Cafés

Café Kitchen Interior Design for Cafés

Compact kitchens must handle warming, plating, and dish return without crossing customer movement.

Explore the ideas
Straight kitchen with sage base cabinets, white wall units and under-cabinet lighting
Kitchen inspiration: a single-wall arrangement with task lighting.

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Details worth a closer look

Photographs for design inspiration
White L-shaped kitchen with gold-tone handles, under-cabinet lighting and a chimney
Kitchen inspiration: an L-shaped work surface and integrated lighting.
Parallel kitchen with teal cabinets, a pale backsplash and profile lighting
Kitchen inspiration: two opposing work runs in a compact plan.
L-shaped kitchen with pale green lower cabinets, white upper cabinets and a tiled backsplash
Kitchen inspiration: a light palette and continuous counter run.

Explore the design decisions

Before you start

Keep hot preparation adjacent to the pass and route used dishes toward wash-up on a separate side.

Room details and site checks
Layout
Keep hot preparation adjacent to the pass and route used dishes toward wash-up on a separate side.
Detail
Use wipeable splash surfaces and task lighting at plating and wash stations.
Trade-off
A more complete kitchen increases menu flexibility but reduces front seating.
  • Trace a food order and a dirty dish return
  • Check appliance doors clear the prep route
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