You’re ready to select tables for your restaurant chairs and are pondering legs vs. pedestals. Which way to go? Consider flexibility and practicality.
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Restaurant Chairs
Whether you take reservations or not, are you treating your customers well by providing seating for those waiting for a table? Even if you have limited space, it’s a gesture that does not go unnoticed, especially if you have an older clientele. Waiting is so much more palatable if there’s a place to sit. Even the most successful eateries—you know, the ones that can still afford to have potential customers leave when there’s too long a wait for a table—could take a page from the book of the smart entrepreneurs who leave some real estate for a waiting area.
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Hotdog stand or French bistro? City or country resort? Lakeside or sidewalk? Covered or open air? Lots to consider when selecting outdoor restaurant furnishings.
Here’s a list of questions you need to have answers to before you make your final decisions:
- Do you need to haul in your furnishings at the close of business every day, or can your tables and chairs be left outdoors? This may affect your decision on stackable chairs.
- Are there city codes you must abide by to use that little strip of sidewalk outside your front window—codes that may limit your space, choice of furnishings, and so on?
- What weather elements must you contend with—dry desert air or humid and tropical? Your locale can impact the materials you select.
- Need umbrellas? That definitely impacts your table choices.
- Is your establishment self-serve—and self-clean up—or bussed?
- Want a casual or elegant look and feel?
These are just for starters. As with all your decision making, do your research. Ask yourself all the questions that will lead you to the smart choices you need to make about your restaurant furniture.
What’s your look? Traditional? Contemporary? Fusion? The options for restaurant chairs, stools, and tables are all over the map—from wood to metal to plastics, from plain to fancy and in between.
The fusion idea is a fun way to approach an innovative décor. Eclecticism has been in vogue for a long time. That mix-and-match idea allows for a lot of creativity in restaurant furnishings. As with fusion cooking—which melds flavors and textures from different cultures and parts of the world—a fusion approach means you can mix metal chairs with wood tables, traditional bar stools in a space-age bar, outdoor chairs used indoors, and so on.
Use your imagination. Let your restaurant furniture reflect your menu or contrast with it. Use colored wood or a plain finish to enhance the textiles used elsewhere. Mix styles. Break the rules. Think outside the box. But never skimp on comfort and construction.
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