diff --git a/docs/order-flow.md b/docs/order-flow.md
index ffa2888..fd29bc7 100644
--- a/docs/order-flow.md
+++ b/docs/order-flow.md
@@ -37,14 +37,22 @@ States and their meaning:
 2. Re-prices every line item against the live menu (modifier ids
    are matched server-side; the customer's claimed `price_delta`
    values are ignored).
-3. Sums `subtotal_msat`, applies `tax_rate`, adds `tip_msat` →
+3. Converts each item's `price` from its declared `currency` to
+   msat. For sat-denominated items (`currency` ∈ `{sat, sats,
+   satoshi}`) this is a flat `× 1000`. For fiat (`USD`, `GTQ`, …)
+   it calls `lnbits.utils.exchange_rates.fiat_amount_as_satoshis`
+   to look up the live rate, then `× 1000`. The conversion lives
+   in `services._price_to_msat` so the rate lookup is the same path
+   the quote endpoint uses — a customer's preview and the recorded
+   `order.total_msat` cannot drift apart between request and place.
+4. Sums `subtotal_msat`, applies `tax_rate`, adds `tip_msat` →
    `total_msat`.
-4. For Lightning / internal: calls
+5. For Lightning / internal: calls
    `lnbits.core.services.create_invoice` with
    `extra={"tag": "restaurant", "restaurant_id": ...}`.
-5. Persists the order with `id = payment_hash` so the listener can
+6. Persists the order with `id = payment_hash` so the listener can
    look it up cheaply, plus one `order_items` row per line.
-6. For cash: `payment_method = "cash"` skips invoice creation and
+7. For cash: `payment_method = "cash"` skips invoice creation and
    marks the order `accepted` directly.
 
 Returns `(Order, OrderInvoice | None)`. The webapp pays the bolt11.
diff --git a/services.py b/services.py
index f187e2a..793e86e 100644
--- a/services.py
+++ b/services.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from loguru import logger
 
 from lnbits.core.services import create_invoice
 from lnbits.helpers import urlsafe_short_hash
+from lnbits.utils.exchange_rates import fiat_amount_as_satoshis
 
 from .crud import (
     create_order,
@@ -55,9 +56,33 @@ from .models import (
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 
 
-def _to_msat(amount: float) -> int:
-    """Convert a sat amount (possibly fractional) to integer msat."""
-    return int(round(amount * 1000))
+_SAT_ALIASES = {"sat", "sats", "satoshi", "satoshis", "msat", "msats"}
+
+
+def _is_sat_currency(currency: str | None) -> bool:
+    return (currency or "sat").strip().lower() in _SAT_ALIASES
+
+
+async def _price_to_msat(amount: float, currency: str | None) -> int:
+    """
+    Convert a menu-item-currency amount to integer **msat**.
+
+    - For native sat-denominated prices (currency in
+      `_SAT_ALIASES`) this is a flat ×1000.
+    - For any other ISO-ish currency code (GTQ, USD, EUR, BRL, …)
+      we round-trip through LNbits's `fiat_amount_as_satoshis`
+      which queries the same exchange-rate pool the rest of LNbits
+      uses, then multiply by 1000.
+
+    Side-effect-free helper; safe to call multiple times per
+    request (rates are LNbits-cached internally).
+    """
+    if amount == 0:
+        return 0
+    if _is_sat_currency(currency):
+        return int(round(amount * 1000))
+    sats = await fiat_amount_as_satoshis(amount, (currency or "").upper())
+    return int(round(sats * 1000))
 
 
 async def _price_line_item(line: CreateOrderItem) -> tuple[OrderItemRow, int]:
@@ -81,7 +106,9 @@ async def _price_line_item(line: CreateOrderItem) -> tuple[OrderItemRow, int]:
     if item.stock is not None and item.stock < line.quantity:
         raise ValueError(f"Menu item {item.name!r} is out of stock")
 
-    # Resolve & price modifiers against canonical DB rows.
+    # Resolve & price modifiers against canonical DB rows. Modifier
+    # `price_delta` is denominated in the same currency as the parent
+    # item (we don't carry a per-modifier currency).
     resolved: list[SelectedModifier] = []
     delta_msat_each = 0
     requested_ids = {m.modifier_id for m in line.selected_modifiers if m.modifier_id}
@@ -101,9 +128,13 @@ async def _price_line_item(line: CreateOrderItem) -> tuple[OrderItemRow, int]:
                             price_delta=mod.price_delta,
                         )
                     )
-                    delta_msat_each += _to_msat(mod.price_delta)
+                    delta_msat_each += await _price_to_msat(
+                        mod.price_delta, item.currency
+                    )
 
-    unit_price_msat = _to_msat(item.price) + delta_msat_each
+    unit_price_msat = (
+        await _price_to_msat(item.price, item.currency)
+    ) + delta_msat_each
     line_total_msat = unit_price_msat * line.quantity
 
     row = OrderItemRow(
@@ -334,8 +365,8 @@ async def quote_balance_required(items: list[CreateOrderItem]) -> int:
         item = await get_menu_item(line.menu_item_id)
         if not item:
             continue
-        unit = _to_msat(item.price)
+        unit = await _price_to_msat(item.price, item.currency)
         for sm in line.selected_modifiers:
-            unit += _to_msat(sm.price_delta or 0)
+            unit += await _price_to_msat(sm.price_delta or 0, item.currency)
         total += unit * line.quantity
     return total