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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.

MonthRevenue (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

  1. Menuline official website, fetched October 1, 2026
  2. Menuline pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
  3. Menuline about page, fetched October 1, 2026
  4. 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

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