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Restaurant Tables What Size Do You Need? #2

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Recommended Table Spacing

Recommended Table Spacing

Recommended Table Spacing

Recommended Table Spacing

Room size, shape and function determine the layout of tables in a room. For table spacing in public places always refer to local codes for restrictions and safety requirements. The drawings above and below offer some general, customary aisle allowances. For a comfortable and pleasant dining experience there can never be too much room.

Recommended Banquet Table Spacing

Recommended Banquet Table Spacing

For banquet room and cafeteria lunchroom seating allow a minimum of 54″ between round tables and 60″ between rectangular tables for chair and 24″ service space. Main traffic aisles need to be larger.

Restaurant Tables What Size Do You Need? #1

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

The drawing below offers some basic guidelines for restaurant and cafeteria table capacities.


Seating capacities are based on standard chair sizes.

If large, swiveling or castered chairs are used, adjust accordingly.

Restaurant Table Layout Drawings (Click Image To Enlarge)

Restaurant Table Layout Drawings (Click Image To Enlarge)

Having the right combination of sizes of tables in a restaurant can decrease wait time for customers and can maximize seating capacity and profit.
Use small tables in small restaurants and then combine them to accommodate larger parties. Be aware that combining tables may cause some temporary seating capacity loss (e.g. two 4-person tables combined to seat only six customers).

Try to avoid using large dedicated tables (eight-person or larger) in small restaurants. This will help to save space and seating capacity.

Using some large seating capacity tables in larger restaurants creates “special” areas. Using a few large tables also helps to break up the space and enhances overall ambiance and reduces customer discomfort caused by crowding many small tables into a large space. In larger restaurants there will often be sufficient numbers of large parties to offset the seating capacity loss caused by large size restaurant tables.