Accessible Restaurant and dining experiences

In recent years, accessibility has become an increasingly important issue for many businesses including restaurants. Providing diners who happen to be blind or visually impaired with an accessible dining experience need not be complicated or expensive. With a few simple modifications, restaurants can make diners with visual impairments feal right at home.

What kinds of assistance should restaurant staff expect to provide patrons with visual impairments?

Commonly requested assistance may include:

• Guiding or providing Navigational information to an individual with a visual impairment
• Providing assistance with a buffet or coffee service
• Aiding in accessing the braille or large print menu
• Reading menu boards or other signage
• Clearing a path of portable obstructions for somebody using a wheelchair or other mobility device
• Providing help with locating the payment terminal, reading the check or identifying signature lines on receipts

As a restaurant owner or manager, you can provide simple solutions to make customers with visual impairments feel welcome.

1. Provide accessible menus.

Customers with visual impairments may not be able to see the menu, but they can access it using an alternative format. GetBraille.com provides cost-effective combination braille and large print accessible menus to restaurants big and small.

2. Ensure accessibility of the physical space.

Make sure that your restaurant’s physical space is accessible for all customers. This includes having clear pathways between tables and eliminating tripping hazards.

3. Train restaurant staff on how to assist customers with disabilities.

GetBraille.com offers easy-to-use training for front of house staff on best practices for assisting diners with visual impairments and other disabilities.

REUSABLE BRAILLE and LARGE PRINT combination MENUS

These menus are convenient for sit-down establishments and quick-serve restaurants with static menus. Our reusable, accessible combination braille and large print menus offer inexpensive, durable, long term solutions to providing accessible, inclusive dining experiences.

Printing and Binding Formats:

• Braille produced on standard 8.5” x 11” braille paper in contracted UEB braille, 80-page limit
• Finished with durable plastic covers (black with logo decal or full-color cover page with clear plastic cover with braille overlay) and bound with plastic binding comb
• Transcriber proofread, additional transcription services available for non-convertible formats (pdf, jpg, png)
• Large Print produced on anti-glare paper with high contrast ink
• 18pt Minimum Font in typefaces proven to be more easily readable by individuals with visual impairments
• Securely packaged for safe shipping in bulk

Disposable braille Menus

These options are convenient solutions for quick serve restaurants, takeout/delivery establishments and cafeterias to provide convenient, hygienic, and cost-efficient solutions to providing inclusive dining experiences.

Printing and Binding Formats:

• Braille produced on 8.5”x 11” embossed paper in contracted UEB braille
• 8-page limit, labeled and stapled in top left corner
• Transcriber proofread
• Securely packaged for safe shipping in bulk

Accessible materials are only the first step to providing an inclusive dining experience. The GetBraille team offers accessibility training to ensure that your staff are equipped with all the skills needed to provide equal access and a welcoming environment for all customers. This includes following accessibility laws and regulations, as well as coaching staff to interact effectively and respectfully with customers with disabilities.

Please allow 3-4 weeks turnaround time for large and custom projects (50+ braille pages, 5+ copies), and 2 business days for small projects and personal correspondence products.

All materials will be mailed via Free Matter at no cost by default, shipped to US locations only. Accessible materials may be sent free of charge if mailed by or for the use of blind or other individuals who cannot read or use conventionally printed materials due to a print disability.

Ground UPS shipping is available for large and custom projects with less than a three-week turnaround time; estimated shipping costs will be included in your final quote.