Start with the rush
Menus should help ordering move faster, especially when prices, combos, and specials change.
About TVMenus
The product starts with restaurant operations, not generic signage.
TVMenus is built around the work operators actually need before a rush. On a compatible Google TV, the app installs directly with no additional hardware. Operators change menus, pair screens, and verify playback from one place.
The TV app pairs quickly, keeps menus playing offline, reports screen status, and can send a current screenshot.
Founder note
Why we built TVMenus.
TVMenus started in real kitchens, not in a design tool. We spent shifts watching managers walk USB drives between TVs, watching servers fall behind because the wrong combo was on the wall, and watching playback stop because nobody had a way to check whether a screen was even online.
We also watched simple menu screens turn into a shopping list: a television, a separate player box, cables, and a CMS decision. When a restaurant already has a compatible Google TV, that extra player should disappear. The television is already the player.
The product that came out of those shifts starts with the same priorities: change the menu remotely, schedule it around the rush, and prove the TV is showing the right board. Every feature we build traces back to a specific operator problem someone described between rushes. Not a slide deck, not a survey.
The reason TVMenus is restaurant-first is straightforward: generic digital signage software treats a menu board like a billboard. Operators treat it like part of the line. The product takes the operator’s side.
Principles
A practical system for real counters and real screens.
Trust playback
Operators need a clear screen status and a current screenshot instead of guessing what is live on a wall-mounted TV.
Use AI second
AI can help production, but the first promise is operational control that staff can trust.