What Furniture Should be in Restaurant?
Deciding what furniture should be in a restaurant is an inventory problem before it is a design problem. Most first-time operators list tables and chairs, add a bar. On opening week they discover that the room is missing the six unglamorous pieces service actually runs on. Those are the station the waiters use, somewhere to […]
Restaurant Furniture Manufacturers: A Buyer’s Guide
Most restaurant furniture manufacturers you find online are not manufacturers. They are trading companies, importers and catalogue resellers. The difference only becomes visible when you need a non-standard dimension, a matching replacement in year three, or an honest answer about where your chairs are being made. Restaurant Chair Factory is a furniture factory in Istanbul […]
How Many Bar Stools Do I Need?
How many bar stools do I need is a question with an arithmetic answer. The arithmetic is not “divide the bar by a stool”. Usable counter length, spacing between seat centres, service points, corners and the way people actually sit all reduce the number a tape measure suggests. This guide works through the calculation and […]
Booth vs Banquette Seating: Differences, Dimensions and How to Choose
Fixed seating divides new operators faster than almost any other fit-out decision, mostly because the words get used interchangeably when the products are not interchangeable at all. Booth vs banquette is not a style question. The two formats solve different problems, occupy floor area differently, and lock you into different service models the day the […]
Low-Budget Small Restaurant Design
Low-budget small restaurant design fails for a predictable reason. The money gets spent in the order things are decided, not in the order they matter. Tiles and light fittings get chosen early because they are enjoyable to choose. The seating plan — the one line item that determines how much revenue the room can physically […]
Restaurant Table Tops and Bases
Restaurant table tops take more punishment than any other surface in the building, and they are usually chosen from a photograph. Every plate, glass, elbow and cleaning cloth in the room lands on them, several times a service, for years. This guide compares the materials that actually survive that, then covers the half of the […]
Pros and Cons of Different Dining Chair Materials
Dining chair materials decide more of your furniture budget than the silhouette on the moodboard ever will. The frame you choose sets the unit price and the weight your staff lift forty times a night. It also sets how the chair handles a spilled sauce, and the year you have to buy the room again. […]
