Add-ons: extras and options for your dishes

Add-ons are the extras and options a customer can pick when ordering, for example adding extra cheese, choosing a sauce, or swapping rice for fries. You can attach an add-on list to a single dish, to a whole category, or to both.

Creating an add-on list

• Open the menu editor for your restaurant.
• Press the + button on the dish or category and choose Add-ons.
• In the dialog, press '+ Add-on' for each option and fill in its details.
• Save the list. An 'Add-ons' tag with a pencil appears so you can open and edit it again anytime.
• Save your changes.

There is one add-on list per dish and one per category. If a dish and its category both have add-ons, the customer sees both.

What each field means

• Name, what the customer sees, for example 'Extra cheese' or 'Garlic sauce'.
• Price, the extra cost added when it's chosen. Leave it at zero for a free choice.
• Default, whether it starts already selected. For sauces you might mark two as default, and the customer can change them.
• Limit, how many of that add-on a customer can add. A limit of one shows as a simple checkbox; a higher limit lets them pick a quantity.

What customers see

• When a customer adds a dish that has add-ons, a dialog opens, showing the dish's own extras first, then the category's extras.
• Options with a limit of one are checkboxes; higher limits get a quantity picker. Anything marked default starts selected.
• They confirm to put the customised dish in the basket.

In the basket and on orders

Each chosen add-on appears as a priced line under the item and the total updates automatically. The same dish ordered with different add-ons is kept as separate basket lines. Add-ons also show on the customer's order, your orders page, printed receipts and order emails.

Example: fries instead of rice

Add two add-ons to the dish (or its category): 'Rice', marked as default, and 'Fries'. A customer who prefers fries simply unticks rice and ticks fries. Give each a price if the swap costs extra, or leave them free.

New to building your menu? Start with the menu creator guide