Mediterranean and Middle Eastern restaurant menu makerSix mezze and bread. That is dinner.
At a Mediterranean or Middle Eastern table, the mezze is the meal: hummus, baba ghanoush, tabbouleh, falafel, and bread until someone asks about the grill. Shawarma comes as a plate or a wrap, guests ask whether the meat is halal, the daily special sells out by eight, and the catering trays go out on their own schedule. Gaslamp keeps the dinner menu, the catering menu, and the QR on the counter as menus you change from your phone.
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What changes on a Mediterranean restaurant menu, and how often
A menu is designed once and edited forever. These are the edits this kind of place makes, and what each one takes in Gaslamp.
| The change | How often | In Gaslamp |
|---|---|---|
| The daily special changes | Every day | Put one or two dishes in a Today section above the mezze. Rewrite it in the morning; hide it when the pot is empty. |
| Lamb or chicken costs move | A few times a year | Change the shawarma and kebab prices on your phone. The plate and the wrap are separate items, so change both. |
| A dip or the bread runs out | Most busy nights | Mark it sold out and save; about thirty seconds later the QR menu shows it struck through. |
| An office asks for the tray list | Most weeks | Send the catering menu link, with platters priced by the tray and serving counts in the description. |
| The halal source changes | Rarely, but it matters | Update the halal tags and the note under the section heading the same day. Gaslamp shows what you tag; it does not certify anything. |
3:45 p.m.
Lamb went up at 3:45. The plate and the wrap by 3:46.
The butcher’s invoice came in higher. Before dinner, change the lamb shawarma plate from 19 to 21 and the wrap from 14 to 15, then save. The counter code shows both about thirty seconds later. The catering menu is its own menu; change the lamb tray there when you are ready.
The editor runs in your phone’s browser; there is no app to install. The menu rebuilds in about two seconds, and phones that scan the code see the change about thirty seconds after you save.
Your phone
The menu
How Mediterranean and Middle Eastern restaurants set up their menus in Gaslamp
Menus
- DinnerMezze, salads, plates and wraps, sides, sweets
- CateringPlatters by the tray, on its own menu and code
Sections, for example
- Todaythe daily special, 1 or 2
- Cold mezzehummus, baba ghanoush, labneh, up to 12
- Hot mezzefalafel, halloumi, kibbeh, up to 12
- Saladstabbouleh, fattoush, about 4
- Platesshawarma and kebab with rice and salad
- Wrapsthe same fillings in pita or saj
- Sides & breadpita, fries, pickles, rice
- Sweets & drinksbaklava, mint tea, ayran
Twelve sections of twenty items. Mezze takes two sections, cold and hot, because it carries the meal; plates and wraps get one each so each filling reads in both places.
Start with Coastal Mediterranean
Blue and olive on white with generous spacing, which suits a table ordering six small plates at once. It is calm enough for a long mezze list with each dip written out.
Start from the sample menu set in Coastal Mediterranean, then type your dishes and prices over it in the editor. After that, the job is keeping it right from your phone.
Where the QR code goes
Each menu gets one code, and it never changes. Print it once; every edit after that shows up behind it. Gaslamp makes the printable pieces for you.
From the floor: Put the halal line where people look first: in the note under the first section, not at the bottom of the menu. The guest who needs it reads that before anything else.
- Counter cardat the register, for the wrap ordered to go and the tray someone asks about for Friday
- Table tentfor the second round of mezze once the bread is gone
- Window signwith today’s special, for the lunch crowd checking from the sidewalk
Good to know before you start
- Halal is a tag you set. Gaslamp shows it; it does not verify a supplier or a certificate, so keep the tags current when a source changes.
- Up to three labeled prices per item, so a small and a large hummus share one line. A shawarma plate and wrap read best as two items in their own sections.
- Catering platters go on their own menu, which needs a paid plan; the trial includes one menu. Gaslamp shows the trays and prices; it does not take orders or deposits.
- No language switch or translation. Write the dish’s own name with the English on one line, as in “Mujaddara · lentils and rice with crispy onions”. In Latin letters both print and show on the phone; Arabic script shows on the hosted menu, but we have not verified it in the print PDF.
Mediterranean restaurant menu questions
- Can I mark dishes as halal?
- Yes. Halal is one of Gaslamp’s dietary tags, alongside vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free, and it shows on the menu guests read. Gaslamp does not check suppliers, so the tag is only as current as the last time you set it.
- How do I list shawarma as a plate and as a wrap?
- As two items, each with its own price: “Chicken shawarma plate” with rice, salad, and garlic sauce in the description under Plates, and “Chicken shawarma wrap” under Wraps. You could put Wrap and Plate as two labeled prices on one line, but the plate’s sides read better on their own item.
- Can I have a separate catering menu for platters?
- Yes. Paid plans include unlimited menus, so catering gets a menu and code of its own. Price each platter by the tray, with the serving count in the description, and send the link or the PDF to the office ordering lunch. The trial includes one menu.
- How should I organize a mezze menu?
- Cold and hot mezze as two sections near the top, since most tables build the meal from them, then salads, then plates and wraps. A section holds twenty items, so even a long mezze list fits in two.
- How much does it cost?
- Start with a 30-day free trial, no credit card needed. Then it is $19 a month, or $190 a year (2 months free). No setup fee. Cancel anytime. The trial includes one published live menu with QR codes. PDF downloads and additional menus start when you pick a plan.
The special sells out by eight. The menu can say so at eight.
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