First sign-in and venue setup

In a nutshell

To get started you need three things: an email, the venue name and the VAT number. With those you open the account in a minute. Everything else — photos, hours, menu — you can sort out at your own pace over the following days.

Register

1. 1

   Go to carteia.app and choose the Restaurateur track (there's also the Customer one, for people who just want to discover and book).

2. 2

   Fill in your business details: venue name, city and VAT number. Then your email.

3. 3

   Press Send sign-in link. Open your inbox, click the link you received and you're in. Done: no password.

Sign in next time

Every sign-in after the first works the same way: email link or Google. No password means no forgotten resets and one fewer door for bad actors.

1. 1

   Go to carteia.app/login.

2. 2

   Stay on the Restaurateur track and type your email.

3. 3

   Click the link that arrives, or use Continue with Google.

Choose what kind of venue you are

As soon as you sign in, Carteia asks what kind of business you run: Restaurant, Pizzeria, Bar / Cocktail, Wine Bar, Café and other formats. It's not a small detail: based on your choice, Carteia changes the labels and tools you see (a wine bar, for instance, gets the wine list up front).

The three guided steps

After choosing the venue type, a screen walks you through with a progress bar. There are three steps:

1. 1

   Configure your venue. Name, contacts, address. About thirty seconds.

2. 2

   Add the first section. That's a menu category, like Starters or House cocktails.

3. 3

   Add the first dish. The first item inside that section, with a price and an optional photo.

You can also choose Skip for now and come back later: your progress stays saved. From this same screen, if you already have a paper menu, you'll find the Import menu from PDF box to have dishes and prices recognised automatically.

Describe your venue

Venue details are managed in Dashboard → Venue, in a panel split into three tabs: Details, Hours and Extra info. Here's what you can enter in the Details tab:

• Venue name — how guests find you. It's the only required field to create the venue.
• Description — a few sentences telling your cuisine and your story.
• Cuisine type and price range (for example €€).
• Logo and photo gallery — your logo and pictures of the room or the dishes.
• Phone, public email, website and the Google Maps profile link.
• Address, city, postal code, country — used for the map and to help people find you.
• Display currency for prices (leave it empty and Carteia picks it from the country).
• VAT number — used for verification and invoicing.

In the other two tabs you set the weekly opening hours and the extra information (socials, services, payment methods, chef profile): see the Customize your venue's public page guide.

Before publishing: what you need

Publishing the menu isn't automatic: Carteia wants to be sure the venue really exists and that you're the one running it. To publish you need three things:

1. Passed business verification — automatic checks on your details. See Business verification.
2. The DPA accepted — the legal tick above.
3. The signed Terms of Service approved — a document you download, have signed by the legal representative and re-upload; the Carteia team validates it (usually within 2 business days).

You'll find all three of these gathered in Dashboard → Settings.

Next steps

• Business verification
• Customize your venue's public page
• Build your first menu