Restaurant & Café Illustration

Restaurant and café illustration that connects the food, the room and the things guests take away.

Commission artwork by Adelya for your café, restaurant, bakery or food-led business. Start with one poster or plan related illustrations for menus, packaging and the atmosphere of the space.

Discuss your restaurant artworkExplore Coffee Cats

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Coffee cup poster design
Coffee Cats / poster presentation
Artwork from a café poster commission in Sarafovo, Bulgaria. Presentation image from the published project.

One drawing,
from the cup to the wall.

A celebration-cake illustration developed for a café concept called Jinju: on a takeaway cup, a set of postcards, a poster and two walls. Concept presentation on mockups, not a photographed venue.

Grey café façade with a large black line illustration of a cake with candles and a bow, concept by AdelyaWhite interior wall with a large blue cake illustration, concept by AdelyaHand holding a white takeaway cup wrapped in a black line illustration of a cake, concept by AdelyaYellow postcards with a blue cake illustration on white envelopes, concept by AdelyaYellow poster with a blue cake illustration shown in a subway car, concept by AdelyaThree takeaway cups in yellow, blue and grey above matching façade views, concept by Adelya

On the wall.
On the menu. In the bag.

A café wall concept
A café wall concept

Artwork for the space

A characterful poster, a related series or a larger illustration concept. The subject and scale can respond to the room rather than filling an empty rectangle with an unrelated picture.

Bon appetit pasta menu
Bon appetit pasta menu

Food & menu images

Illustrated dishes, drinks and ingredients can sit alongside menu descriptions or lead a seasonal feature. Plan the artwork with the text so both remain useful.

Paper cup in hand
Paper cup in hand

Packaging & brand assets

A motif can connect a takeaway sleeve, label, bag or promotional image. Each application receives the composition and export it needs, within the agreed asset list.

Coffee Cat #1 – Illustration by @aduk.art
Coffee Cats / the illustration
A character from Adelya's published coffee-shop poster project.

A small series
for a particular place.

Adelya made Coffee Cats as a set of posters for a friend’s coffee shop in Sarafovo, a Bulgarian seaside town. The brief was about the feeling of that café: warm, comfortable pictures that belonged with its atmosphere.

The published project brings the illustrations together with presentation images and a process video. The cats and cups form a related family rather than repeating one image without variation.

Your restaurant may ask for a different tone entirely. It could be lively, restrained, playful or focused on a specific ingredient. Show the space and the food, and explain what makes the place feel like itself.

Read the Coffee Cats project

The scope and timing of that individual project are not a preset package for new commissions. Your quote is built around your actual requirements.

One subject can
work beyond the wall.

The Rasa takeaway image explores how the shrimp artwork could become a repeating packaging motif. It is a studio concept, not another restaurant client or an item already in production.

For a real rollout, identify the materials you need at launch and what can follow later. A small first set may establish the visual direction; additional menu items, packaging sizes or promotional images can then be scoped with continuity in mind.

Bring the existing logo and guidelines, printer templates, final dimensions and approved wording. The restaurant team remains responsible for menu facts, prices and dietary information. Illustration should support that information, not imply it has been independently verified.

Food & menu illustration · Packaging artwork · Interior illustration

White takeaway food container with orange Rasa branding placed on an orange repeating shrimp pattern beside a white fork.
Rasa / takeaway concept
Studio packaging mockup, showing a possible application rather than a completed client launch.

Put this direction into a useful brief.

Bring a relevant portfolio example and describe what you like about it: the handling of colour, the expression, the texture or the composition. Then describe your own subject and where the artwork will appear. The reference starts the discussion; the new work is developed for your particular purpose.

Build a short project brief · Ask about using an existing artwork

A wall, the menu,
or the whole place.

Art that carries your food and your story from the wall to the menu and the takeaway bag.

Blue Fish restaurant menu
Blue Fish restaurant menu

One wall piece

€250

A large illustration for one wall, print-ready.

Artworks
1
Size
Up to 100×70 cm
Licence
Display + promotion
Ready in
2 weeks
Revisions
2
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Pumpkin soup, marker lettering
Pumpkin soup, marker lettering

Wall and menu

€550

A wall piece plus ten small illustrations for the menu.

Artworks
1 + 10 menu drawings
Also
Menu layout
Licence
Display, menu, promotion
Ready in
3 weeks
Revisions
2 per piece
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Hand lettering on paper coffee cups
Hand lettering on paper coffee cups

The whole place

from €1,400

Wall art, menu, cups or bags and social artwork in one look.

Artworks
Wall + menu + packaging
Also
Social set
Licence
Display, print, promotion
Ready in
5–6 weeks
Revisions
2 per piece
Choose this package

Add to any package

Add them on your order page once you have chosen a package.

Avocado halves
Avocado halves
Mural version
Quoted
Window lettering art
+€120
Faster delivery, when the schedule allows
+40%

Half is paid to start and half when you approve the final. If the sketch still isn’t right after the included revisions, your deposit comes back. Not sure which package fits? Send the brief and Adelya will suggest one.

In their words.

Breakfast plates, watercolour
Breakfast plates, watercolour

Oh, great! I'm actually looking for a graphic designer, someone to bring my ideas to life.

Renata I. · “A woman is a home to a woman” postcard and print · Commission · Telegram

GORGEOUS! TOTALLY!!! PURE FIRE!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH

Vasilisa · Pop-up event poster · Commission · Telegram

I am very pleased with Adelyaart's work, my illustrations turned out beautifully. Her English is excellent, which allowed for great communication. She is meticulous in her work. Whenever there are changes to be made to the illustrations, she does them quickly and nicely. In short, she is a delight to work with, and I highly recommend her.

rachou · Line illustrations · Fiverr

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Start with the atmosphere.
Keep production in view.

The cake, photographed
The cake, photographed

1. Space & purpose

Share photographs, audience, menu or product context and an asset list. Include budget, launch dates and the production team.

The cake, in coloured pencil
The cake, in coloured pencil

2. Direction & sketches

Agree the main illustration approach and review it in the intended setting. Resolve composition and message before extending a series.

The cake, in marker
The cake, in marker

3. Finish & prepare

Develop approved artwork and the specified adaptations. Printing, framing, fabrication and installation are separate unless explicitly included.

Read the process · Plan the artwork budget

Restaurant illustration questions.

Can we commission just one poster?

Yes, a single artwork can be discussed independently of a wider identity or interior project. Share its intended size, placement and subject.

Can you work with our designer and printer?

Provide their requirements and agree the division of responsibilities. Artwork assets, complete menu layout and production-ready packaging are different deliverables.

Do you paint murals on site?

Site work and travel need a separate availability review. An illustration or mural-design commission does not automatically include physical painting or installation.

Can the same artwork be used at several locations?

List the locations and uses before ordering. The licence and adaptation scope should cover the intended rollout.

What determines cost and timing?

Asset count, complexity, formats, production requirements, usage and review stages. Allow for printing and installation after final-art approval.

Will illustration improve sales?

No sales or footfall result is guaranteed. The work is developed around the agreed creative purpose and intended use. See the current terms.

What makes yours different?

Send the space, the food and the artwork you have in mind.

Start a restaurant illustration briefEmail Adelya
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