The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus
Honestly I am very surprised to see so much love for the QR code menus here. I have had nothing but bad experiences with them.<p>First of, on Android, the camera doesn&#x27;t magically scan the QR code. You have to download a separate QR code scanner app for that. My wife and my parents all have Android phones and have no idea what to do when they see a QR code like that. The waiter usually just says &quot;point your camera to it&quot; because apparently everyone in the world assumes you have an iPhone and that&#x27;s how it works there. When it doesn&#x27;t work the waiter now has to do tech support on a random person&#x27;s phone.<p>Second, as others have said, the social aspect of looking at it together is totally lost. Which is quite big IMHO.<p>Third, scrolling through a PDF or a page on a tiny screen makes it much harder to grasp the entire menu quickly. On a paper menu, I often just jump around and get inspired by the various dishes. Randomly scrolling up&#x2F;down&#x2F;left&#x2F;right on a tiny screen feel awful compared to just letting your eyes drift.<p>My vote is for a QR code and paper menus. Let the people decide what they like without excluding elderly or non-tech savvy people.