Wedding Menu Template

How the Template Works — Type the Menu Once, Generate Per Guest

The template is a generated view of your project. You type the menu and pick the format; the template handles the rest.

• Type your menu into the project — appetizer, salad, entrée, dessert, optional wine pairings.
• Mark courses with multiple options (typically the entrée — beef, fish, vegetarian).
• Send RSVPs through the built-in form so each guest selects their entrée.
• Pick the menu card mode — one shared menu for everyone, or per-guest menus showing only their chosen entrée.
• Customize the design — fonts, dividers, paper size, optional course icons.
• Download the print-ready PDF with bleed and crop marks already set, ready for any printer.

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Wedding Menu Template Sizes — Tea-Length vs 5×7 vs 4×6

Three sizes cover almost every wedding. The right one depends on how much menu copy you have and how the place setting is composed.

• 4×9 inches (tea-length) — the most popular wedding menu size. Slim, elegant, fits inside a folded napkin or alongside the cutlery without crowding the plate. Best for short menus (3–4 courses).
• 5×7 inches — the second most common. Closer to a postcard. Reads more casual, gives more space for decorative borders or wine pairings. Best for menus with 5+ courses or extensive descriptors.
• 4×6 inches (or A6) — works at smaller place settings or family-style tables where each guest gets a single course list rather than a full menu.

Custom sizes are also supported — type any dimensions you want and the export adjusts the bleed and crop marks automatically.

Customizable Template Elements

Every element is editable. Font family for the header (typically a display serif or calligraphy script), font for the course names, font for the dish descriptors. Ink color, paper color, optional decorative motif (botanical border, geometric ornament, monogram). Optional course icons (small line drawings next to each course).

Coordinate typography with the rest of your stationery suite — pick once at the project level, and the menu inherits the same look as the place card, table number, escort card, table seating card and seating chart sign.

Layout Structure — Header, Courses, Footer

The template ships with a clean four-course default: appetizer → salad → entrée → dessert. Header at the top (often “Menu” in display type), courses in the middle each on their own line with a small separator, optional footer at the bottom for wine pairings or a thank-you note.

If your wedding adds extra courses (amuse-bouche, palate cleanser, cheese course), each one gets its own line in the order it's served. If you're skipping a course, simply omit the line — don't leave a blank.

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Per-Guest Menus From RSVP Data

The headline feature: when you enable per-guest menu mode, each printed card lists only the entrée that specific guest chose at RSVP. The mechanic is simple — the menu card pulls the meal-choice field from each guest's record. The server walks the table, places each card at the correct seat, and the kitchen knows exactly what to plate without anyone reading a list.

Late changes are free — a guest who switches from beef to fish two days before the wedding triggers a single new card, not a re-do of the whole batch. For the full overview, see the wedding menu cards parent page.

Why Live-Data Templates Beat Static Ones

An Etsy or Canva menu template is a single design you fill in by hand for every guest (or a single shared design for the whole wedding). A live-data template is a generated view of your guest list — names, courses and meal choices live in your project, and the template reads them at export time.

The difference shows in the final week before the wedding. Static templates require re-typing every meal-choice change; live-data templates regenerate themselves. Free, collaborative, and synced with the rest of your stationery.