For restaurants & cafés

A WhatsApp ordering menu for your restaurant

Your full menu as a link diners can browse — starters, mains, drinks, specials — with a cart that sends the order straight to your restaurant's WhatsApp.

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Printed menus go out of date and third-party delivery apps take a big cut. WAStore gives your restaurant or café an online menu with categories and photos, and routes takeaway and pre-orders to your WhatsApp with no commission. Free for up to 50 dishes.

Why WhatsApp ordering works for small restaurants

Delivery marketplaces bring orders but take 20–30% of each one, own the customer relationship, and bury you among competitors. For a small restaurant or café, direct takeaway and pre-orders through WhatsApp keep the full ticket and the customer's number. Regulars already message you; the gap is a menu they can order from cleanly instead of typing out a list.

A WhatsApp menu gives diners a categorised, photographed list they browse on their phone. They build a cart — two mains, a side, two drinks — and send one formatted order with their name and pickup time. You confirm, prep, and take payment on collection or by link. No commission, no tablet from a third party, and you can change prices or 86 a dish from your phone mid-service.

Why WAStore fits a restaurant

No per-order commission — keep the full ticket instead of losing 20–30% to an app

Update prices and mark dishes sold out from your phone during service

Diners order by category with a cart, then send one complete WhatsApp message

Your menu is indexable on Google for people searching food near you

Own the customer's number for repeat orders and offers, instead of a marketplace owning it

Take pre-orders for pickup times and events without a separate booking tool

Common restaurant headaches, solved

Delivery apps eat a third of every order.

Direct WhatsApp orders through your own menu carry no commission — you keep the full amount and handle delivery or pickup yourself.

Your printed or PDF menu is always slightly out of date.

Edit prices and availability from your phone; the link always shows the current menu.

Phone orders during a rush get garbled.

A cart order arrives as a clean, itemised message with the pickup time, so the kitchen reads it once.

How to set up your restaurant menu

  1. 1

    Add your menu

    List dishes with photos, prices and a short description. Group into starters, mains, sides and drinks.

  2. 2

    Set service notes

    Note pickup times, delivery area or pre-order cut-offs in your store info.

  3. 3

    Share the link

    Add it to Google Business, Instagram and table QR codes. Orders arrive on WhatsApp.

Menu sections that work well

How restaurants and cafés usually lay out a WAStore menu:

  • Starters
  • Mains
  • Sides
  • Desserts
  • Drinks
  • Today's specials

Tips to get more direct orders

  • Put your WhatsApp menu link on Google Business Profile, so it shows when people search your name.
  • Print table-tent QR codes for takeaway regulars who dine in.
  • Use a "today's specials" category and refresh it daily — it gives people a reason to reopen the link.
  • State a realistic prep time in your store info so pickup expectations are set.
  • Message past customers your link when you launch a new menu — you own those numbers now.

Frequently asked questions

Is this a full delivery platform?

No — and that's the point. WAStore is your own menu and order channel with no commission. You handle delivery or pickup the way you already do, and arrange payment in chat.

Can I take pre-orders for events?

Yes. Add a pre-order category with a lead-time note. The order comes through on WhatsApp with the customer's details so you can confirm timing.

How do diners pay?

In the WhatsApp conversation — a payment link, transfer, or on collection. There's no on-site checkout to set up.

Can I disable ordering when we're closed?

Mark items out of stock or note your hours in the store info. You reply to orders when you're open.

Can I run both dine-in specials and takeaway from one menu?

Yes. Use categories to separate them, and note in the store info which items are takeaway-only or dine-in-only.

Do I need any hardware?

No. You manage the menu and read orders from any phone or computer — no third-party tablet or printer required.

Will it slow down during a rush?

The storefront is static and fast. Orders queue in your WhatsApp like any other message, so you work through them at kitchen pace.

Keep the delivery apps for reach if you want, but give regulars a direct line: a WhatsApp menu that costs nothing per order and puts the customer's number in your phone, not a marketplace's database.

Put your menu online without the commission

A browsable menu with WhatsApp ordering — free, ready in about 90 seconds.

  • No credit card required
  • 100% Free forever

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