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Menuline restaurant ordering, $3.3K in 30 days: $1 first months
Menuline sells digital tools for independent restaurants, including websites, ordering, apps, marketing, loyalty and rewards. Its $3.3K in the last 30 days is verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026.
What it actually sells
Menuline gives a restaurant a fast, search-optimized website, commission-free online ordering, a branded mobile app, and automated marketing and loyalty. Its website lists online ordering, automated SEO pages and automatic marketing, loyalty and rewards.
The service serves independent restaurants of every type: cafes, pizza shops, bakeries, food trucks, small chains and multi-location operators. Commission-free online ordering for pickup is available on the restaurant's own site, while branded iOS and Android apps are listed for the Growth plan.
How it charges
Starter costs $29/month and Growth costs $99/month. The first 3 months are $1/month, and plans are month-to-month. Diners pay a platform fee shown at checkout.
Month by month
Monthly revenue as read from the payment provider by TrustMRR, in US dollars, as of September 30, 2026.
| Month | Revenue (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | $1,328 |
| 2026-03 | $2,761 |
| 2026-04 | $3,339 |
| 2026-05 | $3,850 |
| 2026-06 | $3,518 |
| 2026-07 | $3,893 |
| 2026-08 | $3,293 |
| 2026-09 | $3,293 |
Where customers come from
The site offers a free AI grader that anyone can use to audit a restaurant's website, Google presence and online ordering. It also publishes free owner tools, including food cost and delivery-fee calculators, plus a blog with plain-English guides to delivery fees, ordering platforms and restaurant marketing.
Multi-location operators can book a demo. These visible site signals place the free grader, owner tools, blog and demo booking in front of restaurant owners and operators.
What stands out
The site lists a +38% average lift in direct online orders within 90 days. It also lists 7d from signup to live branded iOS and Android app. The product page combines a website, ordering, a branded app, automated marketing, loyalty and rewards.
From the official site
Independent restaurants of every type: cafes, pizza shops, bakeries, food trucks, small chains, and multi-location operators.
Commission-free online ordering for pickup, on the restaurant's own site.
Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.
Where it sits in the data
Menuline's $3.3K in the last 30 days is higher than 87% of the 5,602 projects with payment-verified revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $150. Within the “Fintech” category (248 projects) it is higher than 93% (category median $80). Snapshot: 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.
Currency
All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.
Could you build something like this?
My view: demand would come from independent restaurants that need a website, direct ordering, a branded app and marketing tools in one package. The buyer is the restaurant owner or operator, with multi-location operators as a distinct sales conversation.
Distribution could come from a free website and ordering audit, owner calculators, practical guides and direct demos. Building the product would involve restaurant-specific workflows, ordering and payment connections, app delivery, marketing automation and support. Regulation, support load and competition would require serious attention.
Verdict: Needs real work.
One thing to take from it
The clearest lesson is to package several restaurant-facing functions into one offer, then use free audits and owner tools as visible entry points. Menuline's site names the features, plans, diner fee and multi-location demo path directly.
Sources
- Menuline official website, fetched October 1, 2026
- Menuline pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
- Menuline about page, fetched October 1, 2026
- TrustMRR: revenue verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026
Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure