Behind Plavi: Designing a Menu That Works Without an App
The most important decision we made on Plavi was what guests should not have to do. No download, no sign-up, no waiting. Here is how that one rule shaped the product.
How a single design rule, one scan and you're in, shaped the way Plavi works for guests and for restaurant owners.
One Rule: One Scan
A guest sitting at a table will not install an app to see a menu. So Plavi's customer side runs entirely in the phone's browser: point the camera at the table's QR code and the menu is there. Everything else in the product had to fit around that rule.
From the Table Straight to the Kitchen
Once a guest has chosen, the order does not pass through a notepad or a shouted message. It goes straight to the kitchen exactly as the guest built it, sizes, extras and notes included, and live order tracking lets everyone follow it from the moment it is placed.
One Menu, Every Branch
For restaurant groups, Plavi keeps one master menu. A price change or a new dish goes live at every location the moment it is published: no reprinting, no retraining, and every branch reports through the same dashboard.
Menus That Know What's in the Food
In Plavi, ingredients belong to the restaurant and are reused across the whole menu, each carrying its allergens. An item's allergens are worked out from what goes into it, so when a recipe changes, the allergy information changes with it.
What's Next
We keep building Plavi alongside the restaurants that use it. If you run a restaurant, café or chain and want a menu your guests open in a second, talk to us.
