Adding Menu Items

Digital Dining Back Office

Adding Menu Items

• Click on Menu
• Highlight Menu Items & click on it 

Go to Main Tab

• Click on Add
  • Digital Dining will automatically go to the next available menu item code, placing the cursor in the check description field
• Type in the check description, then hit the TAB key twice
  • This is how the item will appear on the ordering screen & on the guest check
• Type in the prep description, then hit TAB
  • This is how the item will appear in the kitchen or bar
• Enter the prices for the item
  • You MUST enter ALL 5 prices, even if they are all the same
• Select the POS Window by clicking on the £ to the right of the rectangle & then typing in the first few letters of the POS Window, highlighting it & clicking on OK
  • If you are not sure of the name of the window, you can scan the list by clicking on the ↓ & ~ to the right
• Select the Sales Type by clicking on the ↓ to the right of the rectangle & then scanning the list by clicking on the ↓ & ~ to the right.
• Select the Prep Type by clicking on the ↓ to the right of the rectangle & then scanning the list by clicking on the ↓ & ~ to the right.
• Select the Sales Mode by clicking on the ↓ to the right of the rectangle to get your options
  • Normal = A regular menu item
  • Modifier = A modifier
  • No Sale = An on screen description (it can not be ordered)
  • Link Only = An item that only serves as a link to another window
• Select Modifier Mode by clicking on the ↓ to the right of the rectangle to get your options.
  • Inherit Prep Type = For modifiers that are following the menu item to the prep printer.
  • Use Own Prep Type = For menu items or for modifiers that are not following the menu item but are going to their own prep printer
    • for example, if you have a Fried prep station & a Broiled prep station, you would want the Baked Haddock to go to the Broiled station and the Fries to go to the Fried station
• Select Quantity Mode by clicking on the ↓ to the right of the rectangle to get your options
  • Normal = The item will not prompt for a quantity
  • Always = The item will always prompt for a quantity
    • useful for items like Oysters On The Half Shell where you order by the piece
  • Decimal = The item will allow for a quantity with a decimal
    • for items purchased by the pound
  • Scale = For scale interfaces
• Click on the appropriate tax rate, making sure that only 1 rate is checked
  • Meals Tax
  • Beverage Tax
  • Retail Tax

Go to Modifier Tab

• Select Modifier Window #1, if this item needs to loop to a modifier by clicking on the £ to the right of the rectangle & then typing in the first few letters of the Modifier Window, highlighting it & clicking on OK
  • If you are not sure of the name of the window, you can scan the list by clicking on the ↓ & ~ to the right
• If this item does not need any modifiers, make sure that all modifier windows are going to “No Window”, which is an option on the list of windows.
• Repeat for all necessary modifier loops
  • Example: The Sirloin Steak needs a temp, then a starch, then a dressing choice:
    • Mod Window 1 = Temps
    • Mod Window 2 = Starch
    • Mod Window 3 = Dressing
    • All other Mod Windows should be “No Window”

Go to Prep Instruction Tab (Optional)

• Click on the white text block to get the cursor there, then type in how to prepare the item (like drinks at the bar) or just a general list of ingredients (for food items so that the server can see if there is an ingredient that a customer is allergic to)
• Click back on the Main tab, then on Save
• Repeat for any other items to be added or Exit to get out