Restaurant Content: Menu Spotlight by Velena Lifestyle, hospitality content creators in the United KingdomRestaurant

Hospitality content, restaurants

Four Reels of the dishes that actually sell, filmed between services

One session of up to 3 hours, booked into the gap you already have. You get 4 Reels, 8 social stills and the raw footage, back in 3 to 5 working days.

★★★★★ Three years of bar and restaurant content for No Escape London and Purgatory Bar

Book this package

Nothing is filmed until the shot list is agreed. If your menu changes every week, say so before you book, because the monthly retainer further down this page is the cheaper answer and we will tell you so.

Prices are in pounds sterling and no VAT is added. International venues are quoted individually rather than bought here, so ask first.

4Reels
up to 3 hourson site
8social stills
As featured inWomen's Health|Rated★★★★★ 5.0 on Google from 10 reviews
High Wycombe, BuckinghamshireWorldwide clientsThe people who plan it are the people who film itFiles via Google Drive
4edited Reels, not four cuts of one plate
8social stills from the same session
2creators on site, both of us, every time
No VAT addedon the price, which is set in pounds sterling

What you get

Everything in the package, and the two things that are not

This is the whole list. If something is not on it, it is not in the package, which is a sentence better read now than after the plates have gone cold.

ItemDetail
SessionOne visit, up to 3 hours, booked into your own quiet window
Reels4, each one a different subject
Social stills8, cut for feed and for Stories
Raw footageThe full B-roll pack from the session, yours to keep and re-cut
FormatsEvery Reel is cut in all three ratios, being 9:16, 4:5 and 1:1
Delivery3 to 5 working days from the session
Creators on siteBoth of us. The people who plan the shot list are the people holding the camera
The venue providesThe dishes and drinks being filmed, and a meal for each of us during the session
UsageOrganic use on your own channels, your website and your booking pages
Paid advertisingNot licensed on this package. The Content Day carries a 12 month paid media licence
The kitchen and serviceNot covered here. A brigade in service needs a full day, which is the Content Day

Included

What the price actually covers

  • 4 Reels on four different subjectsNot one dish cut four ways. Plates, a pour, the room, and whatever your staff say sells itself.
  • 8 social stillsShot on the same visit and framed for a feed rather than for a menu printer.
  • The raw footage, handed overEverything usable from the session, not a selects reel. Your own team can keep cutting new posts out of it long after we have gone.
  • Every ratio you post toEach Reel is delivered in all three shapes, being 9:16, 4:5 and 1:1, so one session covers every placement.
  • A session that fits between servicesWe are on site for up to 3 hours, planned around your covers. Nobody closes and nobody loses a booking.
  • Delivery in 3 to 5 working daysFast enough that a dish filmed on Tuesday is posted while it is on the menu.

Choosing the four

Film the dishes that pay, not the ones the kitchen is proudest of

Almost every venue nominates its hardest plate, which usually takes twenty minutes and sells four a night. Four Reels is a small number deliberately, because it forces the choice that matters.

  • 01The margin dish

    Whatever your kitchen sends thirty of on a Saturday. High volume, healthy margin, and the one a first time guest is deciding on.

  • 02A drink being made

    The most watchable three seconds in any venue and the most underfilmed. A pour, a torch, a garnish going on. One of the four should be behind the bar.

  • 03The room at its best

    Atmosphere books occasions in a way a plate never does. Anniversaries, birthdays and first dates are chosen on how the room looks at eight.

  • 04The thing only you have

    The wood oven, the terrace, the pasta being rolled. The one subject a competitor cannot copy by buying the same ingredients.

Send the plates out in one runA window of up to 3 hours works because the kitchen fires everything in sequence while the light is good. It stops working if the four arrive across a whole service, which is the single most common reason a session feels rushed.

Real people, real room

Nobody in your content is generated

Meta, TikTok and the FTC now require AI generated people to be labelled, and a labelled ad measurably underperforms an unlabelled one. Two creators standing in your dining room is not a moral position, it is the version that does not carry the label.

