Free guide · You make the change in Google
Add your menu link to Google and your website
Publish your menu, copy its public link and update your website’s Menu button. Then use the Google account that manages your location to add the link to your Business Profile. You make that change in Google; MenuHoster does not edit your listing.
Drop it anywhere — the file is kept on this device and the uploader opens with it.
Start with a check: find your business or paste your website address, and we look at where your site sends people for the menu.
This checker reads your website. It cannot see or edit your Google Business Profile.
On MenuHoster, 86% of menu opens in the last 90 days came from links, not QR codes.
Check Google yourself, then add your menu link
Check what Google shows now
Search your restaurant’s name on Google on your phone. Under your name look for a Menu button or tab. Whatever it opens — a PDF, a photo, another site, or nothing — is what people searching for you are likely to get.
Start with your website’s Menu button
If you already have a website, change where its Menu button goes before you touch Google, so people who land on your site and people who find you in search reach the same menu.
In your website builder, edit the Menu button or navigation link and paste your menu’s public address. Your site keeps its design; only the destination changes. Then open the button on a phone and check that it shows your current menu.
Menu link vs Google’s menu editor
Google gives food and drink businesses two ways to show a menu, and they do different jobs.
The Menu link is a web address. It points at your own menu page, so people who tap it see that page as it is now, with nothing to re-enter in Google. The menu editor lets you type dishes and prices into Google itself, which then has to be updated separately whenever your menu changes.
You can use both. If you keep only one current, the link follows the page you already maintain.
Replace the Menu button
Where the field is
Give people searching for your restaurant a direct link to the current menu. You make the change in Google; MenuHoster does not edit your listing.
On desktop Search: Edit profile → Contact → Menu link. On a phone, open your Business Profile in the Google Maps app (tap your profile picture, then Your Business Profile) and follow the same path: Edit profile → Contact → Menu link.
Google sometimes shows the Contact tab inside "Business information", and labels the field "Menu", "Menu link" or "Menu URL".
Copy your menu link
This is the address diners will open. Use one that stays the same when your prices change.
Open your Business Profile
Sign in to the Google account that manages your restaurant. Select the correct location in Search or Maps.
Edit profile → Contact → Menu link
This is the path on desktop Search. Paste your link and save. Controls vary by device and business category. Check the public Menu button after Google processes your change.
If the field is missing or the link does not show
- No Menu link field. Google offers menu options to food and drink businesses, so check your business category. Google’s help also says the option can be missing when another provider supplies your menu to Google.
- Saved, but the public Menu button has not changed. Google processes profile edits on its own schedule and some are reviewed, so we can’t give a time. Search your restaurant’s name and look at the Menu button again later.
- Someone else manages the profile. The change has to be made from the Google account that manages your location. Send that person your menu link and the path above.
Google’s own instructions are the authority on its screens: Google’s menu-link help (opens in a new tab).
What a diner gets when they tap the link
A menu link is only as good as the page behind it. Three things to check:
- Text, not a picture. A photographed menu is one image, so its text can’t be searched or resized. A PDF keeps its print layout, so a dense page can need zooming on a phone.
- It opens on a phone. Open the link on your own phone, on mobile data, before you paste it anywhere.
- No login, no app, no popup. The menu should be the first thing the link shows.
Menu pages hosted on MenuHoster emit Menu structured data, so the dishes and sections are machine-readable as well as human-readable. A QR code for the same link covers the table; the Google link covers everyone who has not walked in yet.
Instagram bio, if you use it
The same link works as an optional third placement. In Instagram, open Edit profile → Links → Add external link, paste your menu link and save. One address in all three places means one menu to keep current.
No menu page to link yet?
Upload the menu you already have as a PDF or a photo. MenuHoster reads it into an editable phone menu; reading a menu automatically can need corrections, so check names and prices before you publish. Publishing gives you the link to use on your website, on Google and on Instagram.
Already published a menu here? Open its share steps.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is the Menu link field on Google Business Profile?
Open your Business Profile with the Google account that manages your restaurant. On desktop Search: Edit profile → Contact → Menu link. On a phone, open your Business Profile in the Google Maps app (tap your profile picture, then Your Business Profile) and follow the same path: Edit profile → Contact → Menu link. Google sometimes shows the Contact tab inside "Business information", and labels the field "Menu", "Menu link" or "Menu URL".
Can I link a PDF menu?
Yes. The Menu link field takes a web address, including the address of a PDF, and Google can index PDFs. On a phone a dense PDF can need pinching and zooming; an editable menu can be easier to read on a phone and to keep current.
How long until the menu link shows on Google?
Google processes profile edits on its own schedule and some are reviewed, so we can't give a time. After saving, search your restaurant's name and check the public Menu button. If nothing changes, Google's Business Profile help explains pending edits.
Do I need a website to add a menu link?
No. The field asks for the address where your menu can be found, so a hosted menu page on its own is enough.
Does a menu link help my SEO?
It helps diners more than it helps rankings. Nobody outside Google can promise a ranking change. What a menu link does is give people who search for you a direct route to your menu, and a page with readable text and Menu structured data.
What about my online ordering link?
Google may also offer separate ordering links, depending on your category. If your profile has them, keep the Menu link pointed at your menu and use the ordering links for ordering, so people who want to browse are not sent straight to a checkout.
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