The coronavirus pandemic ushered in the widespread use of QR codes, but restaurant industry experts think that the technology will stick around long after the health crisis ends.

新冠疫情促进了二维码的广泛使用，但餐饮业专家认为，在疫情危机结束后，二维码技术还会继续得以应用。

Bitly, a link management service, said that it's seen a 750% increase in QR code downloads over the last 18 months.

链接管理服务Bitly表示，在过去18个月里，美国商家二维码下载量增加750%。

A QR code also gives restaurants more information on their customers.

扫码点餐还能帮助餐厅了解更多顾客信息。

Reservation services pass along data on whoever made the booking to restaurants – but not everyone else at the table.

尽管不少餐厅此前一直提供预订服务，但除预订人外，餐厅无法了解前来就餐的其他顾客信息。

What the QR code might allow you to do is learn who that guest is right when they're sitting down.

而二维码可以让你在客人坐下的瞬间就知道他们是谁。

However, QR codes aren't the answer for all restaurants.

但是，并非所有餐厅都适用扫码点餐。

Darren Seifer, food and beverage analyst for the NPD Group, said that fine-dining restaurants are less willing to replace their menus or ordering process with QR codes.

NPD集团的食品和饮料分析师达伦•塞弗表示，高档餐厅不太愿意用扫码点餐取代菜单或点餐过程。