Add a category

Open Menu Library → Categories and tap +.

The Back Office sidebar with Categories selected under Menu Library, and the plus button on the Categories List
1 — Categories. 2 — the + button.

  1. Name it — at least two characters. This is what customers see on the kiosk and online, and what staff see on the POS.

    The new category form with Tea typed in Name, outlined

  2. Use Assign to pages to tick which menus it appears on — the POS menu, any Kiosk & Online page, or several at once.

    Assign to pages with POS chosen and the list of other pages open, outlined

  3. Pick an image if you want one. Without it the category shows a placeholder.

    The Select Image dialog, with the image library marked 1 and Confirm Selection marked 2

  4. Add products with Add product. To set the order customers see them in, tap Edit Order and drag them.

    The Products card listing Hot green tea and Oicha, with Add product marked 1 and Edit Order marked 2

  5. Tap Add. On a category that already exists, the same button reads Save.

    The finished category form, with the Add button outlined

Kitchen printer settings

This section only appears once you have a kitchen printer configured.

The Kitchen Printer Settings card with Kitchen ticket order, Print on kitchen ticket and Print small at end
  • Print on Kitchen Ticket — off means this category never prints, whatever else is set.
  • Print Small at End — groups the category compactly at the bottom of the ticket. For extras — sauces or napkins, for example — rather than for a course.
  • Kitchen Ticket Order — lower prints first. Number your categories so the ticket flows the way the kitchen fires — for example, cold first, then hot, then desserts.
  • Select Printers — appears once you have two or more. A category with none selected prints on every kitchen printer, which is the safe default.

Add a product

Open Menu Library → Products and tap +.

The Back Office sidebar with Products selected under Menu Library, and the plus button on the Products List
1 — Products. 2 — the + button.

Name, description, price, then attach any choice groups or options it needs. Save, then add it to a category.

You can do the same from the POS under Menubook.

Hiding and deleting

Every category and product has an Enabled toggle. Turning it off disables the item — it stops appearing on ordering screens, and everything else about it is kept. That's the sensible move for a seasonal item. You also choose for how long: Disable for today in Back Office (For today on the POS) brings it back at 4 a.m. the next day, and Disable indefinitely (Indefinitely) keeps it off until you turn it back on.

A category open in Menubook on the POS, with the Enabled switch at the top left and Save and Delete at the top right

To keep a product on the POS but off some of your customer channels, see Hiding a product from a sales channel.

Deleting is different and permanent. Your reports are fine either way, since past sales keep their own record of the name and price. But a deleted product is stripped out of every category and menu it was on, so bringing it back means building it again. Deleting a category leaves its products alone — they stay in the Library, just unassigned.