Lauer House

The impact was immediate. Within the first two weeks of the summer season, the team noticed something he'd never seen before: tourists were ordering dishes that had always been overlooked — the snails, the goat stew, the local cheese pie. With descriptions in their own language, guests finally understood what made these dishes special and felt confident enough to try them.

The average table spend jumped by €6.40 because guests were ordering more adventurous dishes and pairing them with the house wine — something they'd rarely done when they couldn't read the wine description. The daily specials, previously announced only on a chalkboard in Greek, now reached every customer automatically.

But the biggest win was unexpected: Google reviews. Tourists started mentioning the QR menu specifically in their reviews. "Finally a traditional Greek place where you don't need to guess what you're ordering" became a recurring theme. The restaurant's Google rating climbed from 4.5 to 4.9 in a single season, pushing Lauer House into the top 5 restaurants in Sarti on TripAdvisor.

the owner kept the experience authentically Greek — no tablets, no screens on walls, no tech clutter. Just a small QR code on olive wood, and the food speaks for itself. "My grandmother would approve," he says. "The technology is invisible. The food is still the star."