Interior design for restaurants: what a designer should know - By: ime

If you are planning to open a restaurant and you want to rely on an expert interior designer for the interiors, the first and most important rule is that your interior designer must know everything about your business before starting planning.

In short, these are the details an interior designer must perfectly know:

the average budget you foresee for your business;

opening hours

number of seats (how many people will you be able to wait on at the same time?)

turn-over (how many clients can be replaced at the same table?)

potential request of demand - daily and weekly ( how many people will attend your restaurant during the week?)

average dimensions of groups of clients (do you intend to host groups? how many people is your restaurant able to host?)

techniques of food preparing (your designer should have an idea of the equipment used to prepare dishes)

bar service (if foreseen)

functions of Manager, Maitre, Chef and cashier):

staff (how many people will you employ?)

economical forecast

At the end you should ask for an estimate. It's highly recommended to have at least four different estimates before choosing.

Once chosen your designer, he should always have in his mind the following main themes when planning:

a) the atmosphere of the restaurant

b) the functionality of each space

c) the efficiency of each sector

d) the external look of the restaurant

In a few words, the restaurant mustn't be planned only on the basis of the aestethical needs of the decorator or of the tastes of the owner, but also on the basis of gastronomical rules and logics.

The functionality of interiors is assured only when the menu and the real operative needs of the staff will be considered and respected.

If, for example, the decoration is amazing but the staff's routes disturb the client arrival or get crossed with client's routes, if the kitchen is too far or is located on a different floor and the food get cold when it finally arrives at the table, then it's clear that the clients will be upset.

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