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Online Ordering Menu For Ghost Kitchens

Stop giving 30% of every order to delivery apps. Your ghost kitchen has no storefront, no walk-ins, no signage—your online menu is your entire brand. Menubly gives you a direct ordering channel with a professional online menu, so customers order from you—not through a middleman. Zero commission fees. You keep 100%.

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Ghost Kitchen Challenges vs. Menubly Solutions

The Challenges Ghost Kitchens Face
How Menubly Helps
Delivery apps take 15–30% of every order. After food cost and labor, there's barely anything left. You're essentially cooking for the apps.
Commission-free direct ordering. Menubly charges zero commission. You keep 100% of every sale—just a flat $9.99/month. On a $20 order, that's $6 more in your pocket.
You don't own your customers. DoorDash and Uber Eats keep customer names, emails, and order history. You can't reach them again.
Own your customer data. Every direct order gives you names, contact info, and order history. Send promotions via WhatsApp. Build repeat business on your terms.
No storefront means no brand. You're a thumbnail and a star rating on an app, competing against hundreds of other listings.
Your own branded menu and website. Your logo, your colors, your fonts. A professional online menu that looks like you—not like every other listing on Uber Eats.
Menu updates are a nightmare. Changing a price or 86'ing an item means logging into every platform, for every brand—and some take days.
Instant menu updates. Mark items sold out, change prices, or update descriptions in seconds. One dashboard, changes go live immediately. No more tablet juggling.
Running multiple brands = multiple headaches. Separate logins, separate tablets, separate menus across every platform.
Manage all your brands from one place. Create separate menus for each virtual brand—each with its own link, QR code, and branding—all from a single Menubly account.
No way to market directly to customers. Without your own ordering channel, you depend 100% on delivery app traffic and their algorithm.
A shareable menu link you control. Put it in your Instagram bio, packaging inserts, Google Business, paid ads—drive orders directly to you, skip the middleman.
Customers don't remember your brand. They remember "that burger I ordered on DoorDash"—not your name. Zero brand loyalty.
Build a brand customers come back to. A branded website, direct ordering, and customer data let you create real relationships—not just one-time transactions through an app.

How Menubly Works for Ghost Kitchens?

You already know how to run a kitchen. Getting your direct ordering channel up takes about 15 minutes.

1

Create your online menu on Menubly

Sign up free—no credit card needed, 30-day trial included.

Add items, prices, photos, and customization options in minutes. Running multiple virtual brands? Create a separate menu for each one.

Have existing menus? Send them over and we'll build your online menu for free within 24 hours.

2

Share your menu link—your new storefront

Menubly generates a unique link and QR code for each brand.

Add your link to Instagram, Facebook, Google Business, and paid ads. Print the QR code on packaging—every delivery bag drives direct orders next time.

Pro tip: Add a packaging insert saying "Skip the app. Order direct and save." Even converting 10–15% of app customers makes a real difference to your margins.

3

Take orders directly—keep 100% of the sale

Customers browse, customize, and pay from their phones—just like a delivery app, without the 30% cut.

Orders arrive instantly on your dashboard. You get customer names, contact info, and order history to send promotions and loyalty offers via WhatsApp.

Every dollar goes to you.

The Features Ghost Kitchens Love

Your digital storefront—professional and mobile-first

Your online menu is the only impression customers get. No dining room, no service, no ambiance—just your menu. It needs to be flawless.

With Menubly, your menu is clean, organized, and optimized for phones (where 90%+ of your orders come from). Customers can browse by category, search for specific items, view photos, and check prices—all in a professional layout that builds trust and makes your brand look legit.

Manage multiple virtual brands from one dashboard

Running a burger brand, a wing brand, and a poke bowl concept from the same kitchen? Menubly lets you create and manage separate menus for each brand—all from one account.

Each brand gets its own menu link, its own QR code, and its own fully customized branding. Customers see completely separate brands. You see one simple dashboard. No more juggling multiple platforms, multiple logins, or a counter full of tablets.

Update your menu in seconds—not hours

Ran out of an ingredient mid-rush? Need to add an item across all your brands? With Menubly, it takes seconds.

Mark items as sold out, adjust prices, update descriptions, or hide items temporarily—changes go live instantly. No waiting 24-72 hours for a platform to approve your update. No logging into 9 different dashboards to make the same change. Your customers always see what’s actually available.

Accept direct orders—zero commission fees

This is the big one. Every order through Menubly is yours—100%. No 15%, no 25%, no 30% cut.

On a $500/day order volume, switching just a portion of orders from delivery apps to direct ordering through Menubly can save you hundreds of dollars per month. That’s money that goes back into your food quality, your staff, or your bottom line—instead of into Uber’s pocket.

Accept 100+ payment methods

Not everyone pays the same way. With Menubly, customers can pay with credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and 100+ other methods directly through your ordering system.

Quick, secure, and easy to track. No fumbling with cash or turning away customers because of limited payment options.

A simple website—your ghost kitchen's home online

Ghost kitchens need an online presence, but you don’t need to spend thousands on a website. Every Menubly menu comes with a free one-page website.

Showcase your menu, delivery areas, hours, brand story, and social links—everything customers need in one shareable link. Use it as your link-in-bio on Instagram and your primary URL on Google Business. Professional, simple, done.

Share your ghost kitchen menu everywhere

Here’s what smart ghost kitchen operators do: print a QR code on a packaging insert that links to your Menubly menu. Every bag that goes out the door is an ad for your direct ordering channel.

Add your menu link to your Instagram bio, Facebook page, Google Business listing, email signature, and paid ads. Every customer you move from delivery apps to direct ordering is a customer you now own—with better margins, better data, and better loyalty.

Pricing

Enjoy our transparent pricing. No credit card required!

