MenuGen

Generate one illustrative menu image

Try a single dish and compare the illustration with the menu description before using it in a public menu.

What it’s useful for

MenuGen uses menu information to generate an illustrative view of the dishes. The result is an interpretation of the menu, useful to understand as such rather than as a photograph from the restaurant.

Inside the product

• Use menu information to generate dish illustrations
• Explore a visual interpretation of a restaurant menu

Good to know

• Generated images are illustrations, not photographs or exact depictions of restaurant dishes
• No current pricing or usage allowance has been verified

The maker’s build notes

Andrej Karpathy wrote about building MenuGen with Cursor and Claude. His maker post provides the development context; the image on this page is the public sign-in screen, not a generated-menu demonstration.

A few more details

Sources & maker notes

Build details come from the maker’s linked account. vibeforthat has not independently audited the code or tested every product function.

• MenuGen — project source
• MenuGen — maker build record