Digital menus for seafood restaurants
A digital menu for a marisqueira is the list of shellfish, fish and house dishes published as a web page that guests open with the QR code on the table. It is the kind of place where prices change most often and allergens are most serious — two reasons not to rely on a printed menu.
Updated October 2026
Price per kilo, not “market price”
Prawns, lobster, crab, goose barnacles, grilled fish: nearly everything in a marisqueira is sold by the kilo, and the price follows the fish market. That is why so many printed menus say “preço sob consulta” — which puts off exactly the visitors who do not dare to ask.
On a digital menu you can write the price per kilo (or per 100 g) and update it before each service in seconds. Explain in the description how it is charged: “weighed at the table before cooking”, “price per 100 g”. Platerio never invents prices — when a price on the original menu cannot be read, it is left blank for you to confirm.
Crustaceans and molluscs: the most serious allergens in the house
Crustaceans (prawns, lobster, crab) and molluscs (clams, mussels, octopus, squid) are among the 14 mandatory allergens of Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, and among those that cause the most severe reactions. Dishes such as seafood rice or cataplana contain both, and often fish in the stock.
List each one dish by dish, including what is hidden — the seafood stock, the garlic butter, the bread. The allergen guide explains what the law requires.
What runs out comes off the menu
The amêijoas à Bulhão Pato are gone, the barnacles did not arrive, the octopus is dinner only. Marking a dish as sold out from your phone stops guests choosing it and then changing their minds at the table. See also how it works in the Algarve and the Azores, where the sea sets the menu.
Frequently asked questions
How do I show shellfish priced by the kilo?
Write the price per kilo or per 100 g on the dish and explain how it is weighed. Update it before each service from your phone.
Which allergens must a seafood restaurant list?
The 14 of Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, dish by dish. In a seafood restaurant the most common are crustaceans, molluscs and fish, and often milk (butter) and gluten (bread).
Can I show photos of the seafood?
Yes. Each dish can have a photo, and Platerio can enhance it; the result stays a proposal until you approve it.