Invoice parsed · 06:02
Branzino, whole$84.30
Heirloom tomato$22.10
Burrata, 8 oz$31.75
Dish score
Waste riskHigh
Margin72%
PopularitySteady
The OptiMenu NFC tag

Menu data that actually
reaches the floor

Every dish scored overnight on waste risk, popularity and margin. Tonight’s picks on your staff’s phones with one tap.

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Harbour & Vine
Friday, August 21
Tonight’s Dish — Staff Briefing
PUSH TONIGHT#001
Grilled Branzino
SAY THIS:
"Whole branzino came in this morning — we’re grilling it with the last of the summer tomatoes."
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RECOMMEND#002
Burrata & Heirloom
SAY THIS:
"The tomatoes are at their peak this week — it’s the last of them."
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A server tapping a phone to the OptiMenu tag at the counter
At every station

A tap is the whole interface.

Put a tag at the pass, on the server station, beside the bar terminal — anywhere your staff already stand. Tonight’s briefing opens on their own phone in about a second.

01  How it works

One cycle, run overnight.

Nobody on your team touches any of it. They tap once at the start of the shift.

13:00 AM

Sync

Sales close out and vendor invoices are read line by line.

23:20 AM

Analyze

Every dish scored on waste risk, popularity and margin.

35:00 AM

Pick

Top dishes chosen, each with a line servers can say.

44:30 PM

Tap

Staff tap any station tag. Briefing opens on their phone.

02  The dashboard · owners and managers

Everything behind tonight’s call.

Managers only. Tonight’s three tickets on the pass, menu health, what’s about to spoil, and how last week’s picks actually sold — costs and margins never leave this screen. Hover a number to see what each part does.

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ON THE PASS · 4:32 PM
Marcus
Harbour & Vine
Friday, August 21, 2026
OptiScoreGood
82/ 100
Updated 4:32 PM
Menu items scored42
Low-margin items7
Expiring soon4
YTD spend$186,420
Tonight’s passFriday, August 21 · 42 dishes scored
Harbour & Vine
*** Food ***
PUSH TONIGHT
#014-014:32 PM
PUSH TONIGHT
Grilled Branzino
--- Tonight’s Pitch ---
"Just came in fresh — one of the best things on the menu tonight."
MARGIN 72%$21.40/COVERURGENT
· · · FLIP FOR RECIPE · · ·
Harbour & Vine
*** Food ***
RECOMMEND
#014-024:32 PM
RECOMMEND
Burrata & Heirloom
--- Tonight’s Pitch ---
"Guests have been loving this lately — a great choice tonight."
MARGIN 68%$14.80/COVER
· · · FLIP FOR RECIPE · · ·
Harbour & Vine
*** Food ***
MENTION
#014-034:32 PM
MENTION
Duck Confit
--- Tonight’s Pitch ---
"The kitchen is really proud of this one tonight — worth every bite."
MARGIN 41%$12.10/COVER
· · · FLIP FOR RECIPE · · ·
Waste risk4 flagged
Branzino, wholeUse today
~6.0 lb remaining · Delivered Aug 21
Heirloom tomato1 day left
~4.5 lb remaining · Delivered Aug 19
Burrata, 8 oz3 days left
~9.0 units remaining · Delivered Aug 20
Duck legs5 days left
~12.0 units remaining · Delivered Aug 20
Week in reviewLast 7 nights
Extra sold
covers vs. avg
+18
Waste saved
estimated
$212
Hit rate
nights above average
71%
Top performerSat, 08/16
Grilled Branzino+9
‹August 2026›
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Highlighted nights have Tonight’s Dish data
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OptiMenu
Harbour & Vine
Friday, August 21
Tonight’s Dish — Staff Briefing
PUSH TONIGHT#001
Grilled Branzino
SAY THIS:
"Just came in fresh — one of the best things on the menu tonight."
opti-menu.com
RECOMMEND#002
Burrata & Heirloom
SAY THIS:
"Guests have been loving this lately — a great choice tonight."
opti-menu.com
MENTION#003
Duck Confit
SAY THIS:
"The kitchen is really proud of this one tonight — worth every bite."
opti-menu.com
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03  The pass · the staff side

What the floor actually gets.

One tap opens this in the phone’s browser. Three tickets, ranked by priority, and a line servers can say at the table. No margins, no dashboards, no account to manage.

✓Opens in the browser — nothing to install
✓No staff logins, no accounts to manage
✓Costs and margins stay on the owner's side
The OptiMenu NFC tag

The tag

Stick it by the pass, the POS, or the service window. Staff tap on their way out to the floor. Every restaurant gets three.

04  POS data

Read-only, and narrow on purpose.

OptiMenu needs item-level sales history to score a menu. Nothing else. The connection is read-only, so nothing OptiMenu does can change what happens at the terminal.

Your POS
Item-level sales
6:12 PM2 Caesar salads, 1 French onion soup
6:40 PM1 roast chicken, 1 steak frites
7:05 PM3 mussels marinière, 1 burrata
Read-only · nothing written back
OptiMenu
Overnight scoring

What we read

✓Menu items and their prices
✓Item-level sales counts and timestamps
✓Dayparts, covers and service periods
✓Voids and comps at the item level

What we never touch

✕Payments, card data or tokens
✕Guest names, contacts or loyalty records
✕Employee records or payroll
✕Any write-back — OptiMenu never changes your POS

Direct POS integrations are in progress. Any restaurant can import item-level sales by CSV today.

05  Pricing

Flat rate, per restaurant.

No per-location fees, no setup fees, no contract. One price whether you run twelve covers a night or two hundred.

✓Cancel any time from your account
✓We set it up with you, start to finish
✓Three tags in the box
Per restaurant
$59/ month
✓Every feature, including future releases
✓Unlimited menu items and recipes
✓Invoice parsing and OCR
✓Nightly dish recommendation engine
✓POS analytics and week-over-week
✓Three NFC tags, priority support
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06  FAQ

Questions operators ask.

That's the normal starting point. OptiMenu reads scanned or photographed vendor invoices and pulls line items, units and prices — you don't reformat anything. Where a line is unreadable we flag it for you instead of guessing.

Stop guessing what to sell tonight.

Invoices and sales in, a scored menu out, tonight’s picks on the floor before service. Setup takes an afternoon, and we do it with you.