Restaurants & Cafes
Replace printed menus and chalkboards with dynamic digital displays. Update the soup of the day, mark a dish as sold out, or add a daily special - all from your phone or laptop. Changes appear on every screen within 30 seconds.
Display Styles
Pick the style that fits your brand - or mix styles across different screens in the same location.
Image-card grid - McDonald's / Wendy's style. Great for photo-heavy menus.
Horizontal rows, price right-aligned. Clean KFC-style overhead board layout.
Dark background, large type - the classic signage look for any overhead board.
One hero item large with supporting items below. Perfect for daily specials.
Auto-rotates through each category on a timer. Ideal for long menus.
Purpose-built for coffee shops and cafés with category icons and inline item editing.
Platform features
No third-party integrations. No add-ons. Every feature below ships with Atracast.
Grid, List, Price Board, Featured, or Category Scroll - five display styles built for food service.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner boards switch automatically at your configured times - no manual action ever.
Restaurant ambiance from your audio library. Auto-ducks on video items, then restores seamlessly.
Play chef specials or food promo videos as full-screen playlist items between menu board views.
Live Open/Closed indicator with daily hours - overlaid in a corner alongside the menu board.
Mark an item unavailable in one tap. Every screen updates within 30 seconds - no reprinting.
Chef specials, seasonal menus, loyalty promotions, and event slides - no design experience needed.
Push an early closing or urgent notice to every screen at every location instantly.
Key capabilities
How restaurants use it
A café owner updates the specials board remotely before the morning rush. The barista on shift sees the new item appear on the overhead screen without touching anything.
A restaurant chain syncs the same seasonal menu across 15 locations simultaneously. One approval, 15 screens updated in under 30 seconds.
A brunch spot shows a different playlist on weekends with a single schedule rule. Weekday lunch and weekend brunch boards are different - no one has to remember to switch them.
Menu Editor
Dashboard screenshot coming soon
FAQ
Add your menu items in the Service Menu editor, choose a display style (grid, list, price board, featured, or category scroll), and the board appears live on your screens. No design experience needed - the layout engine handles the presentation automatically.
Yes. Log into the Atracast dashboard from any device - phone, tablet, or laptop - make your change, and it appears on every screen within 30 seconds. No one needs to be on-site.
Day-part scheduling lets you set different menu categories to appear only during specific time windows - for example, breakfast items from 6am–11am, lunch from 11am–4pm, and dinner from 4pm onwards. The board switches automatically with no manual action.
Open the menu in the dashboard, find the item, and tap the sold-out toggle. The board updates across all screens within 30 seconds. Toggle it back when the item is available again.
Yes. One menu update pushes to all registered screens simultaneously, regardless of how many locations you have. You can also create separate menus per location for location-specific pricing or items.
From the blog
June 8, 2026
How fast food and quick-service restaurants handle price changes, limited-time offers, and sold-out items on overhead boards without reprinting anything.
Read more →June 2, 2026
The real operational and cost differences between printed restaurant menus and digital menu boards - reprint costs, price change speed, sold-out handling, and day-parting.
Read more →Free to get started. No credit card required. Up and running in 5 minutes.