Full and half portions
The portion pair — Precio ración completa and Precio media ración — is the backbone of Spanish-style dish pricing, and it exists on the à la carte menu, breakfast, desserts and the bar menu.
What each field means
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Precio ración completa | The full portion — the standard serving of the dish |
| Precio media ración | The half portion, when the kitchen serves one |
The full portion is the main price of a dish. If a dish has only one price, this is the field to use.
Fill only what you serve
A half portion price on a dish that is never halved is a promise the kitchen has to keep. Leave the field empty when the format is not offered; nothing is displayed for an empty field.
This is the single most common price error in a new menu: a batch of dishes created with both fields filled because the template had both.
Include the count when it helps
The field descriptions in the product suggest recording how many pieces a portion contains, and it is good practice:
Precio ración completa: 12,00€ (6 unidades)
Precio media ración: 7,00€ (3 unidades)Guests order more confidently when they know what arrives, and the floor answers fewer questions. Apply the convention to the whole menu or to none of it.
Consistency across the menu
Decide these once and hold to them:
- whether the half portion is roughly half the price or carries a premium;
- whether the count is written for every dish or only for shareable ones;
- how the currency is written — symbol before or after, comma or point, spacing.
Guests do not read prices individually; they compare them. Inconsistent formatting reads as carelessness even when every number is correct.
Portions and half portions on the bar menu
At a counter, the pair usually maps to ración and media ración, with the unit price covering single pieces. A pintxo has a unit price; a ración of croquettes has a full portion price; both together describe the same dish honestly.
See Unit prices.
Editing them
- One dish, one change: on All items, inline on the row.
- A whole section: filter by category on All items and work down.
- The whole menu: export to Excel, edit, re-import. Both portion fields are export and import columns.
Verification
After a portion price change:
- Reload the admin list and read the values back.
- Check the public menu signed out — confirm both formats are shown where both are filled, and only one where only one is.
- Confirm no dish shows a half portion the kitchen does not serve.
- Regenerate the PDF if one is in circulation.