How to Use Restaurant Instagram Templates to Post in Minutes

Restaurant owners and managers do not have hours to design posts. Templates solve that: you choose a layout once, then swap in this week’s dish, price and photo. Here is how to use them well.

What a good restaurant template set includes

• Daily or weekly special post.
• Menu item spotlight with space for a photo, name and short description.
• Menu carousel for categories or new menus.
• Event post for live music, trivia and holidays.
• Review graphic for guest quotes.
• Hours and announcements post.
• Story templates for specials, polls and “tonight” updates.
• Pinterest pins for catering, bakery and recipes.

Make templates feel like your restaurant

1. Apply your brand colors and fonts once to every template.
2. Add your logo in a consistent spot.
3. Choose photos with consistent lighting and editing.
4. Keep the layout; change only words, photos and colors.

Learn the details in how to edit Canva templates without breaking the design and set up your Canva Brand Kit.

A 30-minute weekly workflow

1. Monday, 10 minutes: decide this week’s special, event and spotlight dish.
2. 10 minutes: duplicate templates, swap photos and text.
3. 5 minutes: write captions (see restaurant captions).
4. 5 minutes: schedule feed posts.

Stories stay live and spontaneous during service.

Choosing a style

• Fine dining: minimal, elegant serif type, lots of space.
• Casual and fast casual: bold colors and big type.
• Cafes and bakeries: soft palettes and friendly fonts.
• Bars: dark backgrounds with neon or gold accents.

Pair templates with good photos

A template can only be as good as the photo in it. Follow our phone food photography tips, and pull ideas from 50 restaurant post ideas. For the full strategy, read the restaurant social media marketing guide, or browse our restaurant templates.