My wife loves Braille menus. She says it lets her feel more like everyone else and she gets to browse and decide at her own pace just like everyone else.

A large portion of restaurants with online menus are inaccessible in our experience as well. The often use inaccessible PDFs.

Honestly I'm generally all for more braille, but in this case I wonder if other alternatives might not be better. Menus change, and braille is likely expensive, especially since it isn't likely done in house. Meanwhile, I think it's probably safe to say by now a large majority of the blind have smart phones. Ensure your menu is accessible online and you can ensure very, very few people will have a problem reading it. As for the ones who don't have a phone or someone with them able to read, I haven't met a server yet who was unwilling to go through a menu with me. It's there job, after all to ensure you have a comfortable experience.

I live in the UK in London, many restaurants don’t have braille menus.

If there’s no braille menu, I just ask the person serving me to read the print one to me.

Accessibility wouldn’t change my opinion of a restaurant as I can just ask the waiters to read the menu.

Restaurants could have mor braille menus and check if their site is accessible.

I myself can’t read brail and prefer to use an online menu. But when I go into a restraint they don’t know that. I have my ID cane with me, so I am not given any kind of a menu 😂 I am just left to help myself.

I did get a Braille menu once. And sat there for 15 minutes pretending to read it because it was so sweet that someone brought me one :)

I am glad you brought up this issue.

I love a Braille menu, and I always ask when I am visiting any restaurant, because it's my way of advocating for myself. Many restaurants now have their menus online so it's slightly easier than it would have been even a few years ago to order, but Braille menus are the best option.

The chain called the Cora Group (Montana's, Kelsey's, Milestones, etc) all have Braille menus, but otherwise it's very rare to find what I need.

a silly story: So I was out with the guys at Jack Aster's. I was not sure whether they had a Braille menu or not, I thought that they probably did.

I politely asked the waitress if they had one, she looked at me with such a blank look that even totally blind me could see it. She said "Braille? Braille? Is that the menu with all the healthy food alternatives on it?"

"No, it's the menu for the blind with the little dots." I said, trying to muffle a laugh, trying not to show my frustration or condescension that someone my own age should know what Braille was, should have seen it on restroom doors, etc.

I laughed about it ever since, but glad that you are seeking alternatives for menus for restaurants for the blind.

Hello. In Perth Australia where I live, there are hardly any restaurants that use braille menus. I think I have been to 1 in my life. It would make it a lot easier choosing what to eat if there were braille menus. I always feel like I have to rush when others read the menu for me, as I feel like I am slowing them down. It’s frustrating so I normally get the same thing most times. For fast food I normally ask the person serving me what’s on the menu and when at an actual restaurant, I normally ask my partner who is also visually impaired but can read menus.

I don't use braille menus at all. When I go to a restaurant, I just look at the menu on my phone.
I've never seen a braille menu that was actually up to date, and looking at it on their website is so much easier anyway.

There have been a few instances where the menu isn't accessible. If that's the case, I just get something super basic. I don't like having people read me the menus.

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