Use guest filters, search, and language options

Open the guest menu

Scan the restaurant’s QR code or open its web menu link. You do not need a Dishcard account to use the public menu. Confirm the restaurant and menu names before looking at a dish, especially if the venue has several menus. Read the ingredient guidance and update timestamp near the menu introduction.

Use the section links to jump to a course or part of the menu. They appear beside the dishes on larger screens and above them on a phone. The menu shows how many dish entries are available; variants are separate entries.

Choose English or Español near the top. This changes Dishcard’s interface, allergen labels, and standard guidance. Dish names, ingredient names, descriptions, and restaurant-written notes remain as the restaurant entered them; selecting a language does not automatically translate the restaurant’s own text. The language links retain your current search, filters, and any dish opened through its direct link.

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Search and apply an allergen filter

1. Use Search to enter a dish or ingredient name, then select the adjacent Search button. A description-only word may not match because search checks dish and ingredient names.
2. Expand Filter allergens. Under Show dishes without, choose the allergens you want excluded.
3. Select Apply filters. Dishcard excludes dishes recorded as Contains or May contain for those allergens. Dishes with unfinished ingredient information are also excluded from allergen-filtered results. The result count and section links reflect the remaining entries.
4. Select a dish’s Ingredients & details disclosure to read its ingredient list, allergen information, and any public preparation note. Contains and May contain are shown separately. Variants can have different ingredient combinations, so check the exact version you intend to order.
5. Use Link to this dish within an expanded dish to open its own page. The link retains your search, filters, and language. Back to menu returns to those results. Prices appear only when the restaurant has enabled them.
6. Select Clear filters to remove the search and allergen selections. The chosen interface language stays in place.

The filter labels come from the restaurant’s selected allergen set. They are not a complete list of every possible ingredient someone may need to avoid. Search, filters, section links, and dish disclosures also work when JavaScript is unavailable.

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Interpret the result and get help

No dishes match those filters means the recorded menu has no matching result. It does not prove that the kitchen has no suitable option. A server can check current recipes and preparation with the kitchen.

A saved link may contain an allergen the restaurant no longer tracks. If you see Review the filters, clear the old selection and ask the team about that ingredient. Do not treat a missing filter as confirmation of absence.

Dishcard reports restaurant-entered information. A matching dish or an empty allergen list is not an allergen-free guarantee. Confirm your needs with the restaurant before ordering, particularly when recipes, suppliers, or preparation may have changed.