Glass in restaurant:
Glass is easy to maintain and has limitless in its customization options, for size, shape, color, and function. So it’s no wonder that glass can also add useful features to the interior of a restaurant while adding to the interior design and branding plan. Glass comes in so many varieties: tinted, back painted, mirrored, acid etched, and even clear, …that you’re sure to find a type that can enhance the interior for any restaurant or food service environment. Glass is a great surfacing material to use in restaurant interiors. With a high-end look that is easy to maintain and limitless in its customization options, glass can also add useful features to the interior of a restaurant while adding function, reduced maintenance and good looks that enhance any restaurant or food service environment.
Below are 10 ways to whet your appetite to using glass in restaurant designs:
1) Specials Boards:
Glass message board
Being able to erase dry erase, wet erase and chalk markers from the surface makes glass the perfect message board for writing specials, messages, and other information for patrons. The one shown above was made out of tinted gray glass for a semi-translucent effect. It’s hung using stand-offs with the glass fabricated with holes to accommodate the hardware.
2) Table Toppers:
Glass table toper
This is one of the most practical uses of glass in restaurants, …as a table topper to protect the wood or metal table underneath. A thin, tempered piece of glass can be backpainted any color so that it enhances the restaurants branded color scheme as linens would, but doesn’t need to be replaced after each patron. Spills, drips and splatters can be easily cleaned up and it will look good as new for the next customer. We’ve also seen clear glass table toppers used over fine linens, and that’s a good way to prevent having to do a ton of laundry.
3) Prep Area Feature Wall:
Color glass featured wall
A wall of color glass in a prep area draws attention to where all the action happens, and provides a surface that is easy to clean at the end of the night. With the ability to be any custom color, it can create a beautiful way to draw customers in.
4) Bar Tops:
Bar top
A bar top using acid etched glass can create sultry back-lit bars that can enhance a mood in the restaurant or lounge. Easy to keep clean, and with a surface that won’t wash off, acid etched glass also resists finger prints so servers can focus on simply serving the customer.
5) Glassware Walls:
Glassware wall
Like the bar tops, when acid etched glass illuminate from behind, it can create a mood that refresh client and enhances the environment. The way the light plays, not only through the acid etched glass, but through the glassware and colored liquids in bottles creates a cool vibe that can enhance the brand.
But there’s so many more ways to use glass in restaurant and food service design, tomorrow we’ll share a few more! What are your favorite ways you’ve used glass in restaurant interiors? Let us know in the comments below.
6) Buffet Areas:
Buffet area
No one wants to be sent to the corner to eat. A mirror along the darker corners of a space can make it instantly feel brighter and more open. Reflecting light and views back into the room will make patrons feel more relaxed and amiable.
7) Host Desk Wrap:
Glass desk
This is one of the first things people really see in any restaurant, the host/hostess reception desk. This is a perfect opportunity to get a pop of color and set the mood for the design. The added bonus of being very easy to clean of fingerprints and anxious consumers’ touches is just a bonus.
8) Feature Wall or Art:
Glass featured wall art
Great that unique type of artwork or brand experience with glass. You can also choose to back paint logos or designs in custom colors or even in mirror!
9) Bar Tops:
Bar counter top
Cool walls in back painted glass, mirror, or back-painted glass add a bold graphic element to the space while being extremely easy to maintain and clean. There are number of ways to create a statement look for the space.
10) Bath Room Mirrors:
Bathroom mirror
Sure every bathroom needs a mirror, but why hang an off-the-shelf framed mirror, when you can use mirror to create something that enhances the brand of the restaurant. Here, a lighting element is behind the floor to ceiling vanity mirror that expands the space, adds additional function and looks, really cool.