RESTO-PAAN: Multilingual Menu
Welcome guests from abroad
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
From a former diplomat turned restaurateur: photograph your menu, and AI presents each dish in 12 languages — QR, print or tablet. 100 dishes free, plus 30 every month.
A guest from abroad steps in, looking a little unsure.
A wave of the hand, a seat, the menu. Out comes a translation app; a photo is taken; a frown follows.
There is so much worth saying about the food — but the words don't carry, and the app isn't helping.
So the order lands on something safe, and the dish the house is proudest of goes untried. Again.
“They came all this way, and we couldn't show them our best.” RESTO-PAAN exists to put an end to that quiet frustration.
Photograph your menu, and RESTO-PAAN renders it in twelve of the world's major languages. Built for restaurant owners — you write the menu once, in your own language. Your cooking speaks to guests in theirs.
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■ Beyond translation apps — dishes that read as good as they taste
Ordinary translation software swaps one word for another: gumbo becomes “GUMBO”, and the guest is left guessing.
RESTO-PAAN explains what goes into a dish, how it's prepared, and what kind of plate arrives at the table — a translation that carries the context with it. One AI reads the menu, another writes about the food, and the right model is chosen for each job automatically. Handwritten chalkboards and specials boards are no trouble at all.
■ One photo is all it takes
Photograph a paper menu or a chalkboard, and every dish name, description, and price is read into a tidy list — draft descriptions included. Review, adjust, publish. Done.
■ Present it however it suits the house
- A QR code on the table brings up the multilingual menu on each guest's own phone
- Or hand over the restaurant's tablet, ready to browse
- Prefer paper? Print in three designs, export as PDF, Word, or CSV, and choose your paper size
Whatever fits the pace of the evening and the character of the room.
■ Orders and the bill, no common language required
Guests pick their dishes on their own phones and simply show the screen — the order comes across without a shared word. Tax, service charge, cover charge — the line items most likely to puzzle a visitor are laid out in their own language. Phrases every floor needs, “right this way, please” among them, come in twelve languages with pronunciation to match. Words may fail; hospitality won't.
■ From a former diplomat who runs a restaurant
The app's creator once served at the Japanese Embassy in London, and today runs his family's restaurant — founded 75 years ago — in its fourth generation.
He has stood on both sides: at a table, wanting to order without the words for it, and behind the counter on a packed evening. This app comes from knowing both.
■ Free, as a rule
- Sign up and you're up and running
- 100 dishes to start, and 30 more free every month
- Everything included: twelve-language translation, QR, printing, service phrases
- Most restaurants never pay a thing
- Busy kitchens can top up with one-time dish packs — no subscription, ever
- Purchased dish credits never expire, and a dish you've already translated can go on any menu at no extra cost
■ Made for restaurants where…
- guests from abroad are becoming a familiar sight
- a translated menu keeps slipping down the to-do list
- today's specials deserve an audience beyond the regulars
- the neighborhood draws tourists, nightlife, or airport traffic
- a language barrier is not going to bury the best dish on the menu
Somewhere out there, a traveler is dreaming about a restaurant exactly like yours.
No great dish should miss its guest for the sake of a language.
RESTO-PAAN was made so that your cooking reaches the world. That, and nothing else.
* Translations and descriptions are AI-generated and provided for reference; accuracy is not guaranteed. Please review before publishing. This app is a management tool for restaurant owners.
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Thank you for using RESTO-PAAN. This update gathers the improvements that came out of the app's first weeks in real dining rooms.
■ Many more service phrases
The lines a floor actually needs — “right this way”, “we're fully booked at the moment” — now number 49, reordered to follow the course of a meal, with a table of contents to find them quickly. Twelve languages, pronunciation included.
■ A logo at the centre of your QR code
Place the RESTO-PAAN mark, your own restaurant logo, or one of six symbols (globe, cutlery, storefront, star, heart, cup) in the middle of the table QR. Scanning stays as reliable as before.
■ Automatic language selection now covers 123 countries and territories
The rule that chooses translation languages from where your restaurant stands now spans 123 countries and territories. Wherever you cook, English and the languages your visitors most often speak are picked for you.
■ Clearer guidance while photographing
The on-screen guide for photographing a menu has been tidied up, with a note on avoiding glare, in all twelve languages.
Elsewhere, the official site now opens straight from Settings, and the landscape layout and the feel of every tap have been refined.
Tell us what you find, from Feedback in Settings.
The developer, PAAN CO., LTD., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- PAAN CO., LTD.
- Size
- 29.2 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Japanese
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Add 1,500 dishes $69.99
- Add 500 dishes $29.99
- Add 100 dishes $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 PAAN Co., Ltd.