Building Menu

Menu would be the most important part of your business. Let’s first understand the hierarchy of menus.

Level	Description	Example
Menu	Menus are the highest level of our hierarchy, which means they can’t be assigned under any other hierarchal category.	Lunch, Dinner, and Wine Menu
Course	Courses are the second level of our hierarchy and they break your menu down into sections. They can be assigned to multiple menus.	Appetizers (can be assigned to both Lunch and Dinner)
Dish	Dishes are individual menu items, which fall under Courses.	”6-pc Wings” (can be assigned to Appetizers).
Modifiers	Use modifiers or matrix modifiers to give customers the choice to customize their dish.	”Honey mustard, BBQ, teriyaki, and spicy mayo” are all sauce modifiers that can be applied to designated dishes.

Go to Settings > Menu.
Start with the types of menus your restaurant offers. For example, you might offer Lunch, Dinner, and Wine menus. Click + to add a menu.
Enter the name of the menu and set Special Hours, if relevant.
Toggle menu features:
- Run Out (86’d) - toggle this on when an dish or course runs out. This setting turns off visibility of 86’d dishes and courses online and in the POS app.
- In-store only determines whether your menu is available for online ordering.
- Sync to Third Party lets you to sync to a third-party integration (e.g. DoorDash)
Click Save.

Create Courses

Go to Courses.
Click + to add a course.
Enter the name of the course. Then, choose a classification (e.g. Food, Beverage, Merchandise, or Alcohol).
Toggle the course features, and then click Save.

Go to Dishes.
Click + to add a dish.
Enter the name of the dish and price.

If you’ve opted into online ordering with Selflane and another platform, enter your upcharge.
Assign your dish to the appropriate menu(s), and then assign to the appropriate course. 5. Assign your dish to a printer. 6. Use the tags to denote if a dish is spicy, gluten-free, or vegan. 7. Toggle the dish features, and then click Save.

Select Modifiers or Matrix Modifiers for the appropriate dish.

Use matrix modifiers to customize choices individually. For example, you may have three choices for poke bowl toppings: furikake, onion crisps, and sesame seeds. Customers may want extra furikake, onion crisps on the side, and lite sesame seeds.
Click + to add modifiers.
Enter the title for your modifier and the maximum selections a customer can make. Check the Required box if the dish requires customization.
Select the dish(es) for which modifiers will be applied.
Enter a list of modifiers, separated by commas.
Click Save.

Tax rates are important for your business. Let’s set up your tax rates.

Set up inclusive and exclusive tax rates.

Go to Settings > Profile.
In the horizontal navigation, Select Tax Rates.
Click + to add a tax item.
Name the tax item. Then, enter the tax rate and the appropriate settings.

Select the On/Off status to turn tax items and their rates on and off.
Click Save.