Reels for restaurants and cafes

The Reels that work for restaurants and cafes are the ones guests can act on: today's special, the menu with prices, when you are open, an event this week, a recipe they can save, and real words from real guests. All of them can be made from text and a prompt, so you can post often without filming every day.

Below are eight ideas, the templates in Motion Cheat Code that fit each one and what to prepare.

Video ideas that fit a restaurant or cafe

1. Today's special, written on the board

A chalkboard that writes itself: the title in chalk, a dish drawn on, a price tag swinging in and the description underneath. The template t43 Today's Special does exactly this. Prepare the dish name, one line of description and the real price.

2. The menu in eight seconds

A loud black-and-white poster menu where four dishes type out with dotted leaders and prices, and a stamp marks the best seller. Use t44 Menu Board for lunch menus, food-truck lists, bar menus or a bakery's price list.

3. Opening hours, today highlighted

A shop-window card with the seven days, a highlight on today and an "Open now" pill, plus the address with a map pin. t56 Opening Hours suits regular hours, and the same design announces holiday hours or a closing week.

4. A house recipe people can make at home

Recipes are the kind of post people save to use later. t58 Recipe Steps ticks off the ingredients, then slides in three numbered steps with small animated drawings and a "ready in" timer. A house drink, a sauce or a simple bake works best.

5. Real reviews from real guests

t52 Review Stack slides in three review cards with stars; t27 Review Card shows one review slowly and elegantly. Both ship with placeholder text on purpose: paste reviews your guests really wrote, and ask before you use a name.

6. The questions you get every day

"Do you have vegan options?" "Can I book for eight?" t21 Chat FAQ answers two questions in a friendly chat window. It saves staff time and gives new guests a reason to come in.

7. Events and specials nights

Live music, a tasting night, a market stall: t49 Event Announce lands the name, date, place and a countdown to the day in a breaking-news style. Use the real date and venue.

8. Something to comment on

t60 Quiz Poll asks a question with three answers and a timer (for example, which dish sells best), and t59 Giveaway announces a real giveaway with its rules and end date. Both give people a reason to comment.

Footage of your own

When you do film, keep it short and vertical: a few clips of the morning prep, the coffee machine, the oven door. Claude Code can cut them on the beat of a music track and add a time label per step. The Prompt Vault's industry pack for restaurants and cafes includes ready prompts for this and for a sold-out-early hook, a lunch-deal receipt that prints itself and a review of the week.

A simple weekly rhythm

You do not need a video every day. A rhythm you can keep beats bursts:

• Start of the week: the special or the menu.
• Midweek: a recipe, a question from guests or a look behind the counter.
• End of the week: weekend hours, an event or a review.

Once a design is set up, swapping the dish and the price is a one-line prompt, and a list of specials can render in one batch.

A prompt you can adapt

Use template t43 Today's Special. Dish: "Pumpkin soup with sourdough". Description: "Roasted pumpkin, ginger and a swirl of cream". Price: "$6.50". Keep the design, use my accent color #C8553D. Render to renders/special-monday.mp4.

Claude Code reads the template's variables, fills them in, checks that the text fits and renders. Change the dish tomorrow and render again.

What to prepare

• Real dishes, real prices and your opening hours.
• Two brand colors and your logo as a file.
• Reviews you have permission to use.
• A few short vertical clips if you want behind-the-scenes videos.

Getting started

The free starter kit lets you try the workflow with one template and three prompts before deciding anything. The full pack has 60 templates, including the cafe and restaurant designs above, 30 music tracks and a 20-design carousel studio for menus that people swipe.