Digital Menu Boards for Coffee Shops,
Cafes, and Espresso Bars

Digital menu boards for coffee shops are screens above or behind the counter that show your drinks, food, and prices, run from a web dashboard instead of chalk. You change an item or a price once, and the update reaches every screen remotely, so new drinks, promotions, and seasonal menus appear as soon as you publish them.

Creating a digital menu board for a coffee shop takes four steps.

• Choose a screen: a smart TV you already own, any TV with an HDMI port and a media player such as the AIScreen Stick Player, or one of our displays.
• Install the AIScreen app and pair the screen with your account using the on-screen code.
• Design the menu from digital signage templates or from scratch in AIScreen Aura.
• Schedule it by time of day and publish; later edits reach every screen remotely.

The cost of a digital menu board for a coffee shop has two parts: the screen and the software. AIScreen software starts at $10 per screen per month. You can use a TV you already have, add the AIScreen Stick Player if the TV is not a smart TV, or buy one of our displays, with delivery, duties, and a year of support included in the price. A 14-day free trial, no credit card required, lets you test everything first.

Digital menu boards help coffee shops sell more by keeping high-margin drinks, limited-time offers, and pastry add-ons in front of guests while they decide. Promotions switch on by schedule at the hours that matter most, and bright food and drink photos draw the eye in a way a static board cannot.

Digital menu boards for coffee shops on AIScreen come with these features.

• Price and menu updates sent remotely to every screen
• Playlists scheduled by time, day, or date
• Digital signage templates and the AIScreen Aura editor
• Split screen zones for a promo next to the menu
• Apps for Square, Clover, Google Sheets, and Instagram

Digital menu boards on AIScreen support multiple locations from one cloud dashboard. You update a price or a promotion once and choose which screens get it, whether that is one café or the whole chain. User roles and approval workflows control who can change content, so the menu stays consistent everywhere.

The best screen size for coffee shop digital menu boards depends on how far guests stand from the screen and how much of the menu it holds. A short drink list reads well on a smaller screen at the counter, while a full menu across the back wall calls for larger displays. AIScreen sells wall-mounted, freestanding, and portable poster displays in several sizes, and a TV you already own works too once the AIScreen app runs on it.

Different café menus run on a schedule in AIScreen: a coffee-and-pastry menu in the morning, lunch at midday, and afternoon treats later, each with its own date, start time, and duration. The screens switch on their own, so nobody changes the board by hand.

Nutrition and allergen information goes straight into the menu design. Add calories and allergen notes next to each drink or pastry in AIScreen Aura, or place a QR code that opens the full details. Edit the information once, and every screen shows the update.