Menu review and approval for hospitality teams
Review menu wording, make changes visible, and keep the approved version moving.
Built around the handoff between chefs, reviewers, and the teams who publish menus.
GUINESS DRAUGHT
GUINNESS DRAUGHT
Prospect example only. It does not show a MenuManager detection or represent the restaurant’s printed menu today.
Richard Sandoval Hospitality workflow · recorded use
May 14–September 21, 2026
164 submitted menus
164 non-deleted MenuManager form submissions recorded May 14–September 21, 2026, across 19 property records. This describes historical recorded use, not 19 customers or a review of every menu currently published. The count excludes imported ClickUp history and design-approval events. Houston includes preopening work.
One connected workflow
The product keeps the source, reviewer decisions, and approved version connected.
Open the approved menu for your restaurant and build the next update from there. Previous corrections stay in your starting copy, so an old attachment is less likely to send the team through the same work again.
MenuManager checks for an older or mismatched starting version before review or submission.
Edit the wording, accept a change, or leave it as-is. The reviewer controls the approved copy.
Save the approved version, retain its history, and pass the menu to the next team.
Estimated time savings
Less time finding files, cleaning old markup, preparing changes and handling documents.
The corporate reviewer reports less time on routine corrections and follow-up.
Combines a chef workflow estimate with the corporate reviewer's reported average. Actual savings vary by menu and workflow.
Starting from the approved version also helps avoid redoing edits when an outdated menu resurfaces.
Chef administration: A task-by-task comparison estimated 28 minutes in the previous process and 8 minutes with MenuManager, for 20 minutes saved. It covers finding and preparing files, cleaning and applying markup, required project details, document handoffs, and reviewing automated findings. It excludes culinary decisions, writing new menu content, and passive waiting.
Corporate review: The corporate reviewer reported approximately 15 minutes saved per menu on average, including routine review and some avoided follow-up.
The combined 35 minutes is estimated staff effort across two roles. It does not mean approval finishes 35 clock minutes sooner and is not a timed before-and-after study.
Approved-dish library
Search approved dishes and menus by their saved wording, description, and available price or allergen codes. The library gives operations a place to find what was approved and where it came from.
It is a searchable record of approved menu content, not a recipe-costing database.
A workflow that can connect outward
Start with the handoff your teams already use, then scope the next destination around your operation.
Configured ClickUp and SharePoint paths are available today. Automatic publishing to POS and other systems would be a scoped future opportunity; it is not a live sync in the product today.
About Derian
I’m Derian. I built MenuManager from firsthand hospitality workflow experience; the Richard Sandoval Hospitality team uses it.
I can adapt this workflow and build related tools for hospitality operations, from menu handoffs to the systems around them.
MenuManager is independently developed and owned by Derian. Richard Sandoval Hospitality uses it; it does not own the product.
Start with your workflow
We can map the handoffs, then talk through a practical fit for your teams and systems.