What should your restaurant screen show between lunch and dinner?
Lunch service has finished, but dinner is still a few hours away. Use your screen to showcase your food and share useful information with guests in the meantime.
Keep your screen useful between services
Your screen does not need to show the lunch menu all afternoon. Guests arriving between services may want to see your food, find out what is available later or check when the kitchen reopens.
Start with three kinds of content
Show a short video of a dish or how you prepare it. Include a timely announcement, such as a seasonal special, with a date or clear availability period. When dinner service begins, switch to the dinner menu so guests can see what they can order.
Example afternoon schedule
| Time | Content | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00–18:00 | Restaurant video · Video with a timely announcement | Show your kitchen and dishes · Explain a specific offer |
| 18:00–21:30 | Dinner menu | Show what guests can order now |
Make the message clear without sound
Guests may only glance at your screen. Put the essential information on screen: what is available, when it is available and how to book. Do not rely on a spoken announcement alone.
Keep your content up to date
An event announcement is no longer useful once the event has passed. Before adding it to the schedule, decide who will check it and when it should be removed. A few relevant videos are more useful than a long sequence of outdated promotions.
Test it in the restaurant first
Use your SUISSE-VIDEO project to schedule videos, with prepared menus replacing them during lunch and dinner service. Test the sequence in a separate project on the screen you will use. Then observe whether guests notice and understand the content.
Related: Switch lunch and dinner menus automatically · Make menus readable