Getting started · 6 min read
Set up your restaurant
Configure your brand identity — name, URL, default language and currency, logo and colors — and learn your way around the admin dashboard before you build the menu.
Who this is for
Owners and account admins doing initial setup.
Before you start
- Account created and email verified
Start with Settings → General
In the admin dashboard, open Settings → General. Everything here applies to your whole restaurant brand and is inherited by every branch — it is the only place you change details that should match across locations.
Used on receipts, the customer storefront, and email subjects.
The URL fragment for your storefront (dashdinemenu.com/menu/your-slug/branch). Once printed on codes, changing it breaks them — choose carefully.
Public-facing email shown when a customer needs to reach you. Different from the owner login email.
Optional support phone number shown on the customer storefront.
The language the customer storefront falls back to when a customer has not chosen one.
QAR by default. Switching currency changes the symbol displayed, not the prices themselves.
Anything you enable here becomes a translation field on every menu item and category.
Branding basics
Open Settings → Branding to upload your logo and set your primary and secondary colors. The customer ordering app is fully white-label: it carries your identity, not DashDine’s, so the storefront should match your signage and packaging from day one.
A live preview shows how the storefront looks as you adjust colors. Check that your primary color keeps white text readable, and open the customer page on a real phone to confirm the logo renders cleanly at small sizes.
Finding your way around the admin dashboard
High-level overview: order activity, plan status, trial countdown, and quick links to common tasks.
Categories, menu items, modifier groups and options, item images, and AI menu tools.
Add and edit locations, set hours, toggle order types (dine-in, takeaway, carside), and pause ordering.
Searchable history of every order with filters by status, branch, date, and type — plus the live view used during service.
Create, rotate, and deactivate PINs for runner, kitchen, and kiosk staff.
Generate and download storefront and table-specific ordering codes in multiple sizes.
Promotions: promo codes, discounts, and item or category offers.
Revenue, top items, peak hours, order volume, and branch performance comparison.
Current plan, trial countdown, invoice history, and the upgrade path.
General account info, branding, and notification preferences.
Work branch by branch
Almost every screen — menu, staff, orders, QR codes — is scoped to the active branch shown in the top bar. If you run more than one location, always check the branch selector before making a change; switching branches reloads the data for that location.
Common gotchas
- The restaurant slug is the first segment of your menu URL and is baked into every printed code. Treat it as permanent once you print.
- Changing the default currency does not convert prices — the number 25 stays 25 with a new symbol.
- Adding a supported menu language reveals new translation fields on items but does not translate them for you. The AI translation tool in Menu can help fill them in.
- Save before leaving a settings page — navigating away can lose unsaved edits.
Frequently asked
What should I set up first: settings, branding, or menu?
In that order. Settings → General fixes your URL, language, and currency; Branding makes the storefront yours; then build the menu. The launch checklist article ties it all together.Can different branches have different menus and hours?
Yes. The menu, hours, tables, staff PINs, and order types all live at the branch level. The brand identity — name, logo, colors, currency — is shared.