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Cheese pull lifted on a fork from a loaded skillet dish, photographed close in warm light for a restaurant menu

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Restaurant Menu Photography

Every Dish — Print, Delivery Apps & Google

Dish-by-dish photos of the food you actually serve, shot at your venue in a single visit and delivered in crops sized for the printed menu, DoorDash and Uber Eats, your website, and your Google profile. Sessions from $349.

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Cheese pull lifted on a fork from a loaded skillet dish, steam still rising, shot close under warm kitchen light

The Session

What Does a Menu Shoot Cover?

Restaurant menu photography is dish-by-dish work: your kitchen plates the real thing, and each item gets shot at the angle it actually wants — overhead for bowls and flat-lays, three-quarter for burgers and stacked entrées, low and level for tall drinks.

Your plating, not a propDishes come out of your kitchen the way a guest receives them — the photo has to match the plate.
One angle per dishThe angle is chosen per item instead of forcing a house style across a mixed menu.
A crop per platform, one visitDoorDash takes landscape 16:9 only, Uber Eats wants 5:4 — plus 3:2 for print and 4:5 for social, all cut from the same frame.
Chef's hands finishing a tray of loaded fries with fresh herbs, photographed over the pass mid-service

Getting It Right

Why Do Menu Photos Get Taken Back Down?

Two reasons, and neither is camera quality. Portions that don't match what arrives at the table generate refunds, and guests now spot AI-generated food instantly — backlash threads are full of diners naming restaurants over it. Photographing what your kitchen actually serves solves both.

Portion-accurateWhat's photographed is what's plated, so the image can't be argued with.
Real food, no AIEvery frame is a photograph of your dish — nothing generated, nothing borrowed from a stock library.
Platform-readyDoorDash and Uber Eats both reject low-resolution images; deliveries ship above their minimums.

Behind the Lens

Menu Photography with Dustyn Reno

Chef's hands finishing a tray of loaded fries with fresh herbs, photographed over the pass during a working kitchen service
Real menu work — shot over the pass, plated by the kitchen that actually serves it

Dustyn Reno lights and shoots every menu set himself — the same hands behind past work for Mezcalero's Long Beach and Downtown Los Angeles rooms, Pier 76, Padre's, and The Ordinarie.

Local context: DoorDash and Uber Eats both reject menu images under their minimum resolution, and they do not even agree on shape — DoorDash takes landscape 16:9 only, Uber Eats wants 5:4 — so every dish ships cropped for each app, plus 3:2 for print and 4:5 for social, in the same color-managed sRGB pipeline behind my CRMLS listing work.

Quoted to Your Menu

Menu Photography Pricing

Focused Menu Set

Starting at$349

Delivered in all three crops.

Half-Day Menu

Starting at$649

A full menu, or dishes plus interiors and bar coverage.

Monthly Retainer

Starting at$499/mo

Standing coverage for specials and seasonal menu changes.

Quoted to your menu length, venue, and usage — honest starting points, not teaser rates.

Menu Photography Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does restaurant menu photography cost?
Focused sessions start at $349. Larger menus, or venues wanting interiors and bar coverage in the same visit, start at $649.Full pricing guide →
Can we use the photos on DoorDash and Uber Eats?
Yes — and the two apps want different shapes, which is the part that catches most restaurants out. DoorDash accepts landscape 16:9 only and rejects square and vertical photos outright; Uber Eats asks for 5:4 to 6:4. One file cannot satisfy both, so every dish ships cropped for each platform alongside print and social versions, with full usage rights.

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Let's Work Together

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