Restaurant menu costing
Restaurant menu costing — know the margin on every dish
Cost a menu item from your supplier prices, including trim and waste, and see the plate cost, food cost % and the price that hits your target.
Free recipe cost calculator
Chicken alfredo pasta
Enter your price to see food cost % and profit.
The app keeps your ingredient prices. When butter goes up, every dish that uses it updates — no re-typing.
Keep your whole menu on target with the free app:
- ✓Home screen highlights dishes that are over your target food cost %
- ✓Filter dishes by On target and Over target
- ✓Update a supplier price once — every dish that uses it recalculates
- ✓No POS or inventory system needed — works on its own
- ✓A fraction of the price of meez or xtraCHEF
Common questions
How does CostMyDish compare to meez or xtraCHEF?+
Tools like meez and xtraCHEF are built for multi-location groups with invoice scanning and integrations, often $75+ a month. CostMyDish is a focused phone app for recipe costing and margins: free to start and fast to learn.
How do I include waste and trim?+
Enter a waste % on the ingredient — for example 10% for chicken trim. The cost is divided by the usable share, so the plate cost reflects what you actually paid for.
What about food trucks and caterers?+
Same calculator and app. Cost combos, catering trays and single items, and add more than one way to sell the same recipe.
Ready to cost your next dish?
Download CostMyDish free on iPhone or Android. Type what you’re making, add ingredients with what you paid, and see your cost and a selling price in about 2 minutes.
Free plan: 5 dishes and 20 ingredients. No credit card.
On a computer? Scan with
your phone camera