Carte Numérique in France: The Complete QR Menu Guide (2026)

France is one of the most visited countries in the world, and its restaurant culture is built on things that change daily: the plat du jour, the market menu, the chalkboard. The QR menu, in French the menu QR or carte numérique, brings those two facts together: a menu every visitor can read, updated as fast as the kitchen changes it.

doXmenu positions itself on one thing, a carte numérique you design yourself rather than pick from a template, and 2,000+ venues have used it since 2020. It gives French bistros and brasseries a carte that respects their identity: your typography, your photography, your tone, in each guest's language.

Why French Restaurants Are Going Digital in 2026

• The plat du jour problem, solved. The chalkboard works on the street; it does not work at the back table or for a guest who reads no French. A digital carte carries the day's dishes to every table, translated, by 11:55.
• Visitors from everywhere, one carte. English, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Russian: one QR code serves them all, with photos that explain blanquette de veau better than any waiter's mime.
• Wine lists that maintain themselves. A French carte des vins is a living document. Digitally, vintages update in seconds, sold-out bottles vanish, and every label can carry a one-line note that helps tourists order with confidence.
• EU allergen rules. Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 applies in France, and allergen information must be available for non-prepacked food, in writing and freely accessible (Code de la consommation, Article R412-14). Per-dish tags show it in every language at once; keep a printed list for guests without a phone.
• Fewer reprints, same posted menu. Lunch formule, dinner carte, seasonal updates: the daily changes live on the digital carte, while the menu posted outside during service and the printed cartes inside stay, with the same prices (arrêté of 27 March 1987, Article 4). In 2024 the DGCCRF flagged restaurants that showed their prices only by QR code.

How to Set Up Your Carte Numérique

1. Sign up at doXmenu: first month free, no credit card
2. Add your logo and colors
3. Create categories (Entrées, Plats, Fromages, Desserts, Vins)
4. Add dishes with photos, prices, descriptions and allergen tags
5. Enable English, German, Spanish and any other of the 24 menu languages your guests speak
6. Download your QR code, it is ready as soon as the menu is
7. Order table stands or stickers from the shop

Guests scan with their camera and the carte opens in the browser. No app, no account, and the formule du midi is already up to date.

The Formule Workflow

For lunch service, the daily routine is simple: update the entrée + plat + dessert combination from your phone before noon. The formule price stays fixed; the dishes rotate. Tourists who would hesitate at a verbal-only daily special order it happily when they can read it, and the kitchen stops repeating it table by table in three languages.

QR Menu vs Paper in a French Service

What It Costs

12.99€ per month billed annually, first month free, no credit card required. Unlimited dishes, all 24 languages, allergen tags, waiter call with table service on, and analytics included. No commissions, no per-table fees. Details on the pricing page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Launch Your Carte Numérique

The bistros winning France's tourist seasons serve the plat du jour to every table in the guest's own language. Start your free trial, visit the QR menu for France page, read how doXmenu compares for France, or see QR menus by country. In French: menu digital pour restaurant.