Interior of the restaurant: photos, styles

Interesting decoration of the restaurant interior can serve a good service in attracting visitors. The importance of the impression of the interior is almost inferior to the impression of the kitchen and the design of dishes. In this case, as explained in an interview with the Spanish interior designer Ivan Kotado, in the design of the restaurant is extremely important unity of form and content, that is, the dishes served and the interior of the restaurant should be harmoniously combined.

Understanding the business idea of a restaurant

Before deciding on the style, the designer needs to clarify the business direction of the establishment for himself. The modern interior of restaurants can become a powerful tool in achieving commercial success, but for this it is necessary to understand three key points:

- the difference between the restaurant and its competitors;

- conformity to tastes of visitors;

- the degree of manifestation of the emotional component of the interior.

In order to find out all this, it is necessary to communicate in detail with both the director and the chef of the restaurant, read possible publications about the restaurant, and learn about the nearest competitors and their design.

Knowledge of the details of the kitchen of the restaurant

To develop the interior of the restaurant will help familiarize with the key attributes of the kitchen of the restaurant, so as far as possible to convey this information to the client through design. Characteristic features of the kitchen stand out the establishment in the eyes of the customers, and emotionally combine the taste and special idea of the institution and the interior can help.

If the restaurant offers traditional cuisine with a predominance of local dishes and products, then the design should be based on simple materials (wood, stone, forged products) and adhere to simple flowers that are close to the natural colors of the region.

If, on the contrary, the menu has futuristic notes, the dishes are unusual or a mixture of different directions is observed, then the original style can be chosen in the decoration, so the interior of the restaurant will set the visitor to an unusual menu.

It should be remembered that visually express the features of the menu can not only materials and colors, but everything that decorates the restaurant's interior: the layout of the hall, decorative elements, furniture, dishes, menu design, site design.

Meet the Chef

Experience of specialists shows that if the design of the restaurant is contrary to the tastes and character of the chef, then it does not turn out that the homogeneity of impressions of visiting the institution. It is in this issue that the importance of an individual approach to the project is manifested. The interior of the restaurant should be identified with the characteristics of the manner of cooking. The chef and his team should be pleasant to the atmosphere of the restaurant, this will become a pledge of creativity.

Combining functionality and aesthetics

Each design project combines the functionality and aesthetic perception of the restaurant environment. The peculiarity and unusualness of the institution for the visual perception of the client should not interfere with the well-coordinated and comfortable work of the staff. When decorating a hall, it is necessary to plan simple ways of delivery of dishes, zones with good and muted lighting, the suitability of decorating and furniture design.

According to Ivan Kotado, it is easy to come up with a beautiful interior design of the restaurant, but to make it beautiful and functional is much more difficult. The balance of aesthetics and functionality in the interior can make the institution extraordinary.

Creating the intimacy of the situation

Visiting public places, like any restaurant, does not mean that the client wants to be in a broad society. It is important in the restaurant space to create a condition of some kind of intimacy for each of the tables, this is highly valued by visitors and is one of the important tasks of a design solution when creating an interior.

Comfortability

Both for customers and for the restaurant staff in the interior, a sense of comfort is important, which is provided by lighting, acoustics, climatic parameters of the room, and also by the convenience of furniture.

- Lighting. It should be moderate in a restaurant, it is also necessary to think over a combination of natural and artificial lighting. Careful planning of this moment will help to avoid such problems as an unsuccessful play of light and shadow on the faces of visitors, the presence of unlit places or unnecessarily lit.

- Acoustics. As for the sound, when designing the interior, it is often forgotten about the need to avoid sound reverberation, that is, its multiple reflection in a confined space. For this, sound absorbing materials are used: wood, fabric and others.

- The climate. We all understand the importance of the climatic components of the situation: temperature and humidity, but no less important is the quality of the air, it must be clean. Thus, the research of Rockefeller University (USA) in 1999 showed that a person remembers 35% of olfactory, 5% visual, 2% auditory and 1% tactile information. With this, researchers who received the Nobel Prize in 2004, Richard Axel and Linda Buck are in agreement. They found that a person is able to distinguish between 10,000 odors and only 200 colors. The riot of aromas reigning in the kitchen should not rule in the hall. So, the proper ventilation of the restaurant will be an important component of success.

- Furniture that decorates the interior of the restaurant must have comfort and match the chosen style. Perhaps, one rule is important to observe in all cases: the furniture should not be cumbersome, so that it can easily be moved at the request of the client.

Need to interest the client

In the modern world, visitors are no longer attracted only to dishes. Style, the interior of the restaurant became an integral part of the perception of the institution, as well as the attention of the staff. A true choice of the direction of the style of the interior can provide the attention of visitors and contribute to the fact that they will want to return.

Basic styles

An indication of the chosen style of design is often included in the description of the interior of the restaurant, without which neither critical nor promotional articles are dispensed with. When choosing a style, the designer can be guided by both local color and the theme.

Country style includes the following mandatory attributes: a wooden floor or made of tiles, reminiscent of the soil; wooden furniture; The abundance of plants in the interior; At least one of the walls should be made of wood or stone or using wallpaper of similar textures.

Urban style (or modern) is well suited for restaurants in large cities and includes the use of bright colors in the setting, unusual solutions in lighting, high stools, furniture made of plastic and metal. Also an important detail will be the background music.

Elegant style is characterized by the observance of all the standards of etiquette and classical serving, an important role is played by the abundance of details and, of course, carefully maintained menu. At the same time, the interior should not be so costly as it is really elegant: there must be cloth tablecloths and napkins, beautiful and comfortable chairs in classical style, candles and small bouquets of real flowers on tables, quiet soft music and impeccably dressed waiters.

Retro style is characterized by various embodiments that combine the use of muted tones. Old or artificially aged lamps, chairs, vases, wooden floor will make the interior of the restaurant especially special, photos of past years will also fit well.

The thematic style unites different ideas for realization, the interior can become the embodiment of the dream of fans of any movie, cartoon, country, culture, hobby. For example, in the photo above, we see an unusual restaurant called "Jewish Lodge", located in the Spanish city of Santander.

Mixing styles can also become a successful embodiment of the idea. Above is the hall of the restaurant of French cuisine in Singapore, made in the industrial-rustic style.