Guides for shop owners
How do you show a café menu in other languages on your website?
What foreign customers puzzle over longest in a café is “what does this taste like?” Translating only the name often makes things worse: heukimja latte (black sesame) has no ready-made equivalent, and someone who knows an Einspänner may not expect the thick, sweet cream Korean cafés put on it.
How to write one menu line
- The name as it sounds + what it is: Heukimja Latte — sweet black sesame cream, milk & espresso (Iced/Hot ₩6,500)
- Options on one line too: Oat milk (+₩500) · Decaf (+₩500) · Less sweet
- Put just two or three signature drinks at the top, with photos
One phone screen, top to bottom
- Top: shop name · opening hours · map
- Middle: three photos of your signature items
- Bottom: the full menu with prices · Wi-Fi, power outlets, and whether pets are welcome
Common mistakes
- Writing just “Latte” without saying what kind of milk
- Bare numbers with no currency — add ₩ or KRW
- Machine-translated names that balloon into something like “Black Sesame Latte Coffee Milk”
This guide was written by Gyeol, a website service for small shops. Use it as it is, whether or not you use Gyeol.
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