Digital menu boards for cafés and coffee shops, updated from your phone
Put your prices, specials and seasonal drinks on the TV above the counter and change them from your phone. You can also sell ad slots on the screen to the roastery next door and other local businesses, and keep up to 92% of every sale.
No credit card required · Cancel anytime · From £10/TV/month ex VAT
- Works with your TV Use the TV above the counter with our Player App or Player Pro.
- From £10 a month Per TV, ex VAT. One TV is free.
- Menus you change fast Edit a price or mark a dish sold out from your phone.
- Your Instagram on screen Show the posts you approve from your own account.
- Sell Ad Space Sell slots to local businesses and keep up to 92%.
The problem
Your chalkboard is out of date by lunchtime
The soup sells out, a price goes up, and the seasonal latte launched last week sits on a printed card by the till. Customers at the back of the queue can't read the board, so they ask at the counter and the queue slows down. A screen you update from your phone keeps the menu right and readable from the door.
Board previews
Ready-made café Boards
Pick one, add your menu and branding, and your counter screen is ready.
Use cases
What cafés put on their screens
Above the counter
Your main menu, readable from the queue
Show your coffees, food and prices grouped by category, in type big enough to read from three metres back. When you run out of something or change a price, you edit it in the app and the screen changes.
In the window
Seasonal drinks and offers for passers-by
A screen facing the street shows the autumn menu, a tasting event or your loyalty offer. Set it to show breakfast offers in the morning and lunch specials from midday.
Today's bakes
What came out of the oven this morning
List the fresh pastries, the soup of the day and the lunch special before you open. Take an item off the board when it sells out, so customers only see what you still have.
How to order
Tell new customers where to queue
If you offer table service alongside the counter, a short "Order here, we'll bring it over" screen saves your staff from explaining it at every table. Add your loyalty card offer to the same rotation.
More than one café
One account for every branch
Send a seasonal menu launch or bank holiday hours to every branch at once. Each branch then updates its own daily specials. Learn more about multi-location management.
Getting started
Set up café digital signage yourself
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Sign up free
Create your account online. The Free plan needs no credit card.
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Plug a NowBoard Player into your counter TV
It connects over HDMI and uses your café wifi. It costs £149 ex VAT, UK only. To show live video from an NDI source on your network, choose the Player Pro (£199 ex VAT).
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Enter your menu
Add your drinks, food and prices, pick a layout and add your logo and colours.
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Update it from your phone
Change a price, add today's special or swap in the seasonal menu. The screen updates when you save.
From £10 per TV per month ex VAT. Each connected TV needs a Player Licence, so two cafés with one TV each cost £20 a month on Starter, ex VAT. Hardware and optional UK installation are separate. Advertising is included on every plan, and you switch it on for a TV when you're ready.
FAQ
Common questions about café digital menu boards
Does it work on a standard TV above the counter?
Yes. Any TV with an HDMI port works. Plug in a NowBoard Player, connect it to your wifi and you don't need to take the TV off the wall.
Can I show different content in different branches?
Yes. Each branch has its own TV and content, and staff there update their own specials. You can still send a promotion to every branch at once.
Can the menu change by time of day?
Yes. Run your breakfast menu until 11am and switch to lunch after that, without anyone touching the screen.
What if the wifi drops?
If the connection drops the screen keeps showing the last Board it loaded.
Is there a minimum contract?
No. You pay month to month and can cancel anytime.
Replace the chalkboard
Put your menu on the TV above the counter and keep it current from your phone.
No credit card required · UK-based support · From £10/TV/month ex VAT