Restaurant menu photo audit template

Create four review statuses

The audit should produce a decision for every image. Publish means the image can go live. Enhance means the dish is accurate but the presentation needs improvement. Replace means the source image cannot be recovered safely. Hold means the team needs more information before deciding.

This turns subjective photo feedback into an operational queue that restaurants, agencies, and catalog teams can work through.

• Publish: accurate, clear, and channel-ready.
• Enhance: accurate source with fixable visual issues.
• Replace: misleading, missing, or too unclear.
• Hold: pending dish, channel, or brand review.

Score each image quickly

Use a simple one-to-five score for accuracy, clarity, crop, lighting, and consistency. The score does not need to be perfect; it only needs to make the next action obvious.

When an image scores low on accuracy, do not enhance it. When it scores low on lighting or crop but still shows the dish clearly, enhancement is usually the right next step.

Prioritize by business impact

After scoring, prioritize high-traffic and high-margin items first. A weak image for a bestseller deserves attention before a low-volume item customers rarely see.

For delivery teams, prioritize items and merchants where image quality affects onboarding, review queues, or category-level consistency.

Each prioritized image should also have an owner and destination channel. A photo needed for a delivery launch may need a different deadline and export crop than a photo being prepared for a seasonal website update.