Not only to they allow pictures, they encourage it...they know that couples spend a lot of money for this experience, and that they want to take all of it home that they can. My wife was nervous about me taking our camera in there, but we had a ball taking pictures of food!!! Our waitress even brought out a camera hanger that let my camera hang from the table so it wouldn't be kept on the floor...she said the ladies also use it to hang their purses, or something like that....Just be ware that it is a dark place, and a lot of the plates are white, so flash is tricky...if you have a 50mm or something like that, use that. All we had at the time as a limited knowledge of this site and the lens kit for our D60. But we had a great time, so go enjoy!!!