A good restaurant floor plan helps staff and customers move easily about your space. In other words, a good as-built survey can be the start to the new flow and circulation of your restaurant. In turn, your business will become attractive and functional.
From the start, you should prioritize and identify the primary spaces when considering your restaurant’s layout. Moreover, you should consider how each section of these spaces will smoothly connect with the other.
Five restaurant floor plan tips to focus on:
- Kitchen
It’s the core focus of a restaurant floor plan. It must be completely functional in design. Most importantly, if your kitchen does not move quickly and the flow of it is not seamless, then your entire restaurant will fail. Experts suggest that 30% to 40% of the space be allocated to food prep, cooking, server pickup space, etc.
Restrooms
Also, should be easily reached by customers but should not be too near the main dining area for sanitary and aesthetic reasons. For example, be sure that you make the insides of your restrooms roomy and pleasant. Customers remember negative restroom experiences, believe it or not!
- Bar
A useful addition to any restaurant. As a result, we recommend this space is comfortable for clients, but also to the person working behind the bar. Bartenders should be able to move quickly and freely to tend to his customers.
Dining
This area should take up most of the space in a restaurant floor plan. For instance, experts recommend that the dining area take up at least 60% of the space of your restaurant. The general rules-of-thumb for planning your seating space and traffic flows in this area are: For fine dining establishments 18 – 20 square feet per person, full service casual dining 15 – 18 square feet and for countertop dining 12 – 15 square feet per person
Entry
The start of your customer’s experience in your establishment. Most importantly, it should be roomy, warm and allow easy access to the main dining area of your restaurant.
As a leading as-builts company, we understand what a building needs. Moreover, the layout of a restaurant floor plan should be purposeful. Nothing should be left to chance. Caldas Works creates as-built drawings within a reasonable timeframe. Lastly, by using our building measurement services, you’ll gain control of your restaurant space.
