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Grubhub photo requirements
Last checked against the platform’s documentation: August 2026
The short answer
- Size
- Cover photo: a separate 16:9 image, uploaded apart from item photos — no pixel size is published that we could verify
- Shape
- Item photo: 1:1 square (Grubhub recommends 1,400×1,400px)
- Not allowed
- NO text, NO body parts at all (not even hands!)
What Grubhub requires
Everything in this section is published by Grubhub. Each line is marked as a rule or as advice, because the two are not the same thing when you are deciding what to do.
Size and shape
Item photo: 1:1 square (Grubhub recommends 1,400×1,400px)Required
Aim for 1,024×1,024px or better; Grubhub's own upload target is 2,000×2,000pxRequired
Grubhub's published floor is 200×200px — small, and not what you should aim forRequired
“Size/resolution: Images must be at least 200×200 pixels.”
— Grubhub’s own wording Cover photo: a separate 16:9 image, uploaded apart from item photos — no pixel size is published that we could verifyRequired
What the photo may and may not show
NO text, NO body parts at all (not even hands!)Required
“Text/phone number: Images shouldn't have text or words on them, including the name of the dish, coupons, or special deal information. Logos cannot have the restaurant phone number included.”
— Grubhub’s own wording Stock photos prohibited (reverse image search)Required
Grubhub reverse-image-searches uploads — a photo already published anywhere on the web, including your own site, can be rejectedRequired
“Copyright: Images must not return matching URLs from reverse Google image search.”
— Grubhub’s own wording Every image except your logo must be a photo of food — no interiors, exteriors, coupons or specialsRequired
“Content: All images except for the logo should be photos of food. Photos of coupons, weekly specials, or restaurant interior/exterior are not accepted.”
— Grubhub’s own wording
Uploading and review
Automatic rejection for adult, violent or medical imagery — including gore and bloodRequired
“Safe search: Images cannot contain images flagged for adult content, violence, or medical (i.e. gore/blood).”
— Grubhub’s own wording Automated review, including a safe-search screenRequired
Still open on Grubhub
Points we could not settle from a published source. Some are figures that circulate widely without one we could trace; on others Grubhub’s guidance reads differently in different places, or does not reach the question. Everything here is marked, so you can see what rests on a source and what does not.
- ⚠ File size: figures from 1MB to 4.5MB circulate — Grubhub publishes no cap we could verify
These are the rules. We build to them.
Upload one photo and get back a set sized, framed and backgrounded to exactly what is on this page. No studio, no measuring, no rejected listing.
Ready-made Grubhub packs, built from these rules:
- Enhanced1 image
- Three Styles3 images