Restaurant & café wall art
Walls that set the room's character and photograph well.
- Shanghai Xionglan Culture Communication Co., Ltd. (brand: Xionglan Art)
- Shanghai-based workshop · delivery in 67 Chinese cities
- 10 capability groups / 102 individual techniques · design, fabrication and installation in-house
- Phone +86 156 0163 6249 · Mon–Sun 09:00–18:00 (CST)
Restaurant walls have to survive heat, grease, leaning and cleaning while still looking designed in customers' photographs. We specify both surface and artwork with that in mind, and keep the palette consistent with your menu and lighting.
Commissioned work in restaurant & café wall art normally runs from 5 to 31 m², with 3–6 working days in production from approved drawings. The reference range for this technique is CNY 150–600 per m², quoted itemised. It sits within our Wall Painting & Murals capability, alongside 12 related techniques, and the 4-point deliverable below is what a commission includes as standard.
When restaurant & café wall art is the right answer - and when it is not
Restaurant and cafe murals have to work under hospitality lighting, survive a kitchen-adjacent environment, and photograph well enough to earn their place on social media. They suit the walls guests actually face while seated, and the entrance wall that sets expectation before anyone reads a menu. They are wasted on walls behind the banquette where nobody looks, and risky on surfaces that are cleaned aggressively every night.
How the work is actually carried out
We design to the seating plan, not to the wall: the composition is set around what a seated guest sees, and the focal point lands where the eye rests during a meal. Colour is chosen against the venue's actual lighting, because warm lamps shift a red toward brown and cool light pulls a warm neutral toward grey. Finishes are specified for the cleaning regime - wipedown-friendly in the dining room, harder-wearing behind the bar and in circulation. Content is kept low enough on the wall to survive chair backs and high enough to clear the banquette.
Typical applications
Typical specifications
| Typical size | 3-80 m2 |
|---|---|
| Materials | Acrylic mural, textured plaster, printed panel |
| Lead time | 3-10 days, often worked overnight |
| Cleaning | Washable sealed finish as standard |
| Capability | Wall Painting & Murals |
| Reference range | CNY 150–600 per m² |
| Techniques in this capability | 13 |
| Coverage | Shanghai base, nationwide delivery, overseas projects on request |
Reference price bands for Restaurant & café wall art
Indicative only, based on the scope normally quoted for restaurant & café wall art. A firm price follows a site survey and an itemised quotation split into material, labour, finishing, packing and freight.
| Scope | Typical area | Reference total | Unit rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small area | 5–13 m² | CNY 750 – CNY 7,800 | approx. CNY 600/m² |
| Standard area | 13–35 m² | CNY 1,950 – CNY 21,000 | approx. CNY 375/m² |
| Large area | 35 m² and above | CNY 5,250+ | approx. CNY 150/m² |
Build tiers for restaurant & café wall art
Restaurant & café wall art is not one product at one size: the table below is the same scope ladder we quote on, so you can see where your project sits before asking for a price.
| Build tier | Typical area | Production days | What changes at this tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 5–30 m² | 3–6 | Up to 30 m², one substrate and one access setup, 3–6 days in the workshop. |
| Tier 2 | 5–40 m² | 3–7 | 5–40 m² across two or more faces, 3–7 days, substrate build-up agreed per location. |
| Tier 3 | 6–50 m² | 4–8 | 6–50 m² across two or more faces, 4–8 days, substrate build-up agreed per location. |
| Tier 4 | 3–20 m² | 3–6 | 3–20 m² across two or more faces, 3–6 days, substrate build-up agreed per location. |
| Tier 5 | 3–15 m² | 2–5 | 3–15 m² across two or more faces, 2–5 days, substrate build-up agreed per location. |
| Tier 6 | 5–30 m² | 3–6 | 5 m² and above, multiple substrate types and phased access, 3–6 days with a join and numbering plan. |
What we deliver
- Design, mock-ups and on-site colour sampling before full production
- Base repair, primer and protective topcoat included as separate line items
- Interior and exterior walls, ceilings, hoardings and feature panels
- Touch-up kit plus documented colour codes on handover
Faults we see most often in restaurant & café wall art
Each of these is a field failure rather than a workshop one, and each is cheaper to prevent at enquiry stage than to correct after installation.
- Designing from a floor plan without the seating layout, so the focal point ends up behind a column or above a doorway.
- Choosing colour under daylight and discovering it inverts under warm restaurant lighting.
- Using a matt unsealed finish in a room that gets wiped daily, which wears glossy at hand height within months.
What to settle before an overseas project starts
| Seating plan | Send the layout with table positions. It determines where the focal point goes more than the wall dimensions do. |
|---|---|
| Lighting colour temperature | Tell us the fittings and colour temperature, or send a photo of the room lit. We match the palette to the light, not to daylight. |
| Cleaning regime | What is used on the walls, and how often. It decides whether we specify a sealed scrub-resistant finish or can use something softer. |
Working with us from overseas
Enquiry to installation, one point of contact. Export packing, shipping, commercial terms and quality control →
Design intent and what drives the cost
| Technique | Restaurant & café wall art |
|---|---|
| Positioning | Walls that set the room's character and photograph well. |
| Floor area normally quoted | 5–31 m² per commission |
| Typical production window | 3–6 working days from approved drawings |
| Main cost drivers | Area and repetition; substrate preparation; detail and modelling time; surface finish; access and working hours |
| What we quote separately | Material, labour, finishing, packing, freight and site measures - each as its own line |
Representative work
Wall Painting & Murals projects photographed on completion.
Wall Painting & Murals — Campus culture wall
Wall Painting & Murals — Hand-painted acrylic mural
Wall Painting & Murals — Corporate culture wall
Wall Painting & Murals — Hand-painted acrylic muralCommon questions
Can you work overnight to avoid closing the restaurant?
Which finish survives kitchen grease?
Can you paint over an existing painted wall?
Discuss restaurant & café wall art
Send photographs, drawings or a 3D file with approximate dimensions. You will get a technique recommendation, a reference price band and a production schedule.
Other techniques in this capability
- Hand-painted acrylic mural
- Oil & textured hand painting
- Decorative plaster texture wall
- UV print & art wallpaper
- 3D trompe-l'œil wall
- Glow-in-the-dark mural
- Corporate culture wall
- Campus culture wall
- Community & rural culture wall
- Hotel & guesthouse wall art
- Shopfront & brand wall
- Exterior facade & hoarding painting