Typography that knows its room
Each template ships with display, serif, and price font pairings tuned for the kind of restaurant it serves.
Menu design templates
Five templates designed for the rooms they serve.
Brasserie, izakaya, fine dining, trattoria, palace. Pick one and Carte AI handles the typography, voice, and layout.
Why these templates work
A template is more than a stylesheet.
Paper, surface, and ornament
Templates are not just CSS. Every detail — paper texture, table surface, ornament restraint — is part of the system.
Voice direction baked in
The AI generator writes copy in the template's voice, so a kaiseki menu does not read like a French brasserie.
Pick once at the brief stage
You choose a template when you write the brief. The AI then commits to it — generated copy, layout, and ornament all sit inside that template's voice.
Print and screen as siblings
Each template has a paired print stylesheet, so the PDF looks intentional, not like a screenshot of the website.
Designed to be customized
Editable accent colors, header treatments, and section dividers — without breaking the template's discipline.
The collection
Five templates, one editor.
Contemporary brasserie
Classic
- Composition
- Simple masthead, disciplined section rhythm, and dependable name-price rows that favor clarity over flourish.
- Copy voice
- Refined contemporary brasserie voice: concise, elegant, and easy to scan.
- Ornament
- Minimal accents, subtle rules, and quiet typography rather than decorative motifs.
- Paper
- Clean bright paper with restrained contrast and a tailored print feel.
- Surface
- Muted neutral canvas that keeps focus on readability and polish.
Izakaya, kaiseki, omakase
Japanese Washi
- Composition
- Quiet vertical rhythm, careful spacing, and a strong sense of calm negative space.
- Copy voice
- Measured and restrained voice: precise, seasonal, and quietly poetic.
- Ornament
- Brush strokes, mon emblems, sakura, and discreet stamp motifs at very low intensity.
- Paper
- Handmade washi character with fibers, warm cream tones, and delicate wear.
- Surface
- Dark wood table mood that frames the paper as a crafted object.
Fine dining, tasting menus
French Cotton
- Composition
- Grand, symmetrical composition with section dividers and a little ceremony between courses.
- Copy voice
- Polished fine-dining French tone: graceful, confident, and slightly romantic.
- Ornament
- Art nouveau corners, wheat motifs, and gold detailing used sparingly.
- Paper
- Crisp cotton rag feel with a luxe but airy finish.
- Surface
- Dark dining-room backdrop that makes the paper feel elevated and formal.
Trattoria, enoteca, family kitchen
Italian Linen
- Composition
- Course-led pacing with centered presentation, generous breathing room, and tasting-menu elegance.
- Copy voice
- Warm Italian hospitality voice: lyrical but never overwritten, seasonal and convivial.
- Ornament
- Olive, vine, and wax-seal touches that suggest a family estate or trattoria ritual.
- Paper
- Soft linen paper with organic warmth and tactile grain.
- Surface
- Terracotta and stone ambience, like a candlelit table in an old villa.
Palace, meyhane, ceremonial
Ottoman Parchment
- Composition
- Regal hierarchy with pronounced section framing and ornamental pauses between categories.
- Copy voice
- Rich historical voice: luxurious, aromatic, and ceremonial without sounding theatrical.
- Ornament
- Arabesque dividers, tulip forms, and subtle gilded geometry.
- Paper
- Aged parchment with golden warmth, gentle patina, and visible depth.
- Surface
- Shadowy textile or banquet-table atmosphere that heightens the artifact quality.
Voice that fits the room
Generated copy follows the template, not the other way around.
Pick Italian Linen and the AI writes warm, lyrical descriptions. Pick Japanese Washi and it writes precisely, seasonally, with restraint.
The same dish becomes a different sentence in each template — so the menu sounds like the restaurant it represents, from the first draft.
Pick deliberately
Templates commit to a room. Choose like a designer would.
A template is not a skin you swap on a finished menu — it shapes how the menu is written, structured, and ornamented from the brief onward. Picking the right one upfront is part of the design.
If you change your mind after generation, start a new menu from the same brief with the new template selected. The AI will rewrite descriptions in the new voice.
Common questions
Can I switch templates after generating a menu?
Not after the menu is generated. Templates are baked into the menu at creation time — copy, layout, and ornament are all written for that specific template's voice. To try a different template, generate a new menu from the same brief and pick the new template; the AI will rewrite descriptions to match.
Will more templates be added?
New templates ship regularly. The current set covers brasserie, izakaya, fine dining, trattoria, and palace — with cafe, bar, and modern minimal next on the roadmap.
Can I customize a template's colors and fonts?
Accent colors and a small set of font pairings are tunable today. Deeper customization (custom fonts, custom paper textures) is on the roadmap.
Are templates designed by humans or AI?
Templates are hand-designed by humans, then their voice and ornamentation rules are codified so the AI generator can write copy that fits.
Does the template affect the live link too?
Yes. The hosted mobile menu, the printable PDF, and the QR card are all rendered from the same templated HTML — so guests see the same brand whether they scan, print, or share.
Pick a template that already gets your room.
Drafting is free across every template. Pay only when you publish.