restaurant architecture

How An Architect Can Help You Plan And Design Your Restaurant Layout

If you’re looking to open a restaurant, one of the best decisions you can make is to have an architect help create the layout.

Restaurants have a lot of moving pieces. The wrong plan could end up hurting your activity, but also offer a bad experience for your guests, which can be enough to ensure the restaurant activity is short-lived.

Here are 5 ways an architect can help make sure that doesn’t happen:

 

1. Plan for Comfort

The food aside, the restaurant must also offer guests a welcoming and comfortable experience. The architect knows this and envisions the layout of the dining area to ensure guests can have easy access to their table and the other facilities they need (such as the bathroom) without bumping into other tables or guests.

 

2. Easy Circulation

The architect will also take into account the high amounts of movement inside the restaurant, especially in terms of the waiters coming and going to the kitchen repeatedly.

Waiters need to have easy access to the kitchen and a way to enter and exit while holding people’s food and drinks, so the floor plan should include a set ‘path’ to support this.

 

3. Better Safety

Creating a safe work environment isn’t just about training staff members on how to properly use the kitchen equipment - it can also start from the floor plan.

An architect will design the layout based on key safety requirements of restaurants, and make use of the available space as efficiently as possible.

 

4. Special Attention to the Kitchen Area

A good kitchen layout is just as beneficial as the dining layout. Even small restaurants have 2 or more staff in the kitchen, so ideally you want to give them plenty of space to perform their tasks without constantly bumping into each other. The architect can help design the kitchen floor plan for maximum efficiency.

 

5. Other Facilities You Might Need

If you want your restaurant to have extra amenities like a space for children to play or a waiting area, the architect is the one who can make sure these ideals fit into your plan from the very beginning.

 

Henderson Architect’s Restaurant Plans

Henderson Architect can help you leverage your space and create restaurant layouts that support your business goals.

To learn more about our services, fill out our contact form or call us at 707-237-5240 to get started on your design.