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Creating the best cafe and restaurant fitout with the perfect dining atmosphere can be a daunting task. Finding the most appropriate shopfitting companies in Brisbane who can assist you in this process is crucial to your success. If you consider the most successful cafes and restaurants in Brisbane, they all have a similar vibe with strong design, exceptional commercial joinery, brilliant architectural metal work and amazing signage. Shape Shopfitters has over 25 years of knowledge and expertise in developing shopfitting strategies to ensure your space gives the ‘wow’ factor upon entry. Our case study at Nando’s in Robina showcases the amazing construction work and layout and how it created the perfect dining atmosphere throughout the restaurant.
If you consider Brisbane’s key economic profile, the average household is made up of 2.5 persons, with 68% of people working and living within the Brisbane LGA. Additionally, as of September 2024, there was a labour force of almost 814,000 people. This data gives you critical insights into how you should create the perfect dining atmosphere. Throughout our article, we will delve into how to deliver a functional and stylish layout within a cafe or restaurant that tailors specifically to this audience.
Initial steps in the shopfitting process can be complex and very hard to ensure you are on the right track. Determining the right atmosphere for your cafe or restaurant fitout involves a meticulous process of research and analysis. If you do not create an atmosphere that is warm, inviting and grabs the attention of walk by traffic, you will struggle to get seats in your restaurant. Additionally, if you do not create a warm environment with appropriate access, seating and layout, you may struggle to get repeat customers. It is important to engage professional shopfitters in Australia to produce the right atmosphere in your restaurant fitout.
A well thought-out shopfitting design and layout enhances the customer experience of your cafe or restaurant. Your goal as a restaurant owner in Brisbane, is make customers remember the amazing experience they had, so they tell their friends and family, ensuring they come back again in the future. Establishing that initial connection with your customers is crucial to delivering repeat business and the success of your hospitality.
Initial steps involve engaging professional shopfitters, who can support and manage your project with a ‘one stop solution’ and implement specific shopfitting techniques and strategies. Their focus on key elements such as unique commercial joinery, will deliver a smooth layout upon entry and appropriate waiting and seating areas for the perfect customer experience. If you look at Nando’s in Robina, you can see how the nice easy walkthrough area with an elevated design to a raised floor, seamlessly directs customers to the lunch/dinner area.
Shape Shopfitters have over 25 years experience in shopfitting for cafes and restaurants with some of the biggest brands such as Guzman y Gomez and Grill’d. Some of the key elements they consider and that have a substantial impact on the overall effectiveness of fitout projects are as follows:
Creating a functional and stylish layout for a cafe or restaurant in Brisbane is super important to the success of your business. Brisbane households are looking for restaurant and cafe’s that make the best use of the wonderful client and specifically the dining experience. Initial work with professional shopfitters on in-depth shop drawings, will bring your project to life. Focus should be on high quality customised and unique commercial joinery, signage and architectural metalwork. Use of these features will produce a cafe and restaurant layout that is functional and tailored to your customers.
Signage should be large and stand out to attract walk by traffic in the area, as cafes and restaurants rely heavily on this for business. Additionally, multiple large spaces with both 2 seat and 4 seated areas with easy access to front benchtop and restroom locations throughout the cafe and restaurant, creates a functional dining experience. Shape Shopfitters use stylish techniques, such as our Gami Chicken case study,which boasts customised solid Tasmanian oak timber curved L shapes battens that run along the side wall and across the ceiling, providing a significant textural point of difference.
Selecting appropriate furniture and fixtures is crucial to your success for all shopfitting in Brisbane.
Lighting plays a crucial role in the dining atmosphere of cafe’s and restaurants in Brisbane. Brisbane’s weather can be volatile at times, with cloud and rain affecting natural lighting to your space, so key considerations must be made during the shopfitting process to ensure appropriate lighting in all areas of the cafe & restaurant, regardless of weather conditions.
Hanging ceiling lights or interior pendant lights are a popular choice for cafe’s & restaurants to produce a warm dining experience. There should be sufficient lighting within the cafe and restaurant fitout to easily eat and drink, but not too much that it impacts the warm, friendly room environment. Consideration should be given to LED signage and lighting setup during the Brisbane shopfitting process. A perfect example is again from Gami Chicken, where LED lighting was designed to produce an additional layer of illumination and depth making for a wonderful experience for all diners.
Brisbane is well known for it’s unique and fine dining culture, as the city has an enviably high concentration of award winning fine dining restaurants. It has never been more essential for Shopfitting in Brisbane to include the crucial element and emphasis on creating that ‘WOW’ factor for your cafe and restaurant. Brisbane has a culture focusing on modern and sophisticated venues, so diners are left with a lasting impression and the desire to repeat dine. Diners new found want for the ‘dining out experience’ and the cost of living plays a pivotal role in the design and layout of your space. Shape Shopfitters has over 25 plus years experience in shopfitting and recommend always using premium quality fitouts, with custom joinery work to create that unique dining experience.
Trends in shopfitting choices are a key consideration during the design phase. Shape Shopfitters recommends engaging a professional shopfitting company in Brisbane, who knows the local area and can bring inspiration on the latest trends in the Australia-wide market. Good examples are the trends already identified in previous case studies such as our work at Daniel’s Donuts at an airport. As population increases in Australia and individuals become more time poor, you need to understand How to Design Durable and Functional Spaces in High Traffic Areas. The attention of diners and walk-by traffic needs to be grabbed at first sight! Identify the local Brisbane market and take your shop fitout to another level. Grab inspiration from trends across Australia, look at shopfitting designs with custom and unique architectural metal work to draw diners into your cafe or restaurant. Present strong branding to capture walk-by traffic’ and inspire customers in the local area to sit down in your spaces.
Brisbane weather is renowned for it’s subtropical climate, defined by warm or hot weather for most of the year. Engaging a shopfitting company that is well versed in all retail tenancy fitout requisites, council health and building requirements is crucial to cater for both indoor and outdoor dining environments. Professional shopfitting companies Project Management Teams will assist with planning and permits for the local Brisbane building regulations. They should also be aware of specific council requirements and venue considerations required to deal with heavy rainfall periods and extreme climate in the cafe and restaurant. Shape Shopfitters recommends always engaging a professional shopfitting company to assist with this process.
To deliver the best result for your space the focus should be more on premium quality of the design and build, rather than the cost. The lasting impact the fitout has on a diner, can be the difference between success of your business or failure. If you are looking for a shopfitting company in Brisbane, that knows how to design and deliver the perfect fitout for a cafe or restaurant in the local area, then fill out the Shape Shopfitters Quote Form Online.
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