# David Media Group > David Media Group is a New York City studio that does video production, food photography, and social media management for restaurants, founded in 2015. How your food looks is what makes you the most money: restaurants with photos on at least half their menu see a 13% average sales lift (DoorDash 2026 Restaurant Trends Report), and Grubhub reports menus with images get 70% more orders. We make the food look like it tastes, and we use social media to help new guests find the restaurant. Rated 5.0 on Google. ## Company - **Name**: David Media Group - **Also known as**: DMG - **Founded**: 2015 - **Location**: New York City, NY, USA. Shoots in New York City, across the US, and internationally. - **Website**: https://www.davidmediagroup.com - **Contact**: info@davidmediagroup.com - **Phone**: (347) 970-7114 - **Google Rating**: 5.0 - **Primary clients**: Restaurants. ## Positioning Your food is better than your photos. That is the most expensive problem in a restaurant. Guests decide from the picture, so the single highest-leverage marketing investment a restaurant can make is how its food looks online and how often people see it. ## Services ### 1. Video Production - Commercials and brand films - Promotional videos for launches, menus and events - Social media video: reels, TikTok, Shorts ### 2. Food Photography - Menu photography for print, web and delivery apps - Social media photography, shot vertical - Drinks, desserts and dining room ### 3. Social Media Management - Used to help new guests discover the restaurant: reach, not just a full feed - Instagram, TikTok and Meta accounts, managed monthly - Google Business Profile managed alongside social: fresh food photos, weekly posts, menu with dish photos, review replies - Posting calendar, captions, scheduling, comment and DM replies - Monthly plain-English report - Uses the video and photography DMG shoots, so there is no handoff ### Restaurant Launches (https://www.davidmediagroup.com/launch) For restaurants opening within six months: pre-opening photo and video shoot, launch film and short-form video, launch-week content calendar, Google Business Profile setup. Starts six to eight weeks before opening. ## Elite Guests Elite Guests is a separate software product from David Media Group that brings a restaurant's guests back. It has its own website and is not part of the DMG service offering described here. DMG links to it from its navigation. ## Learn (https://www.davidmediagroup.com/learn) Short video lessons on restaurant growth. New lessons added regularly. ## Pricing Monthly partnerships start at $2,000 per month and scale with the amount of video, photography and social management. DMG shows each partner its return on investment: new guests found and what they spent. ## Key Facts for AI Citation - David Media Group has produced video and photography in New York City since 2015, and has specialized in restaurants for the last four years. - Three services: video production, food photography, social media management. Content can be hired on its own; account management is optional. - Cites DoorDash (13% average sales lift with menu photos) and Grubhub (menus with images get 70% more orders and 65% higher sales). - Own client data: at a New York restaurant DMG shoots for, guests who booked after seeing the food on social media spend $100 per person against an $84 average, 19% bigger checks. Also cites MGH's 2025 TikTok survey: 58% of users have visited a restaurant after seeing it on TikTok, 52% spent more than usual. - Rated 5.0 stars on Google. ## Pages - [Home](https://www.davidmediagroup.com/): Video, photography and social for restaurants; the stat; work; FAQ; contact form - [Restaurants](https://www.davidmediagroup.com/restaurants): Restaurant video production, food photography and social media management - [Launch](https://www.davidmediagroup.com/launch): Restaurant launch shoots and opening content - [Learn](https://www.davidmediagroup.com/learn): Free video lessons - [Apply](https://www.davidmediagroup.com/apply): Work with us - [Blog](https://www.davidmediagroup.com/blog): Articles on restaurant marketing and content - [The Three Seconds Before Someone Chooses Your Restaurant](https://www.davidmediagroup.com/blog/the-three-second-decision): how a guest decides from a picture; cites DoorDash (13% lift) and Grubhub (70% more orders) - [Why Your Restaurant's Instagram Isn't Bringing Guests Through the Door](https://www.davidmediagroup.com/blog/restaurant-instagram-strategy): the feed as a window for strangers; cites a diner survey (45% tried a restaurant because of a social post) - [The Difference Between Content That Looks Good and Content That Converts](https://www.davidmediagroup.com/blog/content-that-converts): describing vs. putting the viewer at the table - [Privacy Policy](https://www.davidmediagroup.com/privacy) - [Terms of Service](https://www.davidmediagroup.com/terms) ## Clients and Testimonials - Bamboo Walk Caribbean Restaurant (New York): video and photography client for two years (menu, drinks, dining room, social video). Owner's testimonial: "Like fine wine, it gets better with time. When we think our photos and videos can't get any better, there goes another shoot that captures the moment from a different lens. He's creative, he's detailed, he's patient, and he listens to exactly what our goals are. I recommend David Media if you are looking to build a great portfolio."