3D Animated Menus for Restaurants
Your food, lifting off your own menu.
You send me your menu and your food photos. I turn them into a short video where your dishes rise off the printed page in 3D, one by one, while your menu still looks exactly like your menu. Your guests see the plate before they ever order it.
No visit needed · Works anywhere in the world · Your design stays yours · Two video sizes included
$249 full video, up to 5 dishes
Made by LAFINA of The Walking Billboard. Content creation, web design and brand storytelling for businesses that want to be seen.
What it looks like
16:9 Wide / Vertical
Your Restaurant — Menu
Buttermilk Pancakes 14
Fried Chicken and Fries 19
House Ramen 18
Street Tacos, set of 3 16
Signature Cocktail 15
Wide 16:9 version, made for in-store screens, your website and YouTube.
In plain words
What is a 3D menu?
Think of your normal printed menu, filmed flat on a table. Then your real food starts to move. A stack of pancakes builds itself above the pancakes line. Steam curls off the ramen. The taco lifts, turns a little, and settles back down. It all happens right on top of your page, in your fonts, your colors and your layout.
1 — Your page stays the star
I build the video around the menu you already use. I do not replace it with a generic template and I do not redesign your brand. If a guest knows your menu, they will recognize it in the first second.
2 — Your food does the selling
The dishes that come to life are yours, built from the photos you send me. The movement is smooth and fluid, so the food feels like it is being served right off the paper.
3 — You get a video, not a file to figure out
You receive a finished video you can post, play and share right away. No software for you to learn, no app for your guests to download.
This is how your guests already find you, through a phone, watching food move. A 3D menu gives them that moment using your own menu.
Made to be watched
The dishes that pop best
Almost anything on your menu can be animated. These are the plates guests stop scrolling for, because the shape, the steam or the pour reads clearly in 3D.
Tacos and street food
Shells lined up, toppings falling into place, lime and salsa finishing the plate in front of your guest.
Sushi and ramen
Pieces assembling on the plate, noodles lifting, steam rising off the bowl while the menu sits still underneath.
Drinks and cocktails
The pour is the show. Bottles, garnish and glass come together above the drinks section of your menu.
Brunch and classics
Pancakes stacking with syrup, fried chicken landing next to its fries, sandwiches opening to show what is inside.
Chef specials
Your signature plate, finished piece by piece. A strong choice for the dish you want every first time guest to order.
Your room, your mood
Want the whole experience in the video? Send a photo of your dining room and I can open or close the video on your space.
Simple on your side
What you send, what you get back
Everything happens by email and a shared folder. You never have to host a shoot, close your dining room, or fly anyone in.
You send me two things
Your menu file — The same file you print from is perfect. PDF, JPG or PNG all work, or a clear photo or scan of the printed menu if that is what you have.
Your food photos — The clearest photos you have of the dishes you want animated. Photos you already use on social media or delivery apps are a good start.
Your picks — Tell me which dishes matter most and the order you want guests to meet them in.
Your logo file — If it is separate from the menu, so your opening and closing frames match your brand.
That is the full list. If a photo is too dark or too small to animate well, I will tell you before I start and we will pick another dish or another photo together.
You get back a ready to use video
A wide 16:9 video for in-store screens, your website, YouTube and presentations.
A vertical version cut for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, so the same menu works on a phone.
Your menu design, intact. Your layout, your prices, your wording. The food moves, the page does not change.
Your dishes animated in 3D, rising off the page in the order you chose.
Post it, play it on loop, or put it behind a QR code on the table so guests can watch the menu while they decide.
Where restaurants put it
Social media
Reels, TikTok and Shorts that show the food and the menu in one watch.
Your website
On your menu page or homepage, so visitors taste the visit before they book.
In-store screens
On a loop at the counter, bar or host stand while guests wait.
At the table
Behind a QR code, in a story highlight, or in your Google profile photos and videos.
How to order
From your inbox to a moving menu
I work remotely from Miami with restaurants anywhere in the world. Your kitchen keeps cooking. I handle the video.
1 — Email me
Write to lafina@thewalkingbillboard.me with your restaurant name, your city and country, and a link to your menu or your social pages.
2 — Send your files
I will reply with a simple shared folder link. Drop in your menu file and your food photos there. No special format, no prep work on your side.
3 — Confirm the details
We agree together on the dishes, the order, your package, $129 teaser, $249 full video, or $599 set of 3, and the delivery date before any work begins. Nothing starts on a surprise.
4 — I build your 3D menu
I animate your dishes off your own page and cut both the wide and vertical versions.
