If your restaurant relies on delivery apps, you could be giving up 15–30% of every order in fees. With your own website you can take orders directly. Without handing over a cut to a 3rd party platform.

The challenge is when choosing the right WordPress plugin. The phrase “Restaurant plugin” can mean two very different things. Some plugins are designed simply to showcase your menu with a clean and attractive layout. While others plugins can handle the entire ordering process, including the cart, checkout, delivery zones, table bookings and even kitchen displays. Paying for a full restaurant ordering system when all you need is just a menu can quickly become an unnecessary expense.

In this WordPress Wednesday post. I will take you through the best WordPress restaurant menu plugins for 2026. I have looked at how recently each plugin has been updated. And how it’s currently rated. So you can avoid wasting time on looking through plugins that have either been neglected or abandoned.

So, let’s get started looking at the best 5 WordPress plugins for restaurants.

1. Restaurant Menu

MotoPress Restaurant Menu is the safe and a low maintenance option. It has been around for years. And it comes from an established WordPress company and focuses on delivering a easy menu experience without forcing you to learn a complicated system. If you want a free restaurant menu with a basic ordering cart and minimal ongoing management. It’s a sensible option to consider.

Menu items support more detail than many competing plugins. Including descriptions, photos, prices, ingredients, and nutritional information such as size, weight and calories. This is particularly useful for health focused restaurants or businesses that need to publish nutritional details and these features are available for free. And menus can be displayed in grid or list layouts with up to six columns and shortcodes allow you to add them to posts, pages, or widget areas. The plugin is compatible with Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi and other page builders.

Ordering is kept relatively simple. PayPal and cash on delivery are supported payment methods, while customers can check out as guests or registered users. Order statuses allow customers to track their orders from processing through to shipment, and confirmation and notification emails can be customised. Delivery and pickup options, toppings and a menu bar cart icon are available through paid add ons.

The main consideration is the plugin’s development pace. With subsequent updates primarily addressing security and minor fixes.

While the plugin continues to receive maintenance. It hasn’t seen significant feature development in recent years. With 2,000+ active installs and 14 reviews. Its community is also relatively small compared with some of the other plugins on this list.

If you are looking for a free, straightforward menu plugin that prioritises simplicity, MotoPress Restaurant Menu is worth considering. However, if you need an actively expanding feature set or expect your restaurant’s ordering requirements to grow, another plugin may be a better fit.

Key Features

• Free menu builder with grid and list layouts of up to six columns
• Nutritional attributes, ingredients, sizes, and weights for each item
• Multiple prices per menu item
• Built-in PayPal and cash-on-delivery payment options
• Guest checkout and order status tracking
• Customisable confirmation and notification emails
• Menu import and export between websites
• Tax and currency settings
• Shortcodes compatible with various page builders
• Optional paid add-ons for delivery and pickup, toppings, and the navigation cart

MotoPress Restaurant Menu is free to use, with paid add-ons available for delivery and pickup, toppings and the navigation cart.

2. Food Menu

Food Menu by RadiusTheme is one of the most flexible restaurant menu plugins on this list. Giving you the freedom to choose how much functionality you need. Use its dedicated Food Menu post type to display a clean menu without WooCommerce or connect it to WooCommerce to create a complete ordering system with a shopping cart, checkout and your preferred payment gateways. You can publish a menu without committing to eCommerce. Then expand into online ordering later without having to switch plugins.

The free version became particularly generous with the 6.0 update in 2026. It includes four layout options (grid, list, slider and filterable isotope), a four-step shortcode generator for configuring layouts, filters, fields, and styling. Plus a Gutenberg block and Elementor widgets. You also get a floating mini cart and newly free features such as table reservations with capacity management, checkout tips, scheduled special-menu popups and percentage discounts. Features that many competing plugins reserve for premium plans are available here at no cost.

The Pro version is designed for restaurants that need more than a digital menu. It adds over 20 additional layouts, variable pricing by size, ingredients and nutritional information, product add-ons, delivery and pickup scheduling, and a broader restaurant operations suite. This includes QR code table ordering, a live kitchen monitor with audio alerts, POS printing for kitchen and driver slips, SMS and WhatsApp notifications, inventory management and a front-end dashboard for staff.

