TL;DR
What did u/theautomationsguide use n8n for?
For a low-tech local restaurant, an automation builder set up an n8n flow where anyone scans a QR code, photographs the specials board, and the parsed text goes by email for approval before it posts to the website. The restaurant's website specials stay current without anyone at the restaurant editing the site.
What they did
A QR code lets an employee or a customer take a picture of the specials board. The flow parses the image, pulls out the text, and emails it to a few people at the restaurant, who reply with edits until the wording is right. The first approval pushes the specials to the website's specials page and creates a new page each week. Customers who submit a photo can add their name and hometown to get credit on the site.
How it went
The restaurant's website specials stay current without anyone at the restaurant editing the site.
Worth knowing
- They don't name the tool that reads the photo or share the workflow. Someone still has to approve every update by email.
- Price check: n8n: no free plan; Starter: US$24/month, or US$20/month on a yearly plan (US$240/year) (checked Oct 26, 2026).
Try it yourself
Paste this into a chatbot, then add your own details underneath.
Read this photo of our specials board and write the specials as a clean list: dish name, a one-line description, and price exactly as written. Mark anything you can't read with [?] instead of guessing.
Original post
See u/theautomationsguide's original post on Reddit → (Oct 20, 2026)
Sources
- u/theautomationsguide on Reddit, Oct 20, 2026 — the original post
- n8n pricing — checked Oct 26, 2026