Menu pre-ordering addon setup
Overview
Reservation plugin can allow your guests to make a pre-ordering from your menu during reservation process. Menus are defined in WooCommerce as a products and can be tied to specific dates or time shift. Selected menu is then added to comments in reservation.
Setup
WooCommerce plugin needs to be installed and activated as any other plugin in WordPress. Tested with version 3.6
Configuration
WooCommerce configuration
To define currency, open generic WooCommerce settings page and select currency from drop down
Product configuration
Add new product to WooCommerce by clicking on Add New button
Page is opened, where menu information is added. First step is to add new category “redi-menu”. Click on Add new category link, then type the name and click on button “Add new category”. When category is created, then set a check on “redi-menu”.
Define menu name and add description
Define price
Add image that will be displayed to main product image
When all steps are done, change visibility to Private and click on Publish button.
Now menu will be available for any reservation.
Advanced product configuration
It is possible to define various rules to show menu only when certain conditions are met.
Attributes:
Attribute name | Format | Comments |
|---|---|---|
shift_name | free form text | Time shift name. This should be equal to the name that defined in plugin configuration, Open Times. |
date | YYYY-MM-DD | Date when menu should be available. |
Menu in reservation form
Menu is displayed when date and time are selected as a last step in reservation process before entering personal information.
User and restaurant staff will see menu selection in email in comments field.