One consideration is the size of its review base. The perfect rating comes from 24 reviews, which is considerably fewer than the 100+ reviews behind plugins such as Five Star and WPCafe. That means there is less user feedback available to assess long-term experiences. The development activity and support feedback appear promising, but the plugin has a smaller user community.

If you want a plugin that can start as a simple menu and grow into a complete restaurant ordering and operations system, Food Menu by RadiusTheme offers that flexibility. Its free version covers a substantial range of functionality, while Pro provides the additional tools needed for more advanced restaurant operations.

Key Features

• Works with or without WooCommerce, giving you control over your setup
• Grid, list, slider, and filterable layouts, with 20+ additional layouts in Pro
• No-code shortcode generator
• Table reservations with capacity management (free)
• Checkout tips and gratuity (free)
• Scheduled special-menu popups and percentage discounts (free)
• QR code table ordering (Pro)
• Live kitchen monitor with order board (Pro)
• POS printing and SMS or WhatsApp notifications (Pro)
• Inventory management and front-end staff dashboard (Pro)

The free version is available through WordPress.org and includes menu management, reservations, and tips. Food Menu Pro adds more layouts, delivery and pickup scheduling, and the complete restaurant operations suite. Visit the RadiusTheme website for current pricing and plan details.

3. WPCafe

WPCafe is the most complete restaurant management option on this list. While many plugins focus on either menus or online ordering. It combines menu management, online ordering, table reservations, delivery and pickup scheduling, and multi-location support in one dashboard. Version 3.0 released towards the end of 2025. Introduced a major rebuild. Making it a significant update to the plugin.

You can build your menu using more than 34 ready-made templates, with support for Gutenberg blocks, Elementor widgets and shortcodes. Customers can choose between delivery, pickup, or dine-in ordering. While restaurant owners can configure the system around their actual operating hours. Delivery settings include zones, available days and time slots, minimum order amounts and holiday schedules. Helping ensure orders are only accepted when your kitchen is ready to fulfil them.

Two features stand out. QR code ordering allows you to assign a unique code to each table, letting customers order directly from their phones without requiring staff to take orders manually. The Pro version also includes a visual table reservation system. Allowing you to recreate your restaurant’s floor plan, position tables and let guests choose their preferred seating when making a reservation.

The main consideration is its WooCommerce dependency. Online ordering requires WooCommerce. Meaning you will be managing two plugins rather than one. This is a practical arrangement if you already use WooCommerce or want access to its payment gateways. But it may add unnecessary complexity if you only need a basic takeaway ordering cart.

If youare looking for a plugin that can support a restaurant’s broader ordering and reservation requirements. It offers a comprehensive set of tools. However, its extensive functionality may be more than you need for a simple menu or basic ordering setup.

Key Features

• 34+ food menu templates for Gutenberg, Elementor and Divi
• Online ordering for delivery, pickup, and dine-in
• QR code ordering for contactless dine-in
• Table reservations with seat capacity limits
• Visual interactive table layout (Pro)
• Delivery zones, time slots, and holiday scheduling
• Multi-location management (Pro)
• Product add-ons and order bumps at checkout
• Sales reports and analytics dashboard
• Customisable email notifications and RTL support

The free version includes menu templates, add-ons, order bumps and reports, providing enough functionality to support real online orders. Pro adds QR ordering, visual table layouts, multi-location management, loyalty programmes and thermal printer support.

4. RestroFood

RestroFood is worth considering if your restaurant operates both a physical counter and an online ordering system. Like WPCafe, it runs on WooCommerce and combines menus, online ordering and delivery features. Where it stands out is its back of house functionality, including a POS add on that can operate online and offline across multiple counters, multibranch management with separate dashboards for each location and automatic invoice printing through PrintNode. Allowing orders to be sent directly to a kitchen printer without staff having to open WordPress.

