Restaurants are some of the busiest spaces on earth after hospitals and airports! What makes eating places such as restaurants, cafes and fast food joint such a favorite pass time for customers may be the food, the ambience or both!

Though running restaurants may not be for everyone, some people do have the flair for the business! But running restaurants without a proper interior may be the most haphazard thing to do! Experts and professionals in both food and the interior business know the importance of interior for restaurants and eating places.

Interior designers are hired all over the world to help with create eating places that people like to visit. Most famous restaurants around the world like the Osteria Francescana in Italy and Mirazur in France have their interior designers to thank too! Even within the UAE, Companies that offer help with commercial interior design Dubai have multiple clients belonging to the restaurant industries.

If you’ve decided to run your very own restaurant or if you’re remodeling / redecorating /refurnishing here’s a list of things you need to consider before you set out to work:

Concept and theme:

If you’ve decided on a theme, ensure that your furniture, linens and crockery go along with it. For example, a Bollywood theme restaurant should have Indian interior with Indian food. Even the rest rooms should be following the theme! It is important to not confuse your customers and also live up to what is being promised-A Bollywood experience.

Design and layout:

Think carefully before you finalize the lay out of the interior space .Because how you lay out your interior, will effect the customer movement and hence their experience. Always ensure that your rest rooms are nowhere near the kitchen and are clean. A restroom should not be there as an afterthought. Most of your customerswill be visiting the restroom so they need to be carefully thought out and should be clean, All the time!

Color:

Studies in the past have linked eating habits of customers with colors, so make sure your choice of colors doesn’t dull their appetite. Most fast food chains have been known to use yellow and red in an attempt to instill excitement within their customers.

If it’s a relatively small space, opt for lighter colors in an attempt to grow out the space! If however the restaurant is larger, darker color scan be used. However, try not to use very dark colors as they may depress appetites.

Break colors using different colored objects such as walls and plants. Green and browns have been known to cause a nature like environment and hence a feeling of relaxation among the customers.

Lights:

Depending upon the type of effect you want to achieve there are three types of lights that could be used:

• Ambient lighting: the primary source of light in the room. Could be natural or artificial!
• Task lighting: Concentrated lighting Overhead lamps and lanterns, that help focus on different objects such as menus.
• Accent lighting: Used to add drama to the room where its placed at points that you would want to draw attention too. E.g. a painting, menu boards.

Warmer lights with accents tend to relax customers, encouraging them to stay whereas bright lighting tends to stimulate the mind and help it stay alert. Most cafes and coffee shops have large windows so that more natural light can enter the room.

Tip:Use a combination of different types of lights mentioned to get the desired look for your restaurant.

Artwork:

Empty spaces can be filled up using artwork that goes well with the theme of the restaurant. However art pieces also tend to attract attention towards them, so ensure 1) that the artwork is according to the theme of your restaurant 2) the colors in the artwork can be found within your interior.

All art pieces should be a subtle addition to the room and not something that the customers find appalling because that is sure to mess up their appetite!

Take away!

IF you’re planning on setting up a restaurant, perhaps the most important thing to do once you’ve worked on all aspects of the interior mentioned above is to visualize the space that you’re creating. Most people use the services of professional interior decorators to help them create a culinary masterpiece.

Most professionals have the ability to visualize using graphics whereas some well reputed professionals in commercial interior designs in Dubai have also extended their services to include complete lay out plans that include furniture and other items such as rugs and fixtures allowing you to visualize your future space.

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