Gochujang glazed lamb chops — restaurant food photography by AesthetiCo, Denver
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Denver Restaurant Photography + Video

Photo and video content that makes people want to order.

Professional food photography, restaurant coverage, portraits and short-form video built for delivery apps, Google, websites and social media. We also help place the finished content where customers will actually see it.

Restaurant packages start at $600 · Food truck packages start at $475 · Commercial usage included

Why it matters

Customers judge the food before they ever taste it.

One shoot. Content for every place customers find you.

Delivery apps

Consistent, menu-ready photos designed for DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub.

Google and your website

Professional food, restaurant and team photography that builds trust before a customer ever visits.

Social media

A reusable library of photos, vertical clips and edited Reels—not another folder of images you still have to figure out.

DoorDash studied more than 15,000 small-business merchants and found that menus with item photos can generate up to 44% more monthly sales. Our entry package starts at $600 and includes 15 dish photos, restaurant coverage, three portraits and hands-on placement support.

Source: DoorDash for Merchants
Restaurant review
★★★★★
Diana Marquez Tacos & Margaritas
“Matt was amazing to work with! He is extremely professional and was able to create an amazing video plus extra content for us. We will definitely keep his information handy!”
Platform experience. Custom creative.

We know what delivery platforms require—and what your restaurant needs beyond them.

We’ve created food content for restaurants and food trucks across the Denver metro—from delivery-first menus to full restaurant photo and video libraries. Working direct means the shoot is planned around your menu, brand, people and marketing priorities, not a standardized shot list.

Platform assignment
Direct AesthetiCo shoot
Planned around platform requirements
Planned around your restaurant
Standardized shot list
Custom styling, lighting and priorities
Primarily created for one listing
Photos and video created for every major channel
Platform-focused delivery
Commercial usage plus upload and placement support

13+ Denver-area restaurants photographed

See the restaurants and menus we’ve photographed →

Selected restaurant work

From delivery-app menus to restaurant portraits, interiors and short-form video, every shoot is built around the business—not a preset template.

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Birria tacos with consomme
Work 01
Mexican, delivery-first
Prosciutto and arugula pizza
Work 02
Neighborhood pizzeria
Sweet and sour chicken
Work 03
Asian takeout
Crispy beef with broccoli
Work 04
Asian, plated entrée
Club sandwich
Work 05
Casual lunch spot
Torta sandwich with roasted jalapeno
Work 06
Mexican sandwich shop
Buffalo wings with fries
Work 07
Wings and bar food
BBQ burger with fries
Work 08
Burgers and bar food
Mozzarella sticks
Work 09
Bar appetizers
Cheese pizza on a board
Work 10
Neighborhood pizzeria
Linguine with feta and cherry tomato
Work 11
Italian, dine-in
Maryland crab cake eggs benedict
Work 12
Breakfast and brunch
Spanish breakfast burrito
Work 13
Breakfast and brunch
Ten sauced chicken wings plated for restaurant menu photography
Work 14
Wings · menu photography
Restaurant video

Food that moves is harder to scroll past.

Short-form restaurant video created for social media, websites and campaigns—capturing the food, people and energy behind the business.

Restaurant short-form video · Project 01

Restaurant short-form video · Project 02

Restaurant short-form video · Project 03

Restaurant short-form video · Project 04

Restaurant packages

Start with the content your restaurant needs now.

Menu & Restaurant Refresh
A polished photo reset across every place customers find you.
$600
  • 15 professionally photographed dishes
  • Interior, exterior, signage and branded-detail photos
  • 3 owner, chef or staff portraits
  • Platform-specific exports and hands-on upload assistance
  • Most sessions take approximately 2–3 hours
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Recommended
Restaurant Photo + Video Refresh
Add useful motion content without committing to a full production.
$950
  • 15 dish photos plus restaurant coverage
  • 3 owner, chef or staff portraits
  • 10 polished vertical video clips
  • 1 fully edited social Reel
  • Most sessions take approximately 3–4 hours
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Best Value
Restaurant Content Library
Enough professional photo and video to market consistently for months.
$1,500
  • 25 dish, drink and dessert photos
  • Restaurant, action and branded-detail photography
  • 5 owner, chef, staff or team portraits
  • 20 vertical clips and 3 edited Reels
  • Most sessions take approximately 4–6 hours
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Restaurant Marketing Library
A complete multi-platform library for your website, listings, social and advertising.
$2,950
  • 40 edited photos across food, people, action and location
  • 30 polished vertical video clips
  • 5 fully edited social Reels
  • 1 website hero video
  • Most sessions take approximately 6–8 hours
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Complete Restaurant Brand Library
A full visual production for restaurants ready to overhaul their entire online presence.
$4,950
  • 65+ edited photos across the full restaurant experience
  • 50+ polished vertical video clips
  • 10 fully edited social Reels
  • Brand film, website hero video and drone when appropriate
  • Most productions take approximately 8–10 hours
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Food truck packages

Professional content built around a mobile kitchen.

