Terrible Restaurant Menu Designs That Belong in Hell

Creating a design that is both visually appealing and functional is no easy task; you must focus on both aspects simultaneously while developing your design. However, despite your best efforts, unforeseen external factors may end up ruining your creation entirely. Some designs may look terrible yet somehow still work, while others may appear amazing but fail to serve their intended purpose.

There are countless poor designs out there that everyone recognizes, yet no one seems able to resolve the issue by creating a better, functional alternative. Some problems are easier to solve than others, and a somewhat functional solution is still a solution, after all.

Menus in restaurants were invented to help people quickly and efficiently find the items they want to eat. However, when the design of the menu confuses you more than it assists you, what purpose does it serve?

The restaurant menus in the pictures below are so poorly designed that they all deserve to be nominated for the "Worst Design of the Year." Scroll down and check them out; they might make your eyes bleed a little, but that is just part of the experience.

1. This French Restaurant Menu That Makes Much More Sense Unfolded.

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2. "This restaurant’s logo looks like a health grade"

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3. "This 'M' on a kids' menu activity..."

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4. "This restaurant wraps their menu around a wooden stick... there was absolutely no explanation or purpose for it"

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5. "The 'Crappy Design' Mother Lode"

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6. "Anyone want some Thai food?"

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7. "The misuse of capital letters on this menu"

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8. "This menu at Cereal Killer Cafe, London"

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9. "No, this picture isn't blurry... the menu is."

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10. "These tilted menus"

They're going for the post-earthquake look.

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11. "This coffee shop's overhead menu gave me a headache"

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12. "Third scoop? I asked for a double!"

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13. "Menu at a Local Restaurant"

It's supposed to say "Two Brothers"

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14. "This menu looks upside down at first glance"

Holy Mother of Crappy Designs...

15. "Texcock Mextails"

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16. "Found a restaurant in Cape Cod that used a screenshot of their menu in Microsoft Word."

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17. "Clearly missing the point of a digital menu."

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18. "The restaurant is called Str'eat (amazing food, by the way), but the logo is confusing!"

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19. "Would you like your chips with or without chips?"

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20. "I'm impressed that this Thai menu has text cropping both over AND under the image."

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21. "The maze on the kids' menu is impossible to get through"

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22. "Restaurant puts Cocktails and Beers right under the Kids' Menu"

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23. "This busy ice cream shop in Seattle put their menu on a mirror, making it impossible to read"

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Simplicity is always the best solution; people tend to overcomplicate things in an attempt to stand out, but in the end, they often end up with catastrophic results. Menus are supposed to be easy to navigate so that people can quickly and easily find the items they want to order.