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Editing a menu item

The longest form in the admin, laid out so you can see the effect of what you type. On a wide screen the work sits left and the scores sit right; on a laptop or phone they stack in the same order.

The rule

Everything you edit is on the left. Everything that grades it is on the right, and it stays on screen while you scroll. Every card has an ⓘ chip — tap it for what that card does and when it matters.

What’s where

Left, top to bottom: General info (name, link, category) → Studio (photos and video) → the three writing cards → pairings → Status, Pricing and POS link → Category details.

Studio sits near the top on purpose: the photo is what makes a diner stop scrolling, and it used to be buried at the bottom of a third column.

Right: two live scores. AI discoverability is how well AI assistants will understand this dish. SEO health is how your page looks in a search result and when someone shares the link. Both move as you type, and the search and social fields they grade sit underneath them.

The things you’ll do most

  • Rename or recategorise — General info. Every field has a language switcher; type English first and auto-translate the rest. A blank link is generated from the name.
  • Add photos — Studio. Drag to reorder, star to set the hero, pencil for caption and alt text.
  • Write descriptions — the blurb shows in listings, the full description is what a diner reads on tapping through. Both have Write with AI.
  • Hide or mark sold out — three independent switches in Status. Hidden removes it entirely; sold out keeps it visible but greyed; recommended adds a star and a reason you write. You can recommend a sold-out dish.
  • Fill category details — AI Fill drafts every field at once; per-field fill tweaks one.

Good to know

  • A blank search title or link isn’t broken — it falls back to a sensible default, and the SEO score says so instead of marking you to zero. Filling them in is about choosing the words yourself.
  • The Save changes bar is sticky, so it’s in reach however far you’ve scrolled. Pairings are the exception: they save the moment you add one.
  • POS link only appears if your venue runs the till — on dishes, on categories, and as a column or tile in the menu and category lists. Without it there is no card, no pill, no column and no “not linked” count, so nothing asks you to connect something you don’t have.
  • With the till on, a pill at the top tells you whether the item is display-only. A wine you list but don’t take orders for can stay that way.
  • Category details is empty until that category has custom fields. The link in that card opens the category page, where you add them once for every dish in it.
  • Internal notes never reach the public menu, but the AI reads them — so “boiling water is shared with the lasagne, use the dedicated pan for celiacs” reaches a waiter who asks.