| You have decided to set up a restaurant, but are as | | | | wants a good time with his family in a cozy |
| yet undecided on its layout. You may well be thinking | | | | environment? You also must have a fair idea of the |
| that you have been setting up your home dining | | | | paying capabilities of your clientele, for that will decide |
| furniture all along, so what's so tough about setting | | | | your budget for setting up as well as for later actions |
| up that of a restaurant as well. Well, the very basic | | | | like menu prices. You could well be catering to a |
| fact is that while the former has just one table and a | | | | purely working class clientele, in which case your |
| limited number of diners, the latter has numerous | | | | settings will need to be very different from that of a |
| dining tables to cater for as well as it has to cater to | | | | family restaurant. |
| the tastes and sensibilities of a much larger group of | | | | Other aspects that need attention are the selection |
| people. It is a challenge you can well take on, | | | | of the dining chairs, placing of the cash counter and |
| however, if you have done your homework well. | | | | decorative facets. Make sure the dining room chairs |
| The space needs to be well utilized to seat maximum | | | | are matching with the tables. The counter in most |
| guests at one time. Though you would love the | | | | restaurants is mostly placed closed to the kitchen |
| waiting queues to build up outside your joint as you | | | | door (as opposed to the exit in the case of most |
| start getting popular, what you certainly would not | | | | stores), enabling the counter manager to easily keep |
| want is people moving away to another restaurant | | | | a tag of the orders. If you are opening an outdoor |
| while space in your eatery is lying underutilized. | | | | joint, the view will be the predominant attraction, and |
| The paradox starts with the placing of the dining | | | | you need not spend too much on the interiors |
| tables. You have to draw a delicate balance between | | | | except for the basic neatness aspects. |
| the requirements of seating maximum people and | | | | Use Amish furniture to give a class to your |
| avoid giving a crowded look. They should be | | | | restaurant that is unparalleled. Elegant enough to |
| adequately spaced apart to allow movement to flow | | | | attract attention, yet sturdy and strong to withstand |
| unrestrained. Waiters and guests alike should have | | | | long and rough use. The beauty of Amish |
| plenty of room to move around without crashing into | | | | handcrafted furniture lies in its unique style and the |
| each other. While you would like to utilize your space | | | | special ambience that it brings to your room. |
| to the utmost, do not neglect this important aspect. | | | | Hiring an interior designer is easy. But then, so are the |
| If necessary, go around and do a mock exercise to | | | | costs associated with his work. While it may look |
| check out the problem areas. | | | | intimidating at first, setting up your restaurant is not |
| Who are you catering to? Are you targeting | | | | so difficult after all. You are the one who came up |
| students interested in a quick snack and coffee, or | | | | with the business proposal. Now keep working at |
| are you planning something for the family man who | | | | keeping the costs low and the quality high. |