Pezer97 designs and paints custom murals for restaurants, hotels, bars, cafes and hospitality groups across Los Angeles: dining rooms, bars, patios, lobbies, corridors and exteriors. The work is scheduled around service so the business never closes for it, and finished to survive a commercial cleaning schedule. Projects start at $7,500.
For a hospitality space, a mural is rarely just decoration. It is the wall guests photograph, the backdrop in half your reviews, and often the first thing that tells someone what kind of place they have walked into. Recent hospitality work includes the branding mural for the Toastique opening in Downtown Los Angeles, finished before the doors opened and completed live during the influencer night.
Where a mural earns its place in a restaurant
Behind the bar or counter. The wall that appears in more customer photos than any other, because it is where people face while they wait and order. It has to read from the door and hold up close.
The dining room feature wall. The table everyone asks for. One considered piece, sized to the room and placed so it sits behind the seating rather than behind a server station.
Patios and exteriors. Outdoor dining is a year-round proposition in Los Angeles, and an exterior mural makes a patio a destination in itself. Exterior walls get UV-resistant paint and a protective coating, and a street-facing wall inside the City of Los Angeles needs registering before painting starts.
Ceilings and unexpected surfaces. A ceiling mural is the thing people look up at and post. We painted a full jungle ceiling for an independent coffee shop, which turned a low, plain ceiling into the reason people remembered the place.
Restrooms and corridors. Inexpensive to paint, seen by every guest, and photographed more than any owner expects.
Hotels and hospitality groups
Hotel work is a different scale of brief. A hotel has more surfaces than any restaurant (lobby, bar, restaurant, pool deck, corridors, elevator lobbies, parking structure, exterior) and a design story that has to run through all of them without repeating itself. We treat it as a program rather than a series of walls: one visual language developed with the design team or operator, then applied where each surface needs a different treatment.
Two things hotels care about that restaurants rarely do. Guest disruption: floors are painted in sections behind screening, out of hours wherever the space is public, with low-odor products so rooms and corridors stay in service. And durability in high-traffic areas: corridors and pool decks are specified with a protective coating so they stand up to luggage carts, cleaning chemicals and sun.
For groups opening more than one property or restaurant, we can develop one design system and roll it out site by site, so each location is recognizably part of the brand without being a copy of the last one.
Painting around service
Most hospitality clients cannot close for a week and are not asked to. Painting is scheduled overnight, before opening, on dark days or inside a closure you have already planned. The work area is screened, seating and fixtures are covered, and the site is cleaned down at the end of every session so you open on time. A single feature wall is typically two to four days of painting. A full interior runs one to three weeks, spread across your quiet hours.
Materials are chosen for a food environment: low-odor, low-VOC paints so the dining room does not smell like a job site the next morning, and a washable finish on any wall that will meet a cleaning schedule. Where a wall sits close to a pass or a bar, a clear protective coat means it can be wiped down without lifting the paint. Our guide to how long a mural lasts covers coatings in more detail.
Brand, not just decoration
The strongest hospitality murals do double duty. They hold the room together visually and they give guests a reason to post. The Toastique mural was built as branding first, with colors, forms and tone drawn from the brand identity so the wall reinforces it rather than competing with it, and it was finished before opening day so the space felt complete from the first customer onward.
That organic reach keeps working long after the paint dries. Unlike a campaign, which stops the day you stop paying for it, the wall is in every photo taken in the room for years. It also carries a credibility a printed graphic does not; if you are weighing the two, our comparison of hand-painted murals and vinyl wraps is honest about when each one is the right call.
Opening a new location
The best time to commission a mural is before the fit-out closes, when the wall is bare, the room is empty and there is no service to work around. We have slotted into construction schedules before, painting between the trades and the furniture delivery. If the opening is a launch event, the mural can also be finished live during it, which turns a static asset into the moment of the night. See live painting for brands.
What a restaurant or hotel mural costs
Our minimum project engagement is $7,500, which typically covers a single interior feature wall. Larger interiors, multi-wall programs, hotel programs and exteriors go up from there. We quote per project, so several walls painted in one visit cost less than commissioning them separately. The full breakdown is in our 2026 Los Angeles mural pricing guide.
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Restaurant and hospitality mural questions
Do we have to close the restaurant while you paint?
No. Painting is scheduled overnight, before opening, on dark days or inside a closure you already planned. The work area is screened, seating is covered and the site is cleaned down after every session so you open on time.
How much does a restaurant mural cost in Los Angeles?
From $7,500 for a single interior feature wall. Larger interiors, multi-wall programs, hotel programs and exteriors go up from there. Every project is quoted individually after a free consultation.
Is the paint safe to use in a food environment?
We use low-odor, low-VOC interior paints, and any wall that will be cleaned regularly gets a washable finish and a clear protective coat. The dining room is usable the next morning, and we can tell you exactly what went on the wall.
Can the mural include our logo, menu or slogan?
Interiors, yes, entirely. Exterior walls inside the City of Los Angeles are different: artwork that carries a commercial message is treated as signage rather than as a mural, under separate rules. Our permit guide explains where that line sits.
How do we keep a mural clean behind a bar or near the kitchen?
Tell us where the wall sits at the consultation and it is built into the specification: a washable finish plus a clear protective coat, so the wall is wiped down like any other surface without lifting the paint.
Do you paint patios and exterior restaurant walls?
Yes. Exteriors get UV-resistant paint over a prepared surface and a protective coating so the color holds through years of direct sun. A street-facing wall inside the City of Los Angeles also needs Original Art Mural registration before painting begins.
Can the mural be finished before we open?
Yes, and it is the best time to do it, while the wall is bare and there is no service to work around. If the opening is an event, the piece can be completed live in front of guests, as it was for Toastique.
Do you work with hotels and multi-location groups?
Yes. We treat a hotel as a program rather than a series of walls, and for groups we develop one design system that rolls out across properties so every location reads as part of the brand.
Related: murals vs vinyl wraps, how long a mural lasts.
Wondering about budget? Our 2026 Los Angeles mural pricing guide explains what a mural costs, what drives the price up or down, and what is included.