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Choosing the Right Table for Your Dining Booth

Jan 25
Posted by Daniel in bar tips and advice, Restaurant, Restaurant Furniture, Table Tops

Solid Wood Table TopsJust like any other kinds of businesses, there are several things that you have to consider before you open you restaurant. Some of the most indispensable kinds of restaurant accessories that must never be forgotten are the tables and dining booths. But in choosing them, it is a must that you choose something that will make your customers come back to your restaurant over and over again. This is the reason why you need to know how to choose the right tables for your dining booths.

Table and Dining Booth for Kid Friendly Restaurants

For those who want to run kid friendly restaurants, granite or wood table tops are the best options you can choose from. These table tops are perfect because these are easy to clean and are very hardy and durable. We all know that kids can be messy when they eat and sometimes even banging the tableware on the table. This is why choosing granite or wood table tops will save you from having to work too hard cleaning and will last longer than other tops.

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Restaurant Furniture Help and Advice

Jan 03
Posted by Daniel in bar tips and advice, Booths, Restaurant Furniture, restaurant tips and advice, Table Bases, Table Tops

3D Booth DesignerOver the past year we have given quite a few tips about marketing and managing a successful restaurant. However, designing a restaurant in such a way as to be both comfortable and efficient is a hard thing to do.

We have written a few articles about Feng Shui for restaurant and how to use it for our advantage but there are some even more basic aspects that need to be taken into account.  Things that at first seem simple and obvious and are therefore often overlooked. We are talking about correctly choosing the furniture to your dining venue.

For example, when you buy restaurant tables, it is often cheaper and easier to buy table tops and table bases separately rather than buying the table in one piece (shipping charges alone are worth buying the parts separately). The only problem with this is knowing which base goes with which top. You can buy the strongest base but it might mean that you are paying more than you have to. And although for one table this won’t affect the price much, if you need a large number of items the price adds up to a significant amount.

This is why on Affordable Seating ‘s site you can find a number of tools that will help you in choosing exactly the items you need. You can find there a diagram that helps you match the table size to the number of diners and another one that will tell you the base size that best matches that top. (more…)

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Host an Anti-Valentine’s Day Event at Your Bar

Dec 29
Posted by Daniel in bar tips and advice, fun, Restaurant, restaurant tips and advice

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Some people are not big fans of Valentine’s Day, and who can blame them. If you don’t have someone special in your life, the day can seem like torture. You see everyone at work getting flowers or talking about their special plans for the evening. Everyone seems to be holding hands and happy, smiling because they are blissfully in love. However, there is a large segment of the population that just doesn’t “get” Valentine’s Day. They generally stay inside on February 14th, and the last place they want to go is to a restaurant or a bar that is full of couples in love.

Sounds depressing, but this can be a very good opportunity for you as a bar owner. Instead of having a Valentine’s Day celebration at your place, consider having an anti-Valentine’s Day party that pokes fun at the holiday.

You can have a lot of fun with this idea. Consider holding a competition where people are allowed to get up and tell their worst ex story. Give the winners a free glass of beer to drown their sorrows and a free t-shirt with your bar logo on it to wipe up their tears! It is a fun time, and the t-shirts can act as free promotion whenever someone wears it. In addition to having your logo on the shirt, consider adding something like “I Survived another Valentine’s Day”. (more…)

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Basic Expectations when Dining Out

Dec 20
Posted by Daniel in bar tips and advice, fun, Restaurant Furniture, restaurant tips and advice

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If you are planning to start any kind of business, you have to make sure you will consider the expectations of your customers. Always remember that customers are always right. Once you consider the expectations of your customers, especially in terms of dining out, you can easily attract more business.

Comfortable Seating and Fine Furniture

Let us first start with the basic expectations of customers when dining out. There are some surveys made which state that customers are expecting to be seated in comfort in a restaurant. Comfort is a factor for any dining venue with the exception of fast food restaurants where this is a less important aspect.

Comfort is not only about the chair you seat in; most customers are also looking at the rest of the restaurant furniture. Make sure that there are matching chairs and tables, wall paintings and other kinds of furniture that will spice up your restaurants and enhance the décor.

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How to Make Your Restaurant Stand Out

Dec 15
Posted by Daniel in bar tips and advice, fun, Restaurant, restaurant tips and advice

restaurant dancingHaving your own restaurant can be a very lucrative but tough business. The following tips will give you some ideas on how to get that extra edge over your competition:

Offer Live Music

Why not hire a band and let your customers enjoy some live music? If you have live music, more customers will be enticed to visit your restaurant. Eating in a rather plain restaurant without any entertainment at all can make your dining experience dull and boring. Regardless of the genre of music played by the band you will hire, live music will surely be one of your aces over your competitors. Don’t forget to let your diners know that the band accepts special requests. This is a great bonus for people celebrating anniversaries and birthdays.

Leave Some Empty Space for Dancing

Have you ever imagined operating a restaurant where you can leave an empty place for dancing? Combine this with a live band or a juke box and you will ensure your customers have a night to remember. (more…)

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Importance of Online Presence for Restaurants

Dec 13
Posted by Daniel in bar tips and advice, fun, restaurant tips and advice

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Gone are the days when restaurants will need to rely solely on the standard offline advertising for their business and offers. The internet has a new, faster and more efficient way to reach younger, more modern customers. Through the help of the internet, there are many businesses that have become successful. And when you are planning to start your restaurant business, you can also use the internet in order to introduce yourself and your venue to your customers in a more efficient way.

Because of the evolution of the internet, this will not just allow restaurant owners to establish business visibility and online presence but it will also allow you to effectively conduct business related processes like managing orders and delivery of said orders.

Benefits of Online Presence

Do you want to establish an effective and broad clientele base? Sure you do. And the best thing that you can do in order to achieve this quickly is to establish your business’ online presence. If you will simply rely on the traditional means of promotion, you might have to wait for some time before you will see the fruits of your investment.

The read rate of internet promotion is twice higher as compared to the use of ordinary marketing tools. So in establishing your online presence, you can easily deliver the information of your business since most of the customers now are already using the internet in order to search for the service provider they are looking for and restaurants are among the most searched for. (more…)

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