Monthly Yearly (20% discount)

FREE

$ 0 /MONTH
  • Free forever plan. For all restaurants who want to set up a basic mini website.
  • Mini website
  • Unlimited links on mini website
  • Built-in online menu
  • QR code menu
  • Online ordering for pick-up, delivery

PRO

$ 9.99 /MONTH
  • For restaurants who want to set up a Pro mini website with built-in online menu.
  • Mini website
  • Unlimited links on mini website
  • 1 built-in online menu
  • 1 QR code menu
  • Online ordering for pick-up, delivery
  • Full menu customization
  • Support converting PDF menu to digital
  • Custom domain
  • Custom menu design

CUSTOM

$ Contact Us
  • Need special feature or have custom request? Just send us a message.
  • Mini website
  • Unlimited links on mini website
  • Unlimited built-in online menu
  • Unlimited QR code menu
  • Online ordering for pick-up, delivery
  • Full menu customization
  • Support converting PDF menu to digital
  • Custom domain
  • Custom menu design

FREE

$ 0 /MONTH
  • Free forever plan. For all restaurants who want to set up a basic mini website.
  • Mini website
  • Unlimited links on mini website
  • Built-in online menu
  • QR code menu
  • Online ordering for pick-up, delivery

PRO

$ 7.99 /MONTH
  • Billed as $95.99 yearly.
  • For restaurants who want to set up a Pro mini website with built-in online menu.
  • Mini website
  • Unlimited links on mini website
  • 1 built-in online menu
  • 1 QR code menu
  • Online ordering for pick-up, delivery
  • Full menu customization
  • Support converting PDF menu to digital
  • Custom domain
  • Custom menu design

CUSTOM

$ Contact Us
  • Need special feature or have custom request? Just send us a message.
  • Mini website
  • Unlimited links on mini website
  • Unlimited built-in online menu
  • Unlimited QR code menu
  • Online ordering for pick-up, delivery
  • Full menu customization
  • Support converting PDF menu to digital
  • Custom domain
  • Custom menu design

1000+ menus created with Menubly

Online Ordering Menu for Ghost Kitchen FAQs

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Menubly is an affordable online menu and ordering platform built for food businesses—including ghost kitchens and delivery-only brands. It lets you create a professional, mobile-friendly online menu with built-in ordering, so customers can browse, customize, and pay directly from their phones.

Instead of relying 100% on delivery apps (and losing 15–30% per order), Menubly gives you a direct ordering channel you control. Share your menu link on social media, packaging, Google Business, or anywhere else—and keep 100% of the revenue. No commission, ever.

Menubly is built for any food business that needs an online menu and direct ordering, such as:

  • Ghost kitchens and virtual brands
  • Restaurants (fast food, casual dining, fine dining)
  • Cafes and coffee shops
  • Bakeries
  • Food trucks
  • Bars and breweries
  • Juice bars and smoothie shops
  • Catering and event services

Delivery apps are marketplaces—they charge you 15–30% per order in exchange for customer traffic. You don't own the customer relationship or their data.

Menubly is your own direct ordering channel. You create a branded menu, share it wherever you want, and take orders with zero commission. You own the customer data. The trade-off: you drive the traffic yourself (through social media, packaging inserts, Google, ads). But every customer you convert to direct ordering is yours forever—with dramatically better margins.

Many ghost kitchens use both: delivery apps for discovery, Menubly for direct orders and better margins.

 

Yes—this is one of the features ghost kitchen operators love most. You can create separate menus for each virtual brand, each with its own unique link, QR code, design, and branding. Customers see completely different brands. You manage everything from one dashboard.

No more logging into separate accounts on separate tablets for each brand on each platform.

The most effective strategy ghost kitchen operators use: packaging inserts. Every delivery order you send out through DoorDash or Uber Eats includes a card or sticker with your Menubly menu QR code and a message like "Order direct next time—skip the app fees." Some operators offer a small discount (e.g., "Save 10% on your next order when you order direct").

You should also add your Menubly menu link to your Instagram bio, Facebook page, Google Business Profile, and any paid ads you run.

Even converting 10-15% of delivery app customers to direct orders meaningfully improves your margins.

No. Menubly is 100% commission-free. You keep every dollar from every sale.

Here's the math: On a $25 order through DoorDash at 30% commission, you lose $7.50. Through Menubly, you keep all $25. Menubly costs $9.99/month (or $7.99/month annually)—so it pays for itself after just 1-2 direct orders.

Yes. You can enable delivery, pickup, or both. Customers choose their preferred option when ordering. You manage all incoming orders from a single dashboard and get WhatsApp notifications for every new order.

Absolutely. Email us (support@menubly.com) your existing menus—screenshots, PDFs, photos of your current listings, whatever you have. We'll build your complete online menu within 24 hours, completely free.

We handle everything: menu items, pricing, categories, photos, customization options. You just review and go live.

Yes. Every Menubly account includes a free one-page website where you can showcase your menu, delivery area, hours, brand story, and social media links—all in one professional, shareable link.

This is especially valuable for ghost kitchens because you likely don't have a traditional website. Your Menubly page becomes your Google Business URL, your Instagram link-in-bio, and your go-to link for any marketing.

Most ghost kitchen operators set up their Menubly menu in under 15 minutes. If you send us your existing menus, we'll have everything ready within 24 hours.

Either way, you can go from zero to a live, branded, order-ready online menu in less than a day—no tech skills required.

Yes—and here's why. Menubly isn't about replacing delivery apps. It's about reducing your dependency on them.

Delivery apps are good for discovery. But every customer you can convert to ordering directly through Menubly saves you 15–30% in commission—and gives you their contact info for future promotions. At $9.99/month, Menubly pays for itself after just a couple of direct orders. Everything after that is pure margin improvement.