How to create a menu in Mews POS

A well-structured menu helps staff take orders quickly and avoid mistakes. In Mews POS, you create menus to define which products are available, organize them into sections, and assign them to specific outlets. You can also filter products by allergens or dietary restrictions and configure when menus are available, so only relevant items appear at the right time. This helps staff serve guests with confidence, improves consistency during service, and reduces ordering errors. You create and manage menus in the Mews POS web dashboard. Staff then access these menus in the Mews POS Android app, where only available menus are shown based on the time of service.

 

Note: To create a menu in Mews POS, you need the “Can manage menus” permission. You can activate this permission in Mews POS by clicking Settings > Role > Select a role > Activate 'Can manage menus'.

 

 

To create a menu from the Mews POS web dashboard:

1. Click Menus.
2. Click Create menu. The Create new menu screen appears.

 

 

3. Complete the following fields:
   • Menu name: Enter the name of the menu
   • Description: Enter a description of the menu. Note: This field is optional.
4. Click Continue.
5. Under Outlets, click the check boxes to enable the menu for those outlets.

 

 

6. Click Continue.

Add menu sections

7. On the Create menu screen, click Add menu section.
8. Under Menu section name, click the name to edit it and enter the name of the section, for example, Mains.
9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 to add all the menu sections you require. Note: To delete a section, click  next to the section name, then click Delete.
10. Click and drag  next to the menu section name to re-order the menu sections.

Add products to the menu

11. In the Products side window, you can:

• Click and drag next to a product to add a product to a menu section
• Enter the product name in the Search products box to locate products.
• Click   to filter products by type, and select the required product type. For example, drinks or appetizers.
• Filter products by allergens or dietary restrictions to quickly find suitable items.
• Click the check box next to each product to select multiple products for bulk actions, then drag them into a menu section.

12. Repeat step 11 for all products you require on the menu. Note: To delete a product from the menu, click the checkbox next to the product to enable it, and then click .
13. Under the menu section, click and drag  next to a product to change its placement within the menu section.

14. To edit a product’s display on the menu, hover over the product and click Edit. A side panel opens where you can override the following details for this specific menu:

• Name: For example, Summer Meat Feast.
• Description: Update the description of the item
• Price: Update the price of the item. Note: The tax display depends on your property’s tax settings.

Note:

• Overrides only affect the menu display and do not change the original product settings. You can add the same product to other sections with different overrides if needed.
• Product variants and bundles do not have the edit option at this time. This is expected behavior.

Set menu availability

• Configure when the menu should be available by selecting the time and day.
• Only available menus appear to staff in the POS Android app during service.

This ensures staff always take orders from the correct menu, without needing to remember service times.

 

15. Click Save. The Menus screen appears.
16. By default, the menu you create is inactive. To enable the menu on the outlets you select in step 5, click the Status slider switch to enable it.

 

The menu is now available in Mews POS based on the selected outlets and availability settings.