Menu Covers

Smart UK are renowned for pushing the boundaries with menu cover design and manufacturing within the hospitality & retail industries. There are many materials available to us to allow us to create truly unique and professional menu covers. With years of experience, we are confident that we can offer a menu cover solution to the most challenging requirements and create something professional and attractive for your venue.

If you are looking for a product that is unique in its form, material or colour and cannot find it on our website then please contact our sales team who can work with you to create bespoke menu covers just for you.

We offer a multitude of materials that your menu folder can be made out of to create a unique, luxurious and hard wearing product that will stand out from other restaurants and venues. Buckram Cloth, Leather, Faux Leather, Wood, Cork, PVC and many more are available in a wide range of colours.

When choosing a material consider factors such as:

• the style of your venue and colour scheme (are you looking for a bright modern colour, or a traditional leather menu cover
• how busy your venue is (some materials are more hard-wearing than others)
• how many pages of menu you want to display (some materials are thicker than others and lend themselves to fewer page menus)
• your budget (different materials have different raw material costs and are more labour intensive to make, meaning that the prices do vary).

Our team are available to talk you though any of these points and provide suggestions to you the best material suited to your requirements, budget, and most importantly your brand.

Each material range has its own colour options available. Colour swatches are available to view as a PDF on most product pages to show the extensive range that is available for each product.

Menu covers can now be printed full colour, so even if you can’t find the exact colour or finish that you require, we can offer unlimited possibilities for the finish that you are looking for. You have the opportunity to use our experienced graphic design studio, to create stunning artwork that is aligned with your restaurant or venue.

Take a look at our Smart Hospitality Pinterest Boards for ideas and inspiration!

You will need to decide how you want to display your menu within your menu holder. It may be that you already have a preference on the look of a certain fixing, or you may want to consider how frequently you change your menu (some methods are quicker to change than others, cord fixings are great for specials menus), what sort of printer you have (this will determine the paper size/thickness you want to use), how much your menus are used (clear pockets are a more long term option if you want your menus to last longer). One of our favourites is our wood effect strip grip fix on the metal menu covers; it looks fantastic.

You can view the range of fixing methods that we offer here, including videos showing how they work: https://www.smartuk.net/fixing-options

Our products can be designed and manufactured in an extensive range of standard paper sizes and shapes. Most of our standard sizes are created to accommodate standard ‘A’ paper sizes, along with US letter sizes. Bill presenters and bill holders, covers for wine lists, and all other matching restaurant accessories are designed and manufactured in an extensive range of industry standard sizes.

Our standard sizes are A4, 2/3 A4, 1/2 A4, A5 and 21cm x 21cm. Generally, the most popular are A4, 1/2 A4 and A5 due to their practicality. A5 and 1/2 A4 make for great drinks menus and dessert menus with A4 being commonly used for main menus.

We make the menu holders slightly larger than the paper sizes so that your menu inserts fit nicely into the covers, with a small board of the cover material.

Should you require a special size our team can work with you to accommodate almost any request.

Most of our clients wish to have their venue/brand name or logo on their menu holders. All of our menu cover products can be personalised via a range of methods, depending upon the material chosen.

Personalisation finishes include; Hot Foil, Debossing, Printing, Engraving, Laser Cutting (Custom Cutout and Metal/Wooden Plates.

Each product page details which personalisation options are available for that material type. You can view videos & guides explaining each artwork method by reading our artwork options page.

Yes, you can.  If you are unsure of what material you would like on your menu covers, simply ‘Request a Sample‘ on any menu cover product page and we will post out a free sample to you.  This will give you the opportunity to experience the look and feel of any menu cover material as well as to see how aethestically matched the material colour is within your restaurant, bar or hospitality venue.

If you don’t need customised or personalised menu covers, take a look at our next day delivery standard menu covers, available in a range of colours, materials and styles.  These include menu box sets, Olympia menus, Securit menu covers, American style menu covers and plastic menu covers.

All of our products can be personalised with your own logo and branding. If you have a high resolution version of your logo or pattern that you would like on your menu covers, preferably a vector in a .PDF, .AI, .SVG or .EPS file format (the person who designed your logo will be able to supply you with this if you don’t already have one).

If you do have trouble finding a high resolution file then we offer a graphic design service to our customers, allowing you to recreate your files in the correct format. You are provided with different versions of the completed files to allow you to use for any other branding projects you may be planning in the future.

Once you have your high resolution file and have decided what material you would like, you can consider how you would like this to be put on the menu covers.

Labyrinth is a exclusive design concept designed by Smart Hospitality Supplies, incorporating an intricate pattern over the whole menu and surrounding text or a logo.  Combining this with a mixture of hot foil and debossing techniques has a wonderful effect and makes your logo stand out.

Create your own labyrinth pattern or use our additional design services to create a unique pattern perfect for your new restaurant menus.

Why not incorporate the pattern from your wallpaper or curtains on to your menu holders?

Once your order has been confirmed, and your artwork signed off, it usually takes around 10-15 working days for us to produce your menu cover order. As with all manufacturing, some materials/options can be made quicker than this, and some materials, specifications & large volume orders can take a little longer.  You will be advised at the time of your order how long your order will take.

Should you need your order by a specific date, such as restaurant opening night, then please let our team know; we always do our best to accommodate our customer’s requests.

We also have a standard range of table menu holders that can be dispatched in a shorter time frame – see our Next Day Menu Covers