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Pizza Menu Flat Lay

Stable Diffusion
By Varun Sharma Tested with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Pizza Menu Flat Lay is a tested Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 prompt for menu design work. It runs at Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 · Aspect ratio 4:5 · Steps 30 · CFG scale 6 · Sampler DPM++ 2M Karras, and ships below with the exact prompt text, usage notes, and 2 pasteable variations.

Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library.

Overhead flat lay of a whole pizza with one cheesy slice lifted on a wood board, basil, chili and blank menu space
Pizza Menu Flat Lay — Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0, Aspect ratio 4:5

Prompt

Overhead flat-lay food photograph of a whole wood-fired margherita pizza on a rustic wooden board, one slice lifted at a slight angle with melting mozzarella strands, scattered fresh basil leaves and a pinch of red chili flakes, warm soft side light raking across the blistered crust, the pizza set in the lower two-thirds leaving clean empty board above for menu copy, appetizing restaurant menu styling

Negative prompt

text, watermark, logo, hands, cutlery, blurry, plastic-looking cheese, oversaturated, cluttered background

Settings

Model
Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Aspect ratio
4:5
Steps
30
CFG scale
6
Sampler
DPM++ 2M Karras

How to use this prompt

The blank space only survives if you push the pizza off-center — say "pizza in lower two-thirds, empty wooden board above" — otherwise SDXL centers the pie and fills your copy space with basil. The lifted slice is the appetite trigger, but a strict top-down camera can't see a cheese pull, so shoot it fifteen to twenty degrees off vertical or the melted strands vanish. Warm side light rakes across the crust blisters; flat overhead light kills that texture and the pizza reads like clip art. Keep toppings sparse — three basil leaves, a scatter of chili flakes — or the board turns into a cluttered salad.

Variations to try

  • Swap the margherita for a loaded pepperoni pie with golden cheese-pull strings and a scatter of oregano
  • Rotate to a dark slate board with a linen napkin and a small dish of chili oil for a moody trattoria menu
flat lay food photography menu design marketing

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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
  "title": "Pizza Menu Flat Lay",
  "prompt": "Overhead flat-lay food photograph of a whole wood-fired margherita pizza on a rustic wooden board, one slice lifted at a slight angle with melting mozzarella strands, scattered fresh basil leaves and a pinch of red chili flakes, warm soft side light raking across the blistered crust, the pizza set in the lower two-thirds leaving clean empty board above for menu copy, appetizing restaurant menu styling",
  "negative_prompt": "text, watermark, logo, hands, cutlery, blurry, plastic-looking cheese, oversaturated, cluttered background",
  "model": "Stable Diffusion",
  "model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "4:5",
    "steps": 30,
    "cfg": 6,
    "sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "flat-lay",
    "food-photography"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "menu-design",
    "marketing"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/pizza-menu-flat-lay/"
}

The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.