What can RESTO-PAAN do?

Just photograph your menu and you have a menu in 15 languages. Through a QR code on the table, a tablet or a printed copy, your dishes reach foreign guests in their own language. Printed menus are in 12 languages.

Does it cost anything?

Translation is free for your first 100 items and for up to 30 items a month. Beyond that, you buy one-time item packs; there is no monthly fee. Many restaurants can use it free of charge.

Do I need new equipment?

No. Take the photos with the smartphone or tablet you already have, then print the QR code and put it on the table.

Can we correct the translations ourselves?

Yes. Every translation, in every language, can be edited by the restaurant.

What if the menu isn't available in a guest's language?

The menu is translated automatically, on the spot, into the language the guest chooses. The restaurant does not pay for these translations.

RESTO-PAAN — Photograph your menu, serve it in 15 languages

RESTO-PAAN

An app for restaurants to create
menus in other languages

— Made by a company that runs restaurants —

Your menu, carefully translated — in 15 languages.
Just take a photo — import your menu in moments.
Export to PDF or Word — and print, of course.
With built-in ordering support — no shared language needed.

Fifteen major world languages, covering over 90% of visitors to Japan.
Free to use in most cases.

Languages: Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic and Russian

App Preview

Just snap
your menu

Photograph it with your phone.
RESTO-PAAN takes it from there.

Screen for editing the scanned text — 02

PAAN reads it —
and drafts the descriptions

It reads your dish names and writes the descriptions. You can even set service charges, cover charges and seating fees.

Menu completed in 12 languages — 03

Goodbye,
translation apps

Your menu, effortlessly in 12 languages. Add photos to make it clearer still.

The menu as guests see it — 04

Your menu, in
the world’s languages

Just take a photo. AI prepares your menu in 15 languages, free of charge.

Ordering screen in the guest’s language — 05

Orders made easy —
welcome guests from anywhere

Leave translation apps behind. From “with ice” to “side plates for sharing”, every request is covered.

Phrases guests can show to staff — 06

Every phrase your front of house needs,
built right in

“Salt, please”, “A toothpick, please” — all of it, in 12 languages.

Store QR code screen — 07

Your menu, on your
guests’ own phones too

Guests simply scan the code. A 15-language menu, right there in their hands.

Screen for printing the menu — 08

Multilingual menus —
printable, of course

Choose from three designs. Delivered as PDF, Word or CSV, whichever you prefer.

Not literal — truly translated.

We don’t just render tonkatsu as “TONKATSU” — we explain each dish with care.

No more translation apps

Menus, orders and service phrases — all prepared in 12 languages. Free your staff from fumbling with a phone at the table.

Read automatically from a photograph

Simply photograph your paper menu. The AI reads each dish name, description and price, ready for you to edit. Handwritten and vertical text are supported.

AI translation into 15 languages, attuned to culture

Not word-for-word, but a rendering that grasps the context — every dish, in all fifteen languages.

The bill, multilingual too

From tax and service charges to cover charges — the very points most prone to misunderstanding, conveyed with precision.

Ready for however you present it

Right between analogue and digital.
No new equipment needed.

Show it on the restaurant’s tablet, bring it up on a guest’s phone via QR code, or print it and hand it over — whatever the occasion calls for. You can also export to a spreadsheet (CSV) to craft a menu design entirely your own.

Just three taps. Your menu in 15 languages.

Remarkably simple — translated into 15 languages in just three minutes.

Capture

Photograph your menu to import it. You can do several pages at once.

Confirm

Review and refine the result, then translate into 15 languages and publish.

Done

Your menu, always available in 15 languages.

RESTO-PAAN is growing

Open the sample menu

Featured restaurants

Kushinobo
14 locations

* The photos below show Kushinobo Shibuya Scramble Square, a restaurant specialising in creative kushikatsu.

Pricing

Most restaurants stay free, forever.
Top up with one-time packs only if you need more.

Always free

¥0

Free — and it stays free

100 free items to start, plus 30 more free every month. All features unlocked — 15-language translation, QR, printing and service phrases included.

Your free quota resets each month on the day of the month you signed up (no rollover).

For busier kitchens — one-time item packs

Translations for 100 items¥1,500

Translations for 500 items¥5,000

Translations for 1,500 items¥12,000

One item = one dish translated into 11 languages, including English and Chinese, with descriptions written automatically. Purchased items carry over and never expire. Buy in-app — no monthly subscription.

Start for free

We can set up your menu for you.

Online or on site. Prices vary with location and the size of the menu.
For details, please contact us using the form below.

Contact

News

2026.10.31 Release

Version 2.3.0 is now available. You can now choose the colours and font of the menu your guests see.
2026.10.30 Release

Version 2.2.0 is now available. You can now import your menu from Word, PowerPoint, Excel and PDF files. The guest screens now also support Portuguese, Arabic and Russian. The order screen and menu pages your guests see are now easier to read.
2026.09.08 Media

MENU-PAAN and RESTO-PAAN have been featured in hibana, a Japanese media outlet for the restaurant industry.

Read the article

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Frequently Asked Questions

What can RESTO-PAAN do?: Just photograph your menu and you have a menu in 15 languages. Through a QR code on the table, a tablet or a printed copy, your dishes reach foreign guests in their own language. Printed menus are in 12 languages.
Does it cost anything?: Translation is free for your first 100 items and for up to 30 items a month. Beyond that, you buy one-time item packs; there is no monthly fee. Many restaurants can use it free of charge.
Do I need new equipment?: No. Take the photos with the smartphone or tablet you already have, then print the QR code and put it on the table.
Can we correct the translations ourselves?: Yes. Every translation, in every language, can be edited by the restaurant.
What if the menu isn't available in a guest's language?: The menu is translated automatically, on the spot, into the language the guest chooses. The restaurant does not pay for these translations.

On your restaurant’s tabletGuests choose their language, browse photos and descriptions, and show their order straight to the staff. A guest card for the tableGuidance in 15 languages and your restaurant’s QR code on a single card, printed straight from the app. Your printed menuChoose from three designs — Classic, Modern and Bistro. The translation leads, with the original shown small alongside.

Your menu,
ready for the world — free.

An app for restaurants to create
menus in other languages