Commercial · Restaurants & Bars
Restaurant & bar interiors that work hard.
A dining room or bar needs to look extraordinary from day one and hold that quality through years of intense use. ZEBA creates bespoke banquette seating, upholstery and soft furnishings for restaurants and bars across the UK, specified for the demands of hospitality and designed for the expectations of your guests.
The space is part of the product.
Every successful restaurant and bar operator knows that the space is as much a part of the product as the food, the drinks or the service. Walk into a room with good banquette seating at the right height and depth, curtains that manage light and acoustics correctly, and upholstery in fabrics that photograph well and feel generous to sit in, and the experience is different from the first moment.
Our restaurant and bar portfolio demonstrates this across different scales and settings. Project Aluna Cocktail Bar needed an interior that felt intimate and distinctive without being dark or heavy. Bombay 2 Goa needed energy, warmth and durability in a busy restaurant environment. Each brief produced different answers using the same methodology: understanding what the space needs to achieve, specifying correctly for those requirements, and making to a quality that holds up under real use.
We specify all restaurant and bar upholstery to minimum 30,000 Martindale with stain resistance and Crib 5 fire retardancy as standard. Good commercial specification should not look or feel like contract furniture — we maintain the aesthetic quality of the brief while meeting every performance requirement.
Planning a bar or restaurant fit-out? Our guide to banquette seating for a bar or restaurant sets out how we specify covers, fabric, frames and fire performance, and our guide to fire safety for contract upholstery explains the standards.
Restaurant & bar services
- Custom banquette seating — design, manufacture and installation
- Bar stool and chair upholstery
- Window treatments and acoustic curtains
- Bespoke soft furnishings — cushions, table runners
- Handcrafted rugs for dining and lounge areas
- Fabric specification for hospitality use
- Coordination with fit-out contractors
- Refurbishment of existing upholstery
Portfolio: Project Aluna Cocktail Bar · Bombay 2 Goa Restaurant
Frequently asked questions
Can you design and build custom banquette seating for a restaurant?
Yes. Custom banquette seating is one of our core restaurant services. We design and manufacture banquettes to the exact dimensions of your space, in fabrics specified for hospitality use — high Martindale rub counts, stain resistance, fire retardancy. Our portfolio includes banquette seating for cocktail bars, restaurant dining rooms and hotel restaurants.
What fabric specifications do you use for restaurant and bar environments?
We specify fabrics that perform in hospitality environments: minimum 30,000 Martindale rub count for seating surfaces, stain-resistant treatment as standard, and Crib 5 flame retardancy for all upholstery. We balance these performance requirements with the aesthetic ambition of the brief — good commercial fabric should not look or feel like contract furniture.
Do you work on new restaurant fit-outs and refurbishments?
Yes. We work on both new fit-outs and refurbishments for restaurants, bars, cocktail lounges and hotel food and beverage spaces. We coordinate with main contractors and fit-out teams to ensure installation runs to programme with minimal operational disruption.
Ready to design your restaurant or bar?
Tell us about your brief and we will tell you what is possible.