Both sessions happen on location at the truck, commissary or regular service spot so dishes can be prepared fresh and the truck itself can be photographed.

Lower-cost starting option

Food Truck Menu Refresh

A small photo-and-motion starter library for improving delivery listings while creating polished content for Google and social media.

  • 10 professionally photographed menu items
  • Truck exterior, service window, logo, signage and menu-board photos
  • 2 owner or staff portraits
  • 3 short vertical clips (5–10 seconds each)
  • Platform-ready exports and upload assistance
  • Most sessions take approximately 1.5–2.5 hours
Photo + video

Food Truck Content Session

A larger photo-and-video session for promoting daily locations, events, delivery, catering and private bookings.

  • 15 dish photos plus truck and branding coverage
  • 3 owner or staff portraits and service action photos
  • 10 vertical clips and 1 fully edited Reel
  • Platform-ready exports and upload assistance
  • Most sessions take approximately 3–4 hours

Every package includes professional editing, commercial usage rights, platform-specific exports and hands-on help placing the content across delivery apps, Google, your website and social media. Final photos are delivered within 48 hours; edited-video timing is confirmed with the scope. A 50% deposit holds your date. Compare every deliverable or build your package →

Also available

Restaurant landing page

A mobile-friendly one-page site built around your new photography—menu, location, contact info and your existing ordering links.

Starting at $500

Menu design

A digital or print-ready menu designed around your new photos. You supply the final copy and pricing.

Starting at $350

Same-day photo delivery

Final photographs delivered by the end of the shoot day, subject to availability.

$200

Add any of these to a package on the Packages page →

Managed Social · Monthly

Monthly content without the monthly scramble.

One shoot a month keeps your photos, clips and posts current—so you’re never scrambling for something to publish or reusing the same three photos on every platform.

  • One shoot per month at the restaurant, about two hours
  • 12 new photographs and 4 vertical clips each month
  • 12 posts written, scheduled and published across Instagram, Facebook and your Google profile
  • Quarterly delivery-app photo refresh, so listings never go stale
  • Monthly listing check—what’s missing, what’s underperforming, what to shoot next
  • Priority booking for specials, seasonal menus and events

Three-month minimum, then month to month.

$1,500/mo
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How it works

Simple, and built around your kitchen.

01

Plan the shoot

Send us your menu, priority dishes and where the content will be used. We’ll recommend the right package and confirm the date.

02

We photograph and film it

We come to the restaurant or food truck during a practical window and capture the food, location, people and action included in your package.

03

We edit everything

Every image and video is professionally edited and formatted for its intended use—from delivery-app tiles to social reels.

04

We help put it to work

Final photos are delivered within 48 hours, and we help place them correctly across delivery apps, Google, your website and social platforms. Monthly posting and social management are also available.

What to expect

Questions restaurant owners usually ask.

Who plates and preps the food?

You do—we don’t cook or plate. Before the shoot, we’ll walk through which dishes are being photographed and how you’ll plate them, so the kitchen knows exactly what’s expected on the day.

Do you need the kitchen?

Just proximity to it. We need a clean surface near the kitchen or dining room to shoot on, and access to plated dishes as they come up—not the kitchen itself.

Do we have to close, or pause service?

No. We schedule around a slower period so the kitchen and dining room keep running normally. The shoot works around your service, not the other way around.

How long does the shoot take?

Most sessions run two to six hours. Larger marketing and brand-library productions can take six to ten hours, depending on the number of dishes, locations and video deliverables.

Do you shoot during service?

It’s possible, but most restaurants prefer scheduling around a slower window so the kitchen isn’t managing two things at once. We’ll recommend timing when we plan the shoot.

What if a dish doesn’t photograph well?

We’ll flag it in the moment and either restyle it or swap in another dish from your list. Nothing goes to final delivery that doesn’t look right.

Who provides props, boards and surfaces?

We bring boards, backgrounds and styling props. If there’s something specific to your brand—a signature plate, table or setting—bring that too and we’ll build the shot around it.

Do you help upload everything?

Yes. We prepare the correct exports and help place the finished images across DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Google Business Profile, your website and social channels so the content does not just sit in a download folder.

What if we want a reshoot?

If the photos aren’t right, we reshoot. No charge.

Your food already sells in person. Let’s make the whole restaurant sell online.

Send us your menu and tell us where you need stronger content. We’ll recommend the most practical photo-and-video package and explain exactly what should be captured.

Prefer to build your own? See the Packages page →

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