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1. enobrev ◴[] No.27676373[source]
I've been loading the menus on my phone before I get to the restaurant. Works great. Never have to concern myself with a signal or wifi or anything. And sometimes I even know what I want before I show up.

Also, because of the QR code trend, more restaurants now have updated menus on their websites.

When I invite friends to dinner, I text them all links to the menu so they don't have to deal with the on-site awkwardness.

I have nothing against printed menus, but I think there's some real potential with dynamic menus that are immediately accessible to everyone even before they arrive.

Multiple language support, immediately-adjustable specials menu, filtering for food preference and allergy requirements, maybe even an ordering history allowing you to re-order, or explicitly not order the same thing twice, even ordering (or server hailing).

It's clear the UX isn't there yet, but it was all thrown together by non-technical small-business owners on short notice, who have been trying to make things work at a very strange time. I'm actually kind of impressed at how well it's generally worked in my experience. I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of it.