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15 Inspiring Menu Designs

Creative menu design is an integral part of any high-end dining experience.

A menu isn't just a list of dishes - it's an important element of restaurant branding.

As the saying goes, the first bite is with the eye, and therefore a menu design says a lot about the restaurant, creating an initial impression before the customer has even seen any of the food or drink on offer.

Here are 15 brilliant examples of restaurants that got it right:

1. RAGU Café

Using minimal, yet colour-packed photographs, customers can actually see what their food will look like before ordering it.

2. Holly Burger

Designers Manuel Astorga and Rodrigo Aguade: "The idea was to create a real American-style brand with a fresh mix of style references. Our first inspiration came from various vintage, hand-drawn American typographies present in old shop windows and a banana leaf wallpaper that had been originally designed in 1942 by decorator Don Loper for the Beverly Hills hotel in Los Angeles."

3. L’Encant

Designed to reinforce the restaurant's blend of Japanese and Catalan culture, this menu concept pays homage to Japanese folding fans, with a wooden cover and stone paper.

4. Fade St. Social

These gorgeous drawings convey the restaurant's quality food and fun, relaxed atmosphere and showcase the unique Irish character and sense of humor brilliantly.

5. Eleven Madison Park

The 28-word food menu features 16 principal food ingredients for customers to choose from.

6. Fat Cow

Inspired by the Japanese notion of 'Wabi Sabi', an aesthetic based on underplayed modesty, Fat Cow's beautiful menus feature its offerings laser etched into wooden planks in a style reminiscent of the branding of cattle.

7. 13 Wives

13 Wives is the fictional story of the 13 women who inspire each drink found in this little black book-style cocktail menu.

See the rest of the collection here.

[via Creative Bloq]

 

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