Menus, categories, and products

A Rowie menu has three levels:

1. Product. An item your business sells ("Pint of Lager", "Burger", "Margarita"). Lives at the organisation level, so the same product can appear on more than one menu.
2. Category. Groups products on the POS ("Cocktails", "Food"). Menu-specific.
3. Menu. The priced, ordered list customers buy from. A menu can be your full bar, an event-day list, a brunch menu, or anything else.

In the vendor portal sidebar, this lives under Menus.

Products

Products are your org-wide library: name, description, image. No price lives on the product itself. Price is set per-menu.

• Add from Menus → [menu] → Add Product. The Add Product modal has two tabs: New product to create one fresh, or From library to reuse a product already on another menu (search by name, pick it, set the new menu's price).
• A product on more than one menu shows an amber badge with the menu count. Editing a shared product's name, description, or image updates it on every menu where it's used.
• If you want to diverge on one menu only, open the product there and click Make a copy just for this menu. Rowie creates an independent copy, and your edits stay scoped to that menu.
• Price, category, and availability are always per-menu, even for shared products.
• Removing a product from a menu doesn't delete it from your library.

Categories

Categories are how the POS organises buttons. They're scoped to a single menu, so "Cocktails" in Menu A is a separate row from "Cocktails" in Menu B.

• Manage from inside any Add Product modal. Click the + button next to the Category dropdown to open Manage Categories.
• The Manage Categories dialog has an Add New Category field (input + Add Category button), a list of existing categories with product counts, and a Done button.
• Drag to reorder. The POS picks up changes live.
• Removing a category leaves its products in the menu without a category.

Adding a product to a menu

1. Open Menus in the sidebar, then click the menu's card.
2. Click Add Product (or Add Your First Product if the menu is empty).
3. The Add Product modal has two tabs.
   • New product creates one from scratch:
     • Name (required). What shows on the POS button.
     • Price (required). Enter in your currency's main unit, with decimals (e.g. 12.50 for $12.50).
     • Description, Product Image, Category. All optional.
     • Available. Toggle to show or hide the product on the menu.
   • From library reuses a product already in your org. Search by name, pick one, then set this menu's price and category. The product itself stays shared across every menu that uses it.
4. Click Add Product (or Add to menu on the library tab).
5. Back on the menu page, drag and drop products between categories or to reorder within a category.

The POS picks up changes live, so your staff don't need to pull-to-refresh.

Per-menu settings

From the Menus page, click the More options (⋯) button on a menu card, then Edit. The Edit Menu modal lets you configure:

• Name (required) and Description.
• Location (required). Pinned at creation time. You can reopen the dropdown, but it only lists the menu's current location.
• Active. Toggle the menu on or off without deleting it.
• Show Tip Screen. Show or hide the tip step at checkout.
• Tip Percentages. Editable chips (defaults 15 / 18 / 20 / 25). Click + Add to add another, click the × on a chip to remove.
• Allow Custom Tip. Adds a free-entry tip option.
• Prompt for Email. Asks for an email at checkout for the receipt.
• Product Layout. Classic Grid, Magazine, List, Cards, Mosaic, or Compact. Each option has a one-line preview description.

Click Save Changes to apply.

The same menu card's More options (⋯) menu also gives you Duplicate, Pre-Order Settings (see Public preorder menu and QR codes), and Delete.

Creating a new menu

From the Menus page, click the New Menu button (top right) to open the Create Menu modal. Same field set as the Edit Menu modal above. Fill in Name (required), Location (required), description, and any of the other settings, then click Create Menu.

Free-tier limit

Starter plans are limited to one menu. Pro unlocks unlimited menus, which matters if you need separate lists for events, daily specials, or different times of day.