We have been the restaurant owner’s commercial furniture supplier of choice for a number of years. We’ve furnished hundreds of restaurants all across the UK and even overseas. It’s fair to say that we have plenty of experience when it comes to furnishing a restaurant.
For those of you who are a first-time purchaser of restaurant furniture, there are some common mistakes that can happen in the buying process. At Trent Furniture, we’ve decided to share our knowledge and explain some ways to avoid these mistakes with some top tips.
Spend time planning your restaurant
Buying your restaurant furniture shouldn’t simply be a case of going to our website and placing an order of however many chairs and tables. You can never spend too much time planning your purchase. To ensure you get it right, you need to think about the space available, amount of furniture needed and how it will affect the flow of your restaurant. Other considerations include your budget, the durability of the furniture and if it will fit with your restaurant’s image.
Space considerations for diners
Overcrowding a restaurant with furniture is a common problem. In a bid to get more covers, restaurant owners can be tempted to squeeze in an extra few tables and chairs where space is already at a premium. The result is a restaurant that appears cluttered with little space to manoeuvre. This sacrifices customer’s comfort and privacy for extra seats - not a strategy that we agree with.
There should be at least 45cm between chairs, ensuring tables have space and staff have enough room to work around the tables. The higher quality of the restaurant this space should increase.
Getting the measurements right
Check your restaurant’s dimensions more than once. There’s nothing worse than setting up a table only to find that it doesn’t fit into the corner of the room how you’d hoped.
Once you have measured you’ve done this, take note of the dimensions of the furniture you’re looking to purchase and draw a sketched floor plan for every idea you have so that you can assess the pros and cons of each layout design.
Considering you customers’ needs
It might well work with you, but what about your customers? After all, they’re the ones who will be using it. Stay true to your restaurant and the demographic you are looking to target. Is speed important to your customer base or are you a more fine-dining establishment? The comfort of your seating should align with how long you want customers to stay.
Buying restaurant furniture
Each restaurant and bar will have different needs and requirements depending on the image they’re trying to present. Whatever space you are working with, it is nearly always possible to alter the ambiance of a space with careful manipulation of design elements.
Whatever interior your restaurant is looking to create, Trent Furniture can help. Call us now on 0116 2864 911.