One free plugin to replace your paid restaurant systems.

Menus, QR codes, UK allergen compliance, table bookings, commission-free ordering, card payments, staff scheduling and a full POS — all in one plugin, on your own website. No monthly fees. No per-cover charges. No lock-in.

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✅ Live on WordPress.org ✅ Free forever core ✅ 0% commission ✅ Own your data

A DineKit restaurant menu on a phone, showing dishes, prices, dietary tags and allergen icons

Restaurants are drowning in subscriptions. A menu plugin here, a booking SaaS there, 25–30% to the delivery apps, and per-cover fees that grow as you get busier. DineKit gives you the lot — free, on your own site.

Everything in one place

Your whole restaurant, in one free plugin

Not just menus. DineKit now runs your bookings, ordering, payments, staff and till too — commission-free, on your own site.

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Menu Builder

Gorgeous, fast menus with sections, multiple prices, photos, badges and dietary tags. Three layouts, works with any theme.

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QR Code Menus

Print-ready QR codes and table cards (A4 & A6) that link straight to your live menu. Update once, everywhere changes.

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Allergen Compliance

All 14 UK allergens built in with icons, a printable matrix and dietary filters. Natasha's Law, handled — free.

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Opening Hours

Live "open now" status, holiday overrides and schema that helps Google show your hours. Never field a "are you open?" call again.

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Table Booking

Reservations on your own site — a drag-and-drop floor plan, live availability, waitlist and deposits. No per-cover fees.

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Commission-Free Ordering

Eat-in, takeaway and delivery orders on your website. Keep 100% — stop paying 25–30% to the apps.

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Card Payments

Take deposits and order payments on-site with your own Stripe account — Apple Pay & Google Pay built in. You keep 100%.

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Staff & Rota

Weekly rotas, holiday requests and a live "are we staffed?" dashboard built from your own bookings and covers.

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Point of Sale

Run the floor from a phone or tablet: order pad, split bills, cash & card, tips and X/Z cash-up. Your own till, free.

DineKit menu with allergen icons, dietary filters and a printable allergen matrix

Natasha's Law, built in

The only free menu plugin that takes UK allergens seriously

Most plugins are built for the US and bolt allergens on as an afterthought — or charge for them. DineKit ships all 14 UK allergens as first-class citizens: clear icons, "show only / avoid" filters for diners, and a printable allergen matrix for your staff and inspectors.

All 14 UK allergens pre-loaded with icons
Printable allergen matrix for compliance
Dietary filters (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free…)
Menu schema so Google can read your dishes

See allergen compliance

The commission trap: on £6,000/month of delivery orders, Deliveroo or Uber Eats can take £1,500–£1,800 — every single month. OpenTable adds per-cover fees on top of its subscription. That's your profit, gone.

DineKit's answer: take orders and bookings on your own site. Keep 100% of the order. Own the customer relationship. Pay nothing but standard card fees.

Keep what you earn

Stop renting your own customers

Every booking through a marketplace and every order through a delivery app is a customer you paid to reach — handed to a middleman who charges you to reach them again. DineKit keeps your menu, orders, bookings and customer data on your website, where they belong.

No monthly SaaS subscription
No per-cover or per-order commission
No contracts, no hardware, no lock-in
Your data stays on your WordPress site

Compare with the paid systems

Why DineKit

One free plugin vs. the usual stack

The typical restaurant cobbles together three or four paid tools. Here's how that compares.

What you need	DineKit	Menu plugins	Booking SaaS	Delivery apps
Digital & QR menu	Free	Often paid	—	—
UK allergen compliance	Built in	Rare	—	—
Table bookings	Free*	Separate plugin	£109–£149/mo +	—
Online ordering	Free*	WooCommerce needed	—	25–30% commission
Per-cover / per-order fees	£0	£0	Per cover	Per order
You own the data	Yes	Yes	No	No

*Bookings, ordering, card payments and staff tools are all included free in the DineKit plugin — available today on WordPress.org.

Live in minutes

From install to published menu — under 3 minutes

Install

Add DineKit from the WordPress plugin directory. Zero dependencies, works on any host.

Add your menu

The wizard drops in a sample menu. Edit dishes, prices and allergens in minutes.

Place the block

Drop the menu block or shortcode on any page. It matches your theme automatically.

Print your QR

Generate table cards and go live. Update once — every QR code stays current.

Questions

Straight answers

Is DineKit really free?

Yes. The core plugin — menus, QR codes, allergen compliance and opening hours — is free and open-source, forever. Our goal is to become the tool every restaurant uses; we'll add optional paid extras later, but the core stays free.

Do I need WooCommerce or any other plugin?

No. DineKit is completely self-contained. It activates cleanly on a bare WordPress install, on any host, with no other plugins required.

Will it work with my theme?

Yes. DineKit outputs clean, self-contained markup that adapts to your theme's fonts and colours. It's tested on block themes, classic themes and page builders.

How does it handle UK allergens?

All 14 UK allergens are built in with icons, dietary filters and a printable allergen matrix — everything you need for Natasha's Law, free. See allergen compliance →

Are bookings and ordering included?

Yes — table bookings, commission-free ordering, card payments, staff scheduling and a full POS are all in the free plugin today. See the roadmap for what's coming next.