Inventory and Menu

What you will learn: how to build your menu in DineNGo — categories, items, modifiers, photos, and the AI menu builder.

Mental model

DineNGo organizes a menu in three layers:

1. Category — Mains, Drinks, Sides. Categories drive how customers browse on the kiosk and table device.
2. Item — Buffalo Wings, Coke 16 oz, Fries. Each item has a base price, a photo, a description, and optional modifiers.
3. Modifier — Sauce, Size, Add-ons. Modifiers can be required or optional, single-pick or multi-pick, free or priced.

Add a category

1. Open Inventory in the sidebar.
2. Click + Add Category.
3. Set the name, sort order, and an optional category image.
4. Save.

Tip — the category order on the kiosk is the order shown on this screen. Drag rows to re-sort.

Add an item

1. Click into a category.
2. Click + Add Item.
3. Fill in:
4. Name — visible on the kiosk and printed receipts.
5. Description — appears on the kiosk item card and on the QR-order page.
6. Price — base price before modifiers.
7. Photo — upload from device or pick from the Driven food-photo library.
8. Tax rate — leave blank to use the default from Settings → Business.
9. Available? — toggle off to hide it temporarily without deleting (e.g. 86'd for the night).
10. Save.

🎬 Video — updating category and item images: Category and item images
Source: Videos/Existing-Updated-Videos/update category and item images.mov

Modifiers

Modifiers are reusable across items. Define them once, attach them to every item that uses them.

1. Open Inventory → Modifiers.
2. Click + Add Modifier Group. Examples: Wing Sauce, Size, Toppings.
3. Pick the behavior:
4. Single-pick required — the customer must pick exactly one (good for size).
5. Single-pick optional — they can skip.
6. Multi-pick — they can pick any number; set a minimum and a maximum if you need.
7. Add the choices and any price adjustment per choice (positive or negative).
8. Save, then open an item and attach the modifier group from the Modifiers tab.

AI menu builder

If you already have a menu — a PDF, a photo, or a spreadsheet — DineNGo can import it without manual data entry.

1. Open Inventory → AI Import.
2. Upload the file (PDF, JPG/PNG, CSV, or XLSX).
3. The AI parses categories, items, descriptions, and prices, then shows a preview grid.
4. Review and edit any row that looks wrong.
5. Click Import — items land in Inventory ready to publish.

If a photo is missing, the AI will suggest a match from the Driven food-photo library. You can swap it any time.

Pricing changes and 86'ing

• Price change — open the item, change the price, save. The kiosk and table device update on next refresh; in-flight orders are not affected.
• Sell-out (86) — toggle Available? off. The item is hidden everywhere until you toggle it back on.
• Hide a whole category temporarily — open the category, toggle Active.

Next steps

• Try a real order: 01-Quick-Start, Step 4.
• Get the kiosk to feature high-margin items: 04-Devices/01-Kiosk.