04 — Hospitality
Cafe & restaurant
design
A restaurant is a machine that has to feel like a room. Both halves have to be designed.
Cafes, Restaurants, Bars, Covers, Service flow, Lighting
Covers, flow and the kitchen line
Seat count, service routes, the pass, waste, deliveries and staff movement are resolved before anything is styled. Get this wrong and no amount of finish will save the room on a busy evening.
Light as the main material
Hospitality lives and dies by light levels. Warm, layered, tightly controlled — food and faces read well, the room changes character between lunch and late evening, and nothing is lit flat.
Designed to be photographed, not styled for it
One strong spatial idea — a courtyard, a counter, a long shared table — carries a place further than a wall of props. It also survives a change of menu.
Scope
- Concept and seating strategy
- Kitchen and service coordination
- Bar and counter design
- Lighting and acoustic planning
- Bespoke furniture and joinery
- Material, signage and detail design
Related work
Questions
- Do you design the kitchen as well?
- We plan and coordinate the kitchen and service areas with your kitchen consultant or equipment supplier so the front and back of house work as one.
- Can you work with an existing shell or an old building?
- Yes. Adaptive reuse suits hospitality well and often gives a place its character.