Restaurant menus are one of the most under-appreciated design pieces food businesses overlook. Most restaurant owners would be happy enough to slap Comics Sans or Papyrus into a bond paper coated with a cheap plastic laminate for their menus. Most of the time, it gathers a brownish tinge around the worn-out edges, which we’re guessing is a balanced mix of leftovers, rat dung and cockroach bits.

Check out these 40 creative and beautiful restaurant menu designs and their takes on how to make customers want to see – and taste – more. Get inspiration from these designs and share them with us in the comments!

Torotoro

Torotoro

Hot Diggity

Hot Diggity

Union Jacks

Union Jacks

Saloon

Saloon

Caffè Storico

Caffè Storico

Cielito Querido Café

Cielito Querido Café

Dessert Company

Dessert Company

Coffee avenue

Coffee avenue @ olives cafe by Roman Kirichenko corporative restaurant menu design coffee

Second Home Menu Restaurant Bar Cofe Design Food

Second Home Menu Restaurant Bar Cofe Design Food

Poogan’s Porch menu design restaurant food

Poogan’s Porch menu design restaurant food

l’Usine Gourmande

l'Usine Gourmande

Boston Pizza

Boston Pizza

The Commons Bar

The Commons Bar

Cask & Larder

Cask & Larder

Chevy’s

Chevy’s

Size Matters

Size Matters

Madre Mia!

Madre Mia!

The Spence

The Spence

The Silly Goose

The Silly Goose

Cibo E Beve

Cibo E Beve

Hale and Hearty

Hale and Hearty

Lucy’s Fried Chicken

Lucys Fried Chicken

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Cheese-Bar

Cheese-Bar

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maison orphee

design restaurant menu maison orphee

Design Restaurant Menu

Design Restaurant Menu

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Design Restaurant Menu

Design Restaurant Menu

Restaurant Menu Design

Restaurant Menu Design

restaurant menu ‘wich

restaurant menu 'wich by Ken Lo

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Menu Restaurant

Menu Restaurant

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Menu

Menu

Mama Joy’s

Mama Joys

Maemo Restaurant Menu Design

Maemo Restaurant Menu Design

Fat Cow

Murphy's Law Menu Restaurant Design

Royal Revolver

Royal Revolver Restaurant Menu design food

Forsmak

Forsmak Program Menu design

Burguer

Restaurant Menu illegal Burguer design

Wine Connected

Wine  Connected by Emile Rohlandt, menu restaurant iPad creative design