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Dark Kitchens

A menu that’s yours, not the platform’s.

Put a QR on every bag and the next look at your food happens on your own menu — your dishes, your story, every allergen, for every brand you run. Ordering direct from it is coming soon.

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  • 0%
    Commission — a flat monthly fee, never a cut
  • 1 account
    A menu for every brand — 3 on Essential, unlimited on Growth
  • 14 allergens
    Declared on every dish, for every brand

What we hear most

These are the problems dark kitchens tell us about most.

  • “If they delist me tomorrow, my customers go with them”

    Every order is the platform’s relationship, not yours — and you’ve no way to reach those people.

  • “Five brands, and not one of them has a menu of its own”

    Each brand lives inside an app, so there’s nowhere to send someone who liked the food.

  • “When an allergen goes wrong, it’s on me, not the platform”

    Allergen info on the apps is patchy, but the liability lands entirely on you.

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Building something that’s actually yours

Your menu. Nobody else’s.

Your QR goes on every bag and every receipt. A customer scans after dinner and lands on your own menu — your dishes, your story, every allergen — and saves the link. On Growth they can leave their email on the menu too, so the list of people who like your food is yours, not a platform’s. Ordering direct from that menu is coming soon.

What’s included

Everything your dark kitchen needs. Nothing it doesn’t.

  • A photo-led look that shows the food at its bestGrowth
  • Descriptions, allergens and dietary filters customers check themselves
  • Your logo, your colours, no watermarkEssential+
  • A QR for every bag, receipt and social profile
  • See which dishes customers view and which they skip
  • AI-drafted replies to the Google reviews you paste inGrowth
  • Customers leave their email on your menuGrowth
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Example guest menu in the photo-led style
Example menu in the Showcase look — Growth
We’re running four brands across three platforms and I genuinely lost track of which menu was correct where. We’d been selling a dish at last year’s price on one of the apps for six weeks because the update hadn’t gone through properly. That’s margin we just gave away. Now each brand has a menu with us, the QR on every bag points to it, and that one is always right.
Illustrative example (not a real customer)

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Free£0forever
Essential£19per month
Growth£49per month

Questions owners ask

Ask us anything
Do my guests need to download an app?

No. Guests scan the QR code on the table and your menu opens in seconds. No app. No account.

How long does it take to set up?

You can be live in minutes. If you can use a smartphone, you can set up Octopus Menu — and Essential and Growth include a free onboarding session.

Can I change the menu during service?

Yes. Change a price, add a special or pull a dish in under 60 seconds, from your phone. It’s live the moment you save — no reprint.

Do you take commission on orders?

Never. Octopus Menu charges a flat monthly fee and takes no cut of anything you sell. No platform cut, no per-transaction fee, nothing hidden.

Your first table scans today.

No card required · Live in under 15 minutes

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