Unless your sole business is banquets, meetings, and other large-group gatherings, you likely will need a second set of chairs to serve these events. Many restaurants now allow private parties that include optional banquet rooms on the premises. But they offer a consistent look with the chairs—especially for weddings and more formal events.
Restaurant Seating
A crowded restaurant is good news for you, the owner. But for the patron? Not always. While a full house definitely communicates to customers the fact that they have selected an eatery that’s popular and where the food must be great, an overwhelming feeling of being crowded can have the effect of claustrophobia and irritation.
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Planning booths as part of your restaurant seating? Think comfort, think space, think square feet.
Use yourself as an example. You’ve probably sat in booths that weren’t exactly the height of comfort. Maybe some were overstuffed, making you feel like you are being pushed froward. Then there are the booths that have no space between the seat back and the table edge—no room to slide in, no room to breathe, crushed ribs feel like a certainty. Booths—usually the wood ones—whose seat backs are at ninety-degree angles to the seats are murder on backs. They seem designed to make people want to leave as soon as possible.
Don’t be a victim of poor booth design. And don’t make the mistake of squeezing into space that’s not sufficient. If your tables are attached to the walls or floor, there’s no way to remedy the situation of no breathing room. Make sure nothing gets nailed down until both booths and tables are physically in your restaurant. If you are ordering, make sure you have full measurements of the space in which the booths are to be placed, and don’t settle on a booth until you have the table selected (height, width, and length)–and vice versa.
Can your table tops dare to go bare—or will you need table cloths or placemats? Or do you want to present both ways?
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You’ve got it all planned out: staffing, equipment, interior décor, lighting, chef, menu. Maybe you’re looking for somewhere to trim some dollars. With everything a priority, where do you start?
Do NOT start with your restaurant chairs. Sure, there are budget-conscious enough styles to be found, but make sure that budget does not translate to poorly constructed and uncomfortable. Before you know it, your patrons will avoid your eatery. Physical comfort is a priority for customers of every age and income. How many times have you heard people complain about a restaurant because of discomfort—sitting in a draft, poor lighting, heat turned up too high or too low, chair seats that are too high or too low, or chair backs that give a major pain in the person’s back?
When it comes to creature comforts, be really careful about expecting your patrons to accept less-than-acceptable comforts.
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