5 — You review it
You watch the draft and send me your notes in one list, so I can make your changes in one clean pass.
6 — You post and play it
You receive the final files, ready for your screens, your site and your socials that same day.
Pricing
What does a 3D menu cost?
$249, one full 3D menu video
That is the main offer: one full 3D menu video in both sizes, wide 16:9 for screens, your website and YouTube, plus vertical for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, with up to 5 of your dishes animated off your own menu. Your design, wording and prices stay exactly yours.
One-dish teaser, $129
15 seconds, vertical. One dish lifts off the page, a fast, simple way to try it and post it.
Full 3D menu video, Main offer, $249
16:9 plus vertical, up to 5 dishes animated off your own menu. The full menu moment in one video.
Full menu set, $599
3 full 3D menu videos for different pages, dayparts or seasons. You save $148 compared with buying them one by one.
Want more than 5 dishes in one video, or extra pages covered? Email me first and we will confirm any add-on together before work begins, no charge appears after the work is done.
Build your order
Pick the dishes you want to see move
Pick the dishes on your menu that you would want animated. Up to 5 are included in the $249 full video. Add your picks to your email, so you can see your order clearly before you send it.
Pancakes
Fried chicken and fries
Ramen
Sandwich
Tacos
Burger
Sushi
Pizza
Pasta
Salad or bowl
Cocktail or drink
Coffee
Dessert
Chef special
Pick at least one dish, or write your own in your email.
1 — Which dishes should lift off the page?
2 — Your restaurant name
3 — Your order note
Remember to attach or link your menu file and your food photos when the email opens. Sending the note does not place an order on its own. I reply, we confirm dishes, package and date together, and only then does work begin.
Worldwide and remote
Your restaurant can be anywhere. So can your menu.
A family spot with one page, a cafe with a brunch board, a fine dining room with a tasting menu, a food truck with a short and perfect list. If you have a menu and photos of your food, I can build your 3D menu from here. Different country, different language on the menu, different time zone, none of that is a problem, because your original page stays exactly as you wrote it.
You keep doing what you do best in your kitchen. I will be your walking billboard, carrying your menu to every phone that watches it.
Before you email
Questions, answered straight
Do you need to visit my restaurant?
No. This service is fully remote and worldwide. You send your menu file and your food photos by email and a shared folder, and I send back finished video files. There is no travel, no shoot day and no disruption to your service.
Will my menu still look like my menu?
Yes, that is the whole point. I keep your original design, layout, fonts, colors, wording and prices as the base of the video. The only thing that changes is that your food animates in 3D above the page. If you update your prices later and want a fresh version, email me and we will talk about an update.
What if my food photos are just phone photos?
Phone photos are welcome, and most restaurants start there. Send the clearest, brightest versions you have, ideally the original files rather than screenshots. If a photo will not animate cleanly, I will flag that dish before I start, and you can send another photo or swap the dish.
How long does it take?
It depends on how many dishes you want animated and how many pages your menu has, so I confirm your delivery date with you when we confirm your package, before work begins. If you have a launch, a holiday menu or an opening date, tell me in your first email so we can plan around it honestly.
Can I ask for changes after I see the draft?
Yes. You review a draft and send your notes in one list, for example dish order, timing, or swapping one dish for another, and I make those changes in one revision pass. If you want bigger changes after that pass, like adding more dishes, I will quote those separately before doing them, so there are no surprises.
What formats do I receive?
Two finished videos of the same 3D menu. One wide 16:9 video for screens, your website and YouTube, and one vertical video for Reels, TikTok and Shorts. Both are ready to post or play as they arrive.
My menu is not in English. Can you still do it?
Yes. Because I animate your own page instead of retyping it, your menu keeps its own language and wording exactly as your guests read it in your restaurant.
How do I pay and get started?
Email lafina@thewalkingbillboard.me to start. The full 3D menu video is $249 (16:9 plus vertical, up to 5 dishes), the one-dish teaser is $129, and the set of 3 videos is $599. Once we have confirmed your dishes, your package and your delivery date together, I will send you the payment details and the shared folder for your files. Work begins after that confirmation.
Ready when you are
Let your guests watch dinner before they order it.
Send me your menu and your best food photos, and I will send you back a menu that moves. One email is all it takes to start.
Email lafina@thewalkingbillboard.me
The Walking Billboard, Content creation, web design and brand storytelling, Miami based, working with restaurants worldwide.
3D menu orders and questions: lafina@thewalkingbillboard.me
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