As your new restaurant comes together and the launch comes closer, it’s time to take a final look at the most noticeable aspects of your eatery. A few finishing touches will enhance the vibe you want your restaurant to have and give your diners a more enjoyable experience. Here are five easy ways you can polish your restaurant.
Wall Décor
Your restaurant’s wall décor can play a valuable role in creating a mood or contributing to the style of your business. Tasteful wall art, whether framed or mounted, comes in varied sizes to match whatever décor you have used for painting or wall design as well as lighting and fixtures. Paintings, photos, drawings, and figurines all bring a different feel to wall art, so have fun choosing pieces that will give diners an enjoyable and meaningful experience at your restaurant.
Seating
Seats add an important piece to the design scheme. Vinyl seating or plastic chairs suggest a more economic dining environment while wooden benches with cushions or hardback chairs that are solidly built along with stationary tables give customers a grounded feel of stability and no-expense-spared atmosphere.
Menus
No matter what kind of restaurant you run, you need to ensure that the menus are clear, simple, and easy to follow. However, you don’t want to make them bland either. Use a clean and stylish layout, and complement some of the menu options with professional quality pictures of your food. Nice menu covers can give your restaurant an extra professional feel.
Lighting
Choose to install lighting that fits with your restaurant’s theme. Many eateries choose adjustable lighting that can be adjusted to a brighter level on cloudy days and dimmed for evening ambiance. Your light fixtures should be attractive but not obtrusive. Depending on your layout, you might prefer overhead recessed lighting instead of or in addition to table sconces or lantern-type fixtures. Wall sconces are another possibility to create mood lighting of different brightness levels when used.
Uniforms
Servers and other employees who wear classy uniforms create a positive impression of your restaurant. The uniforms can be simple, like a white-sleeved shirt with black pants, and need not be expensive to buy. Restaurant staff who wear uniforms of this type can be readily identified as employees if a customer needs assistance, and they create a unified impression of the restaurant, suggesting a well-organized enterprise.
Adding a few extra effects like these helps to give your customers the feeling they are dining in a top-tier eatery. Not only will they enjoy it, but they will likely recommend your business to their friends and family.
Anita is a freelance writer from Denver, CO. She studied at Colorado State University, and now writes articles about about health, business, family and finance. A mother of two, she enjoys traveling with her family whenever she isn’t writing.