On the customer side, RestroFood keeps the ordering experience streamlined. Menus can be browsed without page reloads. While Ajax search, category filtering and quick product views make it easy for customers to find dishes and view their details. All without leaving the page. The cart and checkout can also remain on the same page. Avoiding the need to send customers to a separate checkout screen midway through their order. Combo products can include extras and add-ons with prices that update as customers make their selections. Nutrition information such as calories, protein, carbohydrates and fat can also be displayed.

Delivery is another area where RestroFood offers plenty of configuration options. You can offer delivery, pickup or both. Determine whether an address is within your service area using a ZIP code, address or branch and calculate delivery fees based on distance or zone. Customers can also schedule orders for a future date using your available time slots. Once an order is placed, status emails can be sent automatically, while real-time driver tracking allows customers to follow their delivery.

The main consideration is the size of its user community. RestroFood’s free version has only a few hundred active installs and a relatively small number of WordPress.org reviews, giving it a much smaller public user base than WPCafe. The company reports having several thousand paying restaurants and the plugin continues to receive development updates. But you are still choosing a smaller ecosystem. If you specifically need features such as POS and multibranch management, that may be a worthwhile trade off. If those features aren’t necessary. WPCafe offers similar restaurant ordering functionality with a larger user base.

Key Features

• Same-page cart and checkout with Ajax-powered menu browsing (free)
• Delivery or pickup options, delivery fees, and time slots (free)
• Six menu display layouts and three mini-cart styles (Pro)
• Product extras and add-ons with live pricing (Pro)
• Pre-orders, scheduled orders, and real-time tracking (Pro)
• Separate admin panels for shop, kitchen, and delivery staff (Pro)
• Thermal and receipt invoice printing (Pro)
• POS, multibranch management, and table reservations (paid add-ons)
• Support for WooCommerce payment gateways
• Compatibility with Elementor, Gutenberg, WPBakery and Divi

RestroFood Lite is available for free on WordPress.org and provides the core functionality needed for basic delivery and pickup orders. The Pro version starts at $75 per year for one site, while POS, multibranch management, additional delivery-fee options, invoice printing and table reservations are available as separate add-ons or through bundles. Tips and in-restaurant ordering are available as free add-ons.

5. Five Star Restaurant Menu

Five Star Restaurant Menu is a strong choice if your main priority is putting a professional looking menu on your website. Also, it stands out as the only plugin on this list that adds restaurant menu schema, structured data that helps Google understand that your page contains a restaurant menu rather than a standard webpage.

The menu builder keeps things straightforward. Create sections such as Appetizers, Mains, and Desserts, add your items with photos and prices. Then place the menu on any page using a Gutenberg block or shortcode. If you are using a block theme, ready-made patterns can be added directly to your templates. You can also create multiple separate menus. Making it easy to maintain different breakfast, lunch, dinner or wine menus. Each section can include its own notes.

A built-in QR code generator is another useful feature for restaurants with dine-in customers. You can create a QR code for each table and let customers open the menu directly on their phones. As the QR code points to your online menu, price or menu changes appear immediately. All without requiring you to print new codes.

Online ordering is available with the Ultimate version. It adds a shopping cart, Stripe and PayPal payments, discount codes, tipping, delivery options with configurable fees and minimum orders and estimated delivery times. Orders can also sync with the Five Star Restaurant Manager app for iOS and Android. Allowing staff to receive new orders on a phone or kitchen tablet without having to log into WordPress.

Key Features

• Unlimited menus and menu items
• Restaurant menu schema for Google
• Built-in QR code generator for in-restaurant menus
• Gutenberg blocks and block theme patterns
• Multiple prices per menu item
• Section notes and menu footers
• Dietary and allergen icons (premium)
• Full online ordering with cart and checkout (Ultimate)
• Restaurant manager app for iOS and Android (Ultimate)

The free version provides the core menu-building features and should be sufficient for many restaurants that simply want to publish their menu online. Online ordering requires the Ultimate version and both paid tiers offer a seven-day free trial. Giving you an opportunity to test the ordering system before committing.