Food photography in Dubai that matches what arrives at the table

It depends on the scope, and the number of dishes on your list moves it most. Food styling, video, venue pictures, usage rights and the location all change it as well. We quote after a short call to discuss the menu and where the images will be used. Any company that names a figure before that call is guessing.

It depends on your chef more than on us. A big menu, a line that is also cooking for guests or dishes that need individual styling all slow the day down. We agree a realistic number before the day, so the shot list fits the time you have.

Usually on location at your venue, where the food is fresh, the chef is on hand and the room is photographed on the same day. A studio makes sense for packaged products, or when the restaurant has no space to work.

Between services, usually mid-morning to early afternoon, so the chef can work without competing with orders. Venue pictures often need late afternoon or evening light, so a full day may split in two.

For menu and app pictures, usually not, because food your chef finishes stays reproducible. For campaign and hero imagery, where the aesthetic goes beyond service presentation, food styling earns its cost. Decide which of the two you need before the day.

Yes, to their current specifications, and for Careem as well. Each app has its own rules on crop and background and on what may appear in the picture, and those rules change. We confirm them before the photoshoot, not after a rejection.

Yes, and it is good value, because the food, the setup and the chef's time are already committed. Short vertical clips then cost a fraction of a separate day. Plan them into the schedule, because food looks its freshest for a short window.

Yes, and the room usually needs a different time of day from the food. Add it to the same booking rather than planning a second visit, and the venue pictures share one edit with the menu.

Drinks are a different discipline, so flag them when you send the menu. Beverage photography needs its own lighting, because glassware reflects everything in the room and ice starts melting as soon as it hits the glass. We allow more time for each drink than for each course.

We keep it restrained: colour corrected to match the real thing and distractions removed, and that is largely it. Heavily retouched food pictures are easy to spot, and they undermine trust in the menu instead of building appetite.

You do, with full usage rights across menus, apps, social, print and advertising. We ask separately before we include anything from the day in our own portfolio.

Yes, send them over and our food photographers will check two things for you. First, whether they meet each app's current specifications, and second, whether the food in each picture matches exactly what your chef sends out. Both are common problems, and both are cheap to fix.

We scope each shoot around your menu instead of selling from a rate card. The quote lists the dishes and the placements, plus extras such as adding video or a food stylist, once those are known.

You need different framing for each, not a separate day. Delivery-app pictures keep the food clean and true to what arrives, while pictures for social are vertical and styled more freely. One day covers both when the shot list plans for it.

Send us the menu a few days ahead and prep the ingredients as you would for service. Have your real serviceware ready, and book a slot between services so the chef is not cooking for guests at the same time.

Whenever the dishes or their presentation change, for a new menu, a seasonal special or a restaurant launch. Refresh sooner if the pictures no longer match what the guest receives, because that gap shows up in reviews and in your reputation.

Dubai's food scene runs from fine-dining courses to rustic street food, and we photograph plated meals across cuisines and settings. Desserts, ingredients and packaged products for food brands work too, as do catering spreads if the timing is planned.