  • Your food, your room, your staffFilmed where it is, as it is. There is nothing to disclose because there is nothing generated.
  • We are not against the toolsVelena edited inside Picsart's own product for eleven months. The point is what a viewer trusts in a hospitality feed, and a real room is the thing they trust.
  • Faces are yours to controlTell us your policy on staff and guests and we work to it. Most venues are happy for staff and want guests kept out entirely.

The two things worth reading twice

What you keep, and where you are allowed to run it

Hospitality content gets commissioned once and used for a year, so both of these matter more here than on a product shoot.

Included

The raw footage

The usable material from the session, handed over with the edits rather than kept on our drive.

  • Yours to re-cut whenever you like
  • Delivered alongside the finished Reels
  • Useful for Stories, the website and the booking engine
  • Yours to keep with no time limit
Organic only

Where you can run it

Your own channels, your website and your booking pages. This package does not license paid media, and that is the one line worth checking before you buy.

  • Instagram, TikTok and Facebook, on your own accounts
  • Your website, booking engine and email
  • Screens inside the venue
  • No Meta, TikTok or Google advertising
If any of it is going into an ad accountBuy the Content Day instead. It carries a 12 month paid media licence on Meta, TikTok and Google, and buying the right package once is cheaper than filming the same dishes twice.

How it works

From booking to files in four steps

  1. BookAdd the package above. One payment, taken at checkout.
  2. Agree the slot and the fourSend your order number and your quiet window through the contact page. We agree the four subjects before anyone books a date.
  3. We arriveBoth of us, for up to 3 hours. You send the plates in one run and cover a meal for each of us.
  4. You receiveEverything within 3 to 5 working days: the Reels, the stills, the raw footage and every format.

Terms in plain English

What you are agreeing to, without the legal register

Two people will be working inside your building for an afternoon. These are the parts of the terms and conditions that govern that, written the way we would say them across a table.

  • The date is yours once we both hold itA date is agreed in writing after purchase. Buying does not book a specific day on its own, because a kitchen's calendar and ours have to meet.
  • Access and permission are yours to giveYou confirm you can allow filming in the spaces we agree, including any landlord or centre management permission. We film only where you point us.
  • Staff and guests appear on your policyAnyone who does not want to be on camera does not go on camera.
  • You own the use, we own the craftYou get the usage set out above with no time limit on organic. We keep the right to show the finished work in our own portfolio and on this website.
  • We will turn work downIf a brief is not something we can do well we say so before taking money, including when a cheaper package is the right one.
  • The rest is on the terms pagePayment, licensing and liability are set out in full on the terms and conditions. Read those rather than a summary of them.

Compare

The rest of the hospitality range

Both of us on every shoot, filmed on your property. What changes is how long we stay and how much comes back.

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    £1,450 one off

    5 to 8 minutes of venue film, 6 Reels, the kitchen and service included

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  • Restaurant Content: Monthly Retainer by Velena LifestyleRestaurant

    Monthly Retainer

    £950 per month

    6 Reels a month across two visits, with a monthly review

    View package
  • Hotel Content: The Property Film by Velena LifestyleHotel

    The Property Film

    £1,950 one off

    10 to 15 minutes of property film, 6 Reels, one night on site

    View package
  • Hotel Content: Film and Campaign by Velena LifestyleHotel

    Film and Campaign

    £3,200 one off

    15 to 20 minutes of property film, 10 Reels, two nights on site

    View package
  • Hotel Content: Seasonal Campaign by Velena LifestyleHotel

    Seasonal Campaign

    £4,800 one off

    20 to 30 minutes of property film, 14 Reels, three nights on site

    View package
  • Hotel Content: Monthly Retainer by Velena LifestyleHotel

    Monthly Retainer

    £1,800 per month

    8 Reels a month, one visit with an overnight stay

    View package

All seven together on the hospitality packages page, and finished work on the hotels and restaurants portfolio.

