Restaurant Training - Menu Planning

Let's face it the menu of any restaurant has to be theview. You could also mark vegetarian options or gluten
most important Aspect of all. More important than thefree choices on your menu too.
decor or uniform of the staff. Therefore it is extremelyBe wary of having a huge choice of side orders only
important to get it right. Have the right menu and theput one the menu side dishes that will complement
customers will come flooding in.your menu choices sometimes less is better. Is it good
Things to remember when putting your menu togetherto have a huge menu that can't be delivered
include the overall design of your menu if you have tooconsistently by your kitchen team or a slightly smaller
many pictures will it distract people away from theselection that will impress your customers time and
dishes. When selecting menu items you need to betime again?
sure to include a good balance of different items notOne more thing you may wish to think about it is
everyone wants chicken cooked four different ways.seasonal changes or local specialties how can you
So I suggest a mix of fish, poultry, red meat andincorporate these onto your menus. Will you reprint
vegetarian. Nowadays there are more people withmenus seasonally or you could train your staff to sell
food allergies and dietary requirements such as glutenthese items verbally adding to the interaction between
intolerance or a dairy free diet while I am notyour customers and your staff. One last thing to
suggesting catering for every single type of dietaryconsider is your wine and drink selection will it fit on
you need to be aware and ready to feed them.your main menu without over crowding it, or do you
On your menu you may want to include a brief historyhave a separate wine menu. If you decide to go down
of your restaurant if it is particularly interesting. Youthe separate wine menu route I suggest you have a
may also want some details relating to nutritional valuesimilar design to your main menu as it keeps things
of your dishes as people are becoming more awarelooking uniform.
of what they want to eat from a nutrition point of