The admin panel is where you run everything except live order handling: your menu, settings, payments, customers and reports. Here's a quick orientation so you know where things live before you start clicking around.
The left menu
The navigation down the left is your main map. A few items expand into sub-sections when you click them.
| Menu item | What's in it |
|---|---|
| Dashboard | Today's revenue, order counts and a list of the day's orders |
| Orders | Every order, with detail and status |
| Analytics | Reports: sales, orders, products, customers, kitchen and CSV export |
| Catalog | Your menu: products, categories and modifier groups |
| Customers | People who've ordered from you and their history |
| Discounts | Discount codes and their rules |
| Sliders | Promotional banners on your storefront homepage |
| Integrations | Payment providers (Stripe, Square, PayPal) and POS connections |
| Locations | Your branches (and their per-branch settings) |
| Team | Staff accounts and their roles |
| Subscription | Your plan, invoices and billing |
| Settings | Business details, notifications, appearance, opening hours, ordering, checkout, printers, domain and content pages |
What you actually see depends on your plan and your role. POS connections and extra locations are Business features, for example, so they won't do much on Starter.
The top bar
Along the top:
- Location switcher: on multi-location accounts, choose a branch or "All locations" to scope what you're looking at.
- Language: the admin panel's own language, separate from your storefront language.
- View storefront: opens your live storefront in a new tab, handy for checking a change.
- Your profile: your name and email, with a link to update your password.
The dashboard
The dashboard is the landing page. At a glance it shows today's revenue, how many orders have come in, how many are still pending, and how many are in the kitchen, followed by the day's orders. It's a summary, not the place you work orders from minute to minute. That happens on the MenuDock mobile app.
Roles and who sees what
There are four roles. Owners, managers and viewers sign in here on the web; viewers can look but not change much. Kitchen and floor staff don't use the web panel at all. They use the MenuDock mobile app to watch live orders and update statuses. Roles explained breaks down exactly what each one can do.
Web vs the mobile app
Think of it as two surfaces for one restaurant. The web admin panel is for setting things up and looking back at how you're doing. The mobile app is for the live shift: new orders arrive in real time, with a sound alert, and staff move them through to ready and delivered.
Related articles
- Getting started: the 10-minute checklist
- The onboarding checklist and going live
- Roles explained
- The mobile app: a tour
- Analytics overview
Need a hand?
Can't see a menu item you expected? It's usually down to your plan or your role. Check Plan comparison, or email support@menudock.co.uk with your store name and what you're trying to reach.