Featured hospitality work

See the work before you book

  • Hotels and Restaurants UGC videos by Velena Lifestyle

    Hotels and Restaurants

    Real client work, filmed and edited in house.

    View the work
  • Food and Drink UGC videos by Velena Lifestyle

    Food and Drink

    Real client work, filmed and edited in house.

    View the work
  • Lifestyle UGC videos by Velena Lifestyle

    Lifestyle

    Real client work, filmed and edited in house.

    View the work

Every category is on the UGC portfolio hub.

Bespoke

A group, a launch, or a venue outside the usual radius?

Some hospitality briefs do not fit a package. A group with several properties, an opening with a fixed press date, a wedding or events season, or a venue outside the usual travel radius. When that is the shape of it we scope the work rather than pushing you into the nearest package.

Quotes are prepared individually. Send us the shape of the problem and we come back with scope, timings and a fixed figure, usually within one business day.

  • Multi property groups
  • Openings with a fixed press date
  • Weddings and events seasons
  • Several venues filmed in one week
  • Venues outside the United Kingdom
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Client reviews

What clients say, word for word

★★★★★

“Fantastic service. Been a client for 3 years now and have seen fantastic results, increased viewers, followers and viral videos. Copywriting was on point and has been used in magazines like Conde Nast, Timeout and more.”

Darrell Johnston, Owner, No Escape London and Purgatory Bar. Google review, 5.0.
★★★★★

“Velena Lifestyle have been a breath of fresh air for our social media accounts. Their professionalism and knowledge have supported us massively.”

Sean Thompson, Head of Marketing, Snaptrip Group. Google review, 5.0.
★★★★★

“Velena was a pleasure to work with, she worked solely with the brief provided and was even ahead of her deadline. The content produced was clean, professional and on brand. We would love to work with Velena again in the very near future.”

Lauryn Middleton, Social Media Manager, Smirk. Client testimonial, October 2023.

Every review is reproduced word for word. Read them all on the reviews page.

Who arrives

Both of us, on every hospitality shoot

Velena Nikolova, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Velena Lifestyle

Velena Nikolova

Co-Founder and Creative Director

Velena leads the filming and the edit, so the idea and the execution never pass between strangers. A lifestyle creator with 13,000 Instagram followers, featured in Women's Health. More on the about page.

Dragos Nistor, Co-Founder and Business Strategist at Velena Lifestyle

Dragos Nistor

Co-Founder and Business Strategist

Dragos runs the brief, the schedule and the delivery, and is on camera for couple and male led work. Named a LinkedIn Top Entrepreneurship Voice in 2024. More on the case studies.

Questions

Before you book

Why it works

Menu Spotlight in practice

Why an afternoon is enough for a restaurant and not for a hotel

A restaurant concentrates almost everything worth filming into one room and one pass. A hotel spreads it across a building and a whole day of light. That single difference is why this costs a fraction of a hotel visit and still returns four finished pieces and the footage behind them.

The mistake almost every venue makes

Filming the hardest dish. The kitchen is proud of it, the chef wants it on camera, and it sells four covers a night. Content should follow volume and margin rather than difficulty. Ignore that and you get beautiful video attached to a plate nobody orders, and an owner who concludes content does not work when what did not work was the shot list.

Four is a constraint, not a shortfall

Given twelve Reels a venue films twelve plates. Given four, it films the two dishes that pay the rent, the drink that photographs best and the room at its most bookable. The second set outperforms the first almost every time.

Where this leads next

If posting weekly is the real ambition, the monthly retainer is the same work on a rhythm and adds the paid media licence, the captions and a monthly review. If the kitchen is the story, that is the Content Day. Tell us about the venue and we will name the one that fits, including when it is the cheaper one.

An afternoon between services, four Reels, the footage yours

One session, one payment, and a shot list agreed before anyone books a date.