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title: "QR code ordering"
description: "Customers scan a QR code to order from a table, a curbside spot, a drive-thru place, or for pickup, then view or change the order from their phone."
canonical: https://www.ordering.co/features/qr-code-ordering/
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# Let customers scan, browse, and order.

A QR code opens the store’s live menu on a customer’s phone, so they can order from the table, the counter, or the curb, then view or change the order afterward, without waiting for a server.

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Restaurant, Marketplace, and Enterprise

Works in

- Restaurant customer website
- Marketplace customer website

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QR code ordering

## What you can do

- ### Scan to open the menu

  A QR code opens the store’s live menu on the customer’s phone.

- ### Order straight from the scan

  Customers place the order from their phone after scanning, no server needed to take it.

- ### View and change the order

  Customers can review their order and make changes after scanning, from their phone.

- ### No app to install

  Customers scan with their phone’s camera, without downloading anything extra.

- ### Built for on-premises order types

  Used to order from the table, the counter, or curbside.

- ### A code per delivery type

  Generate a QR code for pickup, eat in, curbside, or drive thru, so each one opens with the right context already set.

- ### A code per table, spot, or place

  For eat in, enter the table number; for curbside or drive thru, enter the spot or place number, then generate that code.

- ### Generate as many as you need

  Change the number and generate again to create a new code for another table, spot, or place.

Dashboard, store QR Codes settings

## A code for every table

Give each table its own QR code, so the order already knows where it is coming from.

- Enter the table number, then generate the code for that table
- Change the table number and generate again to create a code for every table your store needs
- Works well for restaurants and cafes where customers order directly from their seat, without staff taking the order manually

Dashboard, store QR Codes settings

## A code for each spot or place

Curbside and drive-thru codes work the same way: enter the spot or place number, then generate the code for it.

- Curbside: enter the parking spot number, then generate the code
- Drive thru: enter the place number, then generate the code, the same process as curbside
- Change the number and generate again to create a code for each spot or place your store uses
- Useful for quick service restaurants that want to skip an extra ordering step at the window

Dashboard, store QR Codes settings

## A code for pickup orders

Pickup does not need a table or spot number: generate the code and it is ready right away.

- Generate the code, and it appears immediately, ready to use
- Works well for retail stores where customers pick up an online order in person

How it works

## From scan to order.

1. 01**Scan the code**

   A customer scans the QR code at the table, the counter, or the curb with their phone’s camera.

2. 02**Browse and order**

   The store’s menu opens on their phone, and they place the order directly from it.

3. 03**View and adjust**

   The customer can view the order and make changes from their phone, without flagging down staff.

## Good to know

- QR code ordering applies to on-premises order types, such as dine-in, counter pickup, and curbside; see Pickup, delivery, and dine-in for how order types are configured per store.

## Related

- [Pickup, delivery, and dine-in](https://www.ordering.co/features/pickup-delivery-and-dine-in/)
- [Mobile order and pay](https://www.ordering.co/features/mobile-order-and-pay/)
- [Table reservations](https://www.ordering.co/features/table-reservations/)
- [Order tracking and notifications](https://www.ordering.co/features/order-tracking-notifications/)

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## See how it fits your operation.

Start a free trial, or walk through your setup with the Ordering.co team.

Product guide: [Create store QR codes](https://docs.ordering.co/docs/products/dashboard/stores/view-edit-store/qr-codes/)

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