Create a menu display group and edit layout
About menu groups and layout
A menu group organizes how your menus appear on your Square Restaurants POS app. Menu groups utilize color, size, and placement options to keep your menu items organized.
Menu groups function as subsections of your menu. You can use menu groups to match your physical menus and use a menu group across multiple menus. Menu groups are separate designations from categories, allowing you to customize your menu layout without affecting your reporting or printer routing.
Before you begin
You need at least one existing menu to create a menu group. If you don’t have a menu, learn how to create a menu.
You can create a menu group and add items to it from your Square Dashboard.
You can adjust your point of sale layout from your Square Dashboard or your Restaurants POS app on an iOS device.
Editing items is not available while processing offline payments.
Step 1: Create a menu group
You can create a menu group from your Square Dashboard
Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Items & services (or Items & menus or Items & inventory) > Menus.
Select a menu from the Menu options.
Click Add Menu Group.
Enter a name for your menu group and add items individually or from an existing item category.
Click Save.
Step 2: Edit your menu group
You can edit menu group details such as location and availability Square Dashboard.
Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Items & services (or Items & menus or Items & inventory) > Menus.
Select the menu with the menu group you want to edit.
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Click the three dots next to the menu group you want to edit.
Select Edit menu group details to edit the menu group name, parent menu group, or items assigned to the menu group.
Select Add a subgroup to create a menu group within the original menu group.
Select Add items to add or remove items from the menu group. You can create new items, search by name, filter by category, menu, location, visibility, or inventory.
Step 3: Edit your Square point of sale layout
You can edit your layout from your menu editor in Square Dashboard, the Square POS app with full service, quick service, or bar mode enabled, or from the Square Restaurants POS app.
- Sign in to your Square Dashboard and go to Items & services (or Items & menus or Items & inventory) > Menus.
- Select a menu from the Menu options.
- Click Edit POS Layout.
- Your existing menu groups and items automatically populate on your menu layout. You can manually move tiles around the screen by dragging and dropping the tiles to a new location.
- Click on a tile to edit the tile size, color, or image. You can edit the menu group name or click Go to group to view its items and subgroups.
- Click a plus icon (+) on your grid to add existing items and menu groups, create new items or menu groups, or add functions to your layout such as actions, discounts, and service charges..
- To remove a tile, select the tile and click Remove Tile from the editing panel.
- Click Save.
- Open your point of sale app and tap New Sale > Menus.
- Tap Edit menus.
- Select the menu you want to edit.
- In the Edit grid panel, you can automatically adjust the tile size, sort your tiles, and add or delete pages.
- You can manually move tiles around the screen by dragging and dropping the tiles to a new location.
- Tap a plus icon (+) on your grid to add existing items and menu groups, create new items or menu groups, or add functions to your layout.
- To remove a tile, select the tile and tap Remove Tile from the editing panel.
- Tap Save.