
One photo per dish. Subfolders become sections, so Starters, Mains and Desserts can each be a folder.
- 2
Name each photo with the dish and price
“Margherita pizza £12.jpg” shows as “Margherita pizza £12” under the photo. Uploading instead of using Drive? Type a caption on each photo.
- 3
Create the gallery in menu mode
Choose “Product menu” under “What is this gallery?”. Hearts, favourites and download buttons disappear, because nobody shortlists a soup.
- 4
Print the QR card for your tables
The QR & Print tab designs a table card or poster that opens the menu. Add a photo or change a price in the folder and the menu updates; the QR code never changes.
Why it fits restaurants and cafés
Updates from the folder
The menu reads your Drive folder, so a new special is on the menu as soon as its photo is in the folder.
Nothing to retype
File names become the menu text. There is no dish database to fill in before you can see the result.
Print it too
Export the same menu as a PDF to laminate, and print table cards with the QR code from the same page.
What it costs
The free plan publishes one live gallery — enough to try this on a real job. Pro is $5/mo or $50/yr for unlimited galleries, password protection, every theme and layout, and your own studio subdomain. Your photos stay in your Google Drive either way, so nothing here is priced by storage.
See full pricing →Questions restaurants and cafés ask
Can diners order from the photo menu?+
No. GalleryLink shows the menu; it does not take orders or payments. If you want diners to order and pay from the table, MenuLink (menulink.live), our sister app from Upbrew, does ordering, billing and kitchen tickets.
How do I show prices under the photos?+
Put the price in the file name, for example “Mango lassi £4.50.jpg”. The extension is removed and the rest is shown as written. For uploaded photos you can type a caption instead, which is shown exactly as you typed it.
Does the menu link expire?+
A menu needs a link that stays up, so use Pro, which keeps galleries online for good. On the free plan a gallery's link stays live for a few days, or you can keep a single gallery for a one-off payment.
Will the QR code change when I update the menu?+
No. The QR code points to the menu's link, and the link stays the same while you add, remove or rename photos in the folder.
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