Get your menu on the screen.

Build a menu then put it on any TV with an Apple TV, Fire TV, or Chromecast. Here's how, plus the answers to common questions.

Guide

Step-by-step for every part of MixKings. Pick a task to see how it's done.

Build your menu

Everything starts in your Library — that's where you build and keep your menu. It's always editable: change a drink, a color, or the whole layout anytime, and any connected TV updates instantly.

Add your drinks

Name, ingredients, a short description, glassware and garnish — as much or as little as you like.

Group into shelves

Organize your drinks onto shelves — Signatures, Classics, Zero-proof, whatever fits — the way a bar arranges its board.

Make it yours

Add a logo and pick your fonts and colors. It reads like a cocktail board, not a spreadsheet.

Tip: Move shelves in and out of the display to control what's on your TV.
The MixKings app showing a drink library on a phone

Import a recipe

Found a drink you love in a book, on a bar menu, or in a screenshot? Point your barback at it — it reads the recipe and builds the drink for you, no retyping.

  1. On your Library, tap the sparkle button to open the scanner.
  2. Snap a photo of the recipe, or pick a screenshot from your camera roll. Spread across a few shots? Select them all and we'll stitch them together.
  3. Your barback reads it and pre-fills a new drink — ingredients, steps, the works. Review it, tweak anything, and save it to a shelf.
Everyone gets 3 free imports to try it out. Pro includes 500, and you can top up any time with import packs.
The MixKings Library with the sparkle button that opens the recipe scanner

Set up your display

You choose exactly what lands on the TV and how the board looks — none of this changes the menu in your Library. Shelves you switch on with the display toggle in your Library show up on the board automatically (toggle a whole shelf, or hide any single drink). The board's look and layout live under Display Configuration, in three tabs:

Settings

Layout and behavior — how many columns the board uses, the text size, and how it scrolls or holds each screen, so it fills your TV nicely.

Brand

Your menu's identity — its name & tagline, your logo, and the font it's set in, plus sliders to size the header and leave more room for drinks.

Styles

The look — pick a preloaded background or upload your own, and tune how the drink cards and the overlay are tinted over it.

Tip: Open Display any time to preview your board — the colors and content match the TV. On your phone it shows a single column; the TV spreads it across the columns you chose.
The MixKings Display Configuration screen with its Settings, Brand, and Styles tabs

Cast to an Apple TV or Fire TV

MixKings has a native app on both Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV, and it's the display we recommend for the best-looking result. Setup is the same on either one: you pair it once with a short code, and after that it remembers your account and shows your live menu every time it opens.

  1. On your TV, install MixKings and open it — from the App Store on Apple TV, or the Amazon Appstore on Fire TV. You'll see a 6-digit pairing code and a countdown.
  2. On your iPhone, open MixKings and tap the Display icon in the top tool bar.
  3. Tap the cast icon in the top-right corner, then choose Pair with a TV.
  4. Enter the 6-digit code from your TV and tap Pair.
  5. Your menu appears on the TV and updates live as you edit it on your phone.
Codes expire after 10 minutes. If the code runs out before you enter it, the TV automatically shows a fresh one — just type the new digits.
Manage or remove a TV anytime under Display → cast icon → Paired TVs. You can pair more than one TV — each shows your live menu.
Switching the TV to a different phone. While your menu is on screen, press the center (select) button on the TV's own remote, then choose Pair a different phone. The TV returns to a fresh 6-digit code so another phone can take it over. Handy at a shift change when each bartender runs their own menu. The current menu comes back down until the new phone pairs. Only the TV's remote can do this, so a guest's phone can't take over your screen.
MixKings Display on iPhone showing the cast icon and the Pair to a TV sheet, with a 6-digit code on the TV

Cast to a Chromecast

Already have a Chromecast (or a Google TV)? Send your menu straight to it from the app — no pairing code needed.

  1. Make sure your iPhone and your Chromecast are on the same Wi-Fi network.
  2. In MixKings, tap the Display icon in the top tool bar.
  3. Tap the cast icon in the top-right corner, choose Pair with a Chromecast device, then pick your Chromecast from the list.
  4. Your menu appears on the TV and updates live. Tap the Cast icon again to stop casting.
Don't see your Chromecast? Confirm both devices are on the same Wi-Fi and the Chromecast is powered on. Toggling your phone's Wi-Fi off and back on refreshes the device list.
The MixKings Display tab with the Cast icon and a Chromecast device picker

No TV? Use a phone or iPad as the screen

The in-app Display view is a finished screen. Prop an iPad on a stand at the bar cart, or hand your phone around — no extra hardware required.

