Food photography for Talabat, Deliveroo, Careem and Noon Food menus

Menu photography for Talabat, Deliveroo, Careem and Noon Food in Dubai costs AED 250 per photo for 5 to 10 photos (excl. 5% VAT), shot in your kitchen or our Dubai studio. Images are cropped for each app and delivered in 3 to 7 business days. From 11 photos the rate drops to AED 200, and to AED 175 above 30.

How much does menu photography for delivery apps cost in Dubai?

Our food and beverage photography is priced per photo, and the rate falls as your menu grows. Lighting, setup and retouching are included. All prices are in AED and exclude 5% VAT.

Package	Price (excl. VAT)	What you get	Delivery
Essential	AED 250 per photo	5 to 10 photos (from AED 1,250), white or styled background, retouching included	3 business days
Signature ★	AED 200 per photo	11 to 30 photos, food stylist on set, web-optimised files for delivery platforms	5 business days
Heirloom	AED 175 per photo	30+ photos, creative direction, premium retouching, best per-photo rate	7 business days

Including VAT, 10 photos come to AED 2,625 and 20 photos to AED 4,200. See the full details on our food and beverage photography page.

What image size do Talabat, Deliveroo, Careem and Noon Food need?

Deliveroo and Careem publish their specs; Talabat and Noon Food do not, as far as we could find on public pages. Here is what we could verify.

App	Item image	Hero or banner image	Format and notes	Source
Deliveroo	Landscape, at least 1200 × 675 px, up to 8 MB; cropped to 1:1 on the platform	At least 1920 × 1080 px, showing at least five dishes	JPEG; no AI-generated images	Deliveroo restaurant help article
Careem Food	1200 × 1200 px, minimum 1 MB	1125 × 780 px, minimum 1 MB	JPG; changes via Partner Helpdesk ticket	Careem Food Partner FAQs (UAE)
Talabat	Not publicly published that we could find	Not publicly published that we could find	Ask your account manager	None verified
Noon Food	Not publicly published that we could find	Not publicly published that we could find	Ask your partner support contact	None verified

Deliveroo's help centre is global, so confirm with your UAE account manager if anything differs locally. Because Talabat and Noon Food specs are not public, the safe approach is to shoot each dish centred with generous space around it, then export a square crop and a landscape crop. One shoot then covers every app.

What do delivery apps reject?

Delivery apps mostly reject cluttered, blurry or edited images and anything that is not a single, real dish. Deliveroo lists its reasons clearly, and they are a sensible standard for every app.

Deliveroo rejects	What to do instead
Hands and faces in shot	Photograph the dish on its own
Text, watermarks or overlays	Keep text in the menu description
Collages of several dishes in one item image	One dish per item image
Heavy or obvious editing	Natural colour and light
Raw ingredients more prominent than the dish	Keep garnish minimal
Dish cropped or not recognisable after the 1:1 crop	Leave space around the plate
Blur, poor colour or poor lighting	Shoot on a tripod with controlled light
AI-generated images	Real photos of the food you serve

Deliveroo also recommends one dish, centred, on a clean background, with a 45-degree angle for stacked items such as burgers, cakes and drinks.

How many dishes should you photograph?

Start with your best-sellers, combos and anything with a high margin; for most restaurants that is 15 to 35 dishes. Items with photos generally stand out against plain text listings, so photograph the items you most want people to order first.

Restaurant type	Suggested first shoot	Package
Cloud kitchen or single concept, short menu	10 to 15 dishes	AED 2,500 to 3,000 at AED 200 to 250 per photo
Café with food and drinks	20 to 35 items	Signature at AED 200 per photo, or AED 175 above 30
Full-service restaurant, long menu	35 dishes, then add seasonal items	Heirloom, AED 6,125 for 35 photos, then top-ups
Multi-brand cloud kitchen	15 per brand	Per-photo rates, or a custom quote
Launch or rebrand	Hero dishes plus campaign video	Heirloom stills plus social reels from AED 2,000

Drinks and desserts photograph quickly and often lift basket size, so include them in the count.

Should you shoot in your kitchen or a studio?

Shoot in your kitchen when dishes need to travel fast from pass to plate; shoot in our studio when you want a consistent look across many items. Every package can be shot either way.

Factor	Your kitchen	Our studio
Food freshness	Best, straight from the pass	Good for items that hold well
Consistency	Depends on space and light	Fully controlled
Disruption to service	Shoot before opening	None
Props and surfaces	Your own tableware	Our surfaces plus your tableware

How do you prepare for a menu shoot?

Send a dish list in priority order and cook each dish exactly as a customer receives it. Then:

• Plate in your actual delivery packaging for a few shots, so customers know what arrives.
• Have spare portions of garnishes and sauces ready.
• Schedule the shoot outside service hours.
• Tell us which apps you list on, so crops are exported for each.

If you also want short videos for social, see our Instagram reels cost guide. When you are ready, send your dish count through the quote form for a same-day price.