WEEKLY MENU

A different menu every day of the week.

Run a rotating weekly menu or menú del día without spreadsheets. Tag dishes by day, let AI import your printed menu from a photo, and customers always see today first.

Last updated 2026-05-14 by the Bistro product team

DEFINITION

What is a weekly menu in a restaurant?

A weekly menu is a restaurant menu that rotates dishes by day of the week. The same restaurant serves a different lineup each weekday, usually a fixed-price set of starter, main and dessert known in Spanish as menú del día. The base menu stays the same week to week; the featured dishes change daily on a seven-day cycle.

A digital weekly menu publishes that rotation online so guests always see the current day's lineup when they scan a QR code, without the restaurant reprinting anything. In Spanish-speaking markets this is published as a menú del día digital.

7Days supported per rotation
6+Languages auto-detected from photos
1QR code, no reprint when dishes rotate
<10mPhoto to live menu, AI-assisted

THE DIFFERENCE

Standard menu vs weekly menu.

A weekly menu makes sense when your kitchen plans by the day. Use a standard menu when your offering is stable week to week.

ASPECT
STANDARD MENU
WEEKLY MENU
Dishes shown
All dishes, every day
Only today's dishes by default
Best for
À la carte, full restaurant menus
Menú del día, daily specials, set lunch
Updates needed
Whenever a dish changes
Set once, rotates automatically
QR code behavior
Same content every scan
Content changes by weekday
AI photo import
Detects categories and dishes
Detects day headers and groups dishes per day

THE KIT

Built for rotating menus.

Everything you need to publish a weekly menu that updates itself as the days roll by.

Per-day dish tagging

Tag every dish with the days it's available. Monday soup, Friday paella, weekend brunch. Each dish appears only on the days you choose.

Today auto-highlight

Customers landing on your menu see today's dishes first. The current day is detected automatically and pinned to the top.

AI menu photo importer

Snap a photo of your printed weekly menu. AI detects the days, extracts the dishes and organizes them into per-day categories for you.

Multilingual day labels

Day names render in your menu's language. Lunes, Monday, Segunda-feira, Lundi. Switch languages and labels update everywhere.

Day-as-category layout

Each day becomes a clean card with its own dishes. Customers can browse the full week or focus on what's served today.

Works with meal periods

Run a weekly rotation alongside breakfast, lunch and dinner sections. Weekly menus and meal periods coexist without conflict.

HOW IT WORKS

Four steps to a live weekly menu.

  1. 01

    Upload a menu photo or add manually

    Take a picture of your weekly chalkboard or printed menu, or start from scratch in the dashboard. Either path works in minutes.

  2. 02

    AI tags dishes by day

    The importer recognizes day headers and assigns each dish to the right weekday. Spanish, English, Portuguese, French and more are supported.

  3. 03

    Customize per day

    Review the AI suggestions, tweak prices, swap dishes between days and add allergens or photos. Save and your weekly menu is live.

  4. 04

    Share QR, customers see today

    Place one QR on every table. Whatever day a customer scans, the current day's menu is highlighted at the top automatically.

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions.

What is a weekly rotating menu?

A weekly rotating menu is a restaurant menu that changes dishes by day of the week, usually as a fixed-price set known as menú del día. The base offer stays consistent week to week while the featured starter, main, and dessert rotate on a seven-day cycle.

Can the AI detect days from a menu photo?

Yes. Upload a photo of your printed weekly or daily menu and the AI importer recognizes day headers like Monday, Lunes, or Segunda-feira. It groups the dishes under each day automatically, so you can publish a structured digital version in minutes.

Does this work for menú del día restaurants?

It's built for menú del día. Spanish and Latin American restaurants can publish a daily fixed-price menu with starters, mains, and desserts assigned to each weekday. The current day's selection is shown first when guests scan the QR.

Can I show all days at once or just today?

Both. The default view highlights today and lets customers expand other days. You can also switch to a full-week view where every day is visible at the same time, which works well for printed-style digital menus.

Does it support multiple languages?

Yes. Day labels are translated into the menu's active language, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and more. Dish names and descriptions can be translated alongside the day headers.

READY?

Ready to publish your weekly menu?

Snap a photo, let AI organize the week and share one QR code. Your menu of the week, live in minutes.