  1. Open Display from the top tool bar — your menu renders full, styled for a screen.
  2. Tap the Fullscreen icon (top-right) to hide everything but the menu.
  3. Set the device on a stand. Great for a kitchen counter, bar cart, or a small gathering.
For events: keep the device plugged in and turn off Auto-Lock (Settings → Display & Brightness) so the menu stays up all night.
An iPad on a stand showing the MixKings menu board in fullscreen

Share & discover in Rooms

Rooms are shared feeds where the community posts drinks. Show off one of your own, see what everyone else is pouring, and yoink any recipe you like straight into your Library.

  1. Open the Community tab to browse what people are sharing. Tap any drink card to read the full recipe.
  2. See one you like? Yoink it to save a copy to your Library — pick a shelf, and it's yours to pour or riff on.
  3. To share your own, open one of your drinks, tap Share, and pick a Room. Only the creator can post a drink, so your recipes stay yours.
  4. Right after you post, you can also send it straight to Reddit or X, or to anything else through your phone's share sheet. The post links back to your recipe.
Trending is a special Room that fills itself with the drinks people are yoinking and reacting to most. You can't post to it directly — a popular drink earns its way in on its own.
Forgot to add your handle? Reopen a drink you posted any time and add a social link so people who find it can follow you back.
The MixKings Community feed with Yoink and Share actions

Send a drink in Messages

Want to send a recipe to one person instead of a whole Room? Share any drink straight into a chat — they can save it to their own Library in a tap.

Share to a chat

Open a drink, tap Share, and pick a contact or group. It arrives as a card they can open and read in full.

Save what you're sent

Got a drink from a friend? Tap Save to Library, choose a shelf, and it's added to your own menu — ready to pour, riff, or cast to a TV.

See your taste

The more you pour, yoink, and react, the more MixKings learns what you like. Your taste profile turns that into a private read on the spirits, flavors, and aromatics you lean toward — yours only, never shared.

  1. Tap your avatar in the top-right corner and open My activity. Under My Palate, tap Build my taste profile to switch it on — it's off until you do.
  2. Keep using MixKings as usual. Saving drinks and reacting to what you like in Rooms is what shapes it.
  3. Come back to My Palate any time to see where you land. It sharpens from "low confidence" to a confident read as you go, and even suggests drinks you'll love.
Private by design. Your taste profile stays on your account and is never shared. Turn it off any time in Privacy & Preferences and we stop building it.
The MixKings My Activity screen showing a taste profile of favorite spirits, flavors, and aromatics

Troubleshooting

The quick fixes for the things that come up most.

The Apple TV code expired before I could enter it
No problem — the TV shows a fresh code automatically. Read the new 6 digits and enter those. Codes roll over every 10 minutes for security.
The TV shows a code but never connects
Make sure both devices are online, then reopen Pair an Apple TV on your phone and enter the current code shown on the TV (not an older one). If it still won't connect, force-quit and reopen the Apple TV app to get a fresh code.
My menu isn't updating on the TV
Menus sync over the internet, so the TV always shows your latest edits — as long as your phone has a connection. Check that your phone is online, then make any small change to re-trigger a sync. On Apple TV, reopening the app forces a fresh load.
My Chromecast doesn't show up in the list
Your phone and the Chromecast must be on the same Wi-Fi network (guest networks and some work networks block casting). Confirm the Chromecast is powered on, then toggle your phone's Wi-Fi off and back on to refresh discovery.
The logo or title is too big (or too small) on the TV
Open Display from the top tool bar, then Display Configuration, and go to the Brand tab. The Logo and Title & tagline sliders scale the header up or down — handy for fitting a long menu on one screen.
My TV dims or goes to sleep after a while
The app keeps its own display awake, but most TVs have their own power-saving settings that dim or sleep a still picture on their own. Open your TV's settings and turn off (or extend the timer on) things like screen saver, auto-sleep, energy saver or eco mode, and any automatic brightness or ambient-light dimming. On some OLED TVs this dimming is called ASBL or "logo luminance." The exact names vary by brand, so it's worth a quick look through your TV's picture and energy menus.

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