How to Share Restaurant PDF Menu as QR Code or Link for Free?

This guide will use ZodQR, a free dynamic QR code generator to share a PDF menu as QR code or link, with unlimited scans and never expire. You can also add a cover page for your menu, track how it scans, and further config for advanced usage.

Open this PDF QR code generator in a new tab so you can follow each step.

Create a QR code from PDF menu

ZodQR has more than 30 QR code types, all free to create. To share a restaurant PDF menu online, we will use PDF QR code type.

1. Go to the PDF QR code generator
2. Click Choose file to upload button, and select your PDF menu. Free user can upload menu file upto 10MB. To upload larger file upto 5GB, you will need a paid subscription and generate QR code from Dashboard.
3. To add a cover page for your menu, enable Add cover page option. This is good place to add a cover photo for the menu, your restaurant name and brief info. If enabled, you can also style this cover page with custom colors.
4. Click Generate PDF QR. You will be asked to create a free account. Create an account with Google or email, your account is forever free to use.
5. Your PDF menu is now ready as a QR code. You can download generated QR code, update QR code design with color, logo, or frame before download, or copy the QR link and share it to your social medias.

Tracking scans for your PDF menu

ZodQR's PDF QR code is a dynamic QR code, so you can track how your menu performs: see total scans, locations, devices info, and time of scan. Free user can see total scans of the QR code from Dashboard.

For advanced analytics, upgrade to Plus plan (from $6/mo) or above.

Paid users can also custom menu link with back-half (from $6/mo) and restaurant owned domain (from $14/mo): instead of showing ZodQR's random link, you can customize menu link to my-restaurant.com/main-menu for example.