AutoMenu — AI to Square POS

An AI Tool That Converts Paper Menus to Square POS Catalogs

How we automated restaurant menu digitization with Google Gemini AI — from photo to Square catalog in under 5 minutes.

Restaurant / Hospitality
AI Automation
2 months
2025
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Project Screenshots

Explore the interface in desktop and mobile view

AutoMenu visual editor
AutoMenu mobile view

Editor — Review and adjust extracted menu

The Challenge

The Problem to Solve

Restaurant owners using Square POS spent hours manually entering their menu into the system. Each item, variation, price, and modifier had to be entered one by one. For a 50+ item menu with variations and options, this easily took a full day.

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Manual entry of each item, variation, and modifier in Square POS

2

Multi-hour process for a complete menu — error-prone

3

Painful menu updates, discouraging frequent changes

4

No existing solution to automate this process

The Solution

What We Built

We developed AutoMenu, a web application that uses Google Gemini AI to automatically extract categories, items, prices, variations, and modifiers from a menu photo or PDF. The visual editor allows reviewing and adjusting data before pushing directly to Square POS.

Smart AI Extraction

Google Gemini analyzes menu photos and PDFs to automatically extract categories, items, prices, sizes, and options.

Complete Visual Editor

Interface with category sidebar, editable item cards, size variation management, and modifier group management.

Smart Flagging

Automatic detection of missing prices and anomalies with issue filtering for quick review.

Push to Square POS

Direct push to Square with option to add to existing catalog or full replacement.

Technologies

Tech Stack

Frontend

Next.jsReactTypeScript

Backend

Square API

Infrastructure

Vercel

Artificial Intelligence

Google Gemini

Results Achieved

The measurable impact of our solution

< 5 min
Conversion Time
From menu photo to complete Square POS catalog
3
Steps
Upload → Review → Push to Square
PDF + Photos
Supported Formats
Accepts menu PDFs and photos

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Based in Montreal, QC

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