Contract tables are usually purchased in two parts: the table top and the table base are bought separately. This makes it easier for business owners to mix the two parts for the table that suits their needs, and also makes it easier to repair or refresh tables without...
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Where and How to Sell Restaurant Furniture
You’ve got your eye on a new set of chairs and tables. You know they will make your seating area even more beautiful and comfortable for your customers. But before you can get them delivered, there is one big question: what to do about the old furniture? ...
How to start a successful bar
Of course, when planning and designing the bar, one of the first things that springs to mind is the bar furniture. Let’s face it, there are hundreds of different bars out there so what will make yours stand out? I mean, no one wants to be seen hanging out in a fusty...
Guide to Plastic Rattan Garden Furniture
Most of us can’t wait for the summer months to start, and we look forward to taking our drinks and food out into the beer garden or onto the restaurant patio with glee. Then we get outside and we battle with uncomfortable, rusty metal furniture, with misshapen...
How To Clean A Bar – Bar Cleaning Checklist
Looking to get your bar cleaning in check? Not only are there a huge number of benefits to keeping your pub or bar sanitary and clean, but you are also required by law to keep your bar clean to not pose a public health risk. The cleanliness of your bar will have...
What is Crib 5?
Crib 5 Header What does Crib 5 stand for? Nothing! Crib means crib, referring to a wooden testing tool for checking whether different materials can withstand the heat from the test without igniting. In other words, how flame retardant the material is. The 5 is a...
How to avoid buying uncomfortable furniture for your hospitality business
Comfortable contract furniture will make a massive difference to the dining experience of your guests If you are buying new furniture for your hospitality venue your biggest concern must be comfort. Can you imagine spending money on 30, 50 or more seats, making the...
Where to buy restaurant furniture?
Find out the methods restaurant owners and managers use to stock their establishments with high-quality contract-grade tables and chairs. What kind of furniture do they need to buy? When we are talking about contract furniture we are discussing all the sort of chairs,...
Bar Furniture – Why you need poseur or bar height furniture within your commercial venue
The humble bar or poseur height table and chair set is a true thing of wonder within the institute that is the great British Pub. Of course they are not exclusive to Britain, they can be seen in bars, pubs, clubs and venues all over the world, from Austria to Zambia,...
Tabilo and Business Sustainability: Doing What We Can
From high-end bistros to tiny, family-run cafes, we are lucky to be able to supply great products across the spectrum of society. But we think we can do more. Global problems, from climate change to poverty, affect us all. We can’t solve them alone, but we can...
8 Mistakes In Arranging Restaurant Furniture
Tabilo has been supplying furniture to restaurants and cafes for years, and we’ve seen plenty of mistakes made by owners. Whether it is overcrowding rooms with as many tables as they can squeeze in, or buying furniture in the wrong shape or of lesser quality, there...
Giving a Modern Twist to a Classic Contract Furniture design
Classics are classics. They work. They’ve worked for years upon years, that’s how you get the moniker of being Classic’ after all. Fact. But to the switched on, vibrant, social media driven youth of today the word classic can just invoke images of dusty old people...
Why your cafe needs wireless charging tables ASAP
Your cafe is a place for people to relax and meet up. Convenience and comfort are key. In the modern world, almost nothing is more inconvenient and irritating than finding that your mobile phone is out of charge. When they arrive, your customers want to be...
Watercoolers from AquAid
Here, at Tabilo, we are aware that keeping our team hydrated will aid them to perform at their very best throughout the work day. As a result, we decided to invest in watercoolers from AquAid. Our unique relationship with AquAid has also given our company the...
Outdoor-Indoor Furniture: Why Businesses Might Choose Outdoor Furniture For Indoor Spaces
Are Outdoor Tables and Outdoor Chairs Just For Outdoor Spaces? We all look forward to getting away from the hustle and bustle of the day, sipping our coffee (cocktails) in the sun, listening to our podcasts or just letting nature provide the playlist. We all need a...
Seven Tips to Improve Your Pub or Cafe’s Outdoor Seating
The sun is out and lockdowns are lifting. The customers of your restaurant, cafe or bar want to take advantage of your outdoor seating area or beer garden. You’re more than happy to oblige: the more seats filled, the better. But arranging an outdoor setting for...
How to make your café or restaurant menu more profitable
A menu is one of the most important sales tools in the arsenal of a café or restaurant owner, especially when in a window or shop door, it is a quick decision from a potential customer and ultimately if someone will dine in your establishment or not. To make the most...
How to look after your table tops, and what to avoid
Caring for your furniture correctly is one of, if not the, most important factor when thinking about longevity of your furniture, and ultimately a long-term cost to yourselves. First of all, you must know what surface you are cleaning as there is not a...
Why you need breakout areas
A breakout area describes any space open for employees or visitors, separate from their usual
working area.
What makes a good faux leather?
If you are anything like me, when it comes to choosing good quality faux leather, the excessive amounts of facts, certifications, rules, figures, tests and regulations being thrown at you is somewhat overwhelming, when all you simply require is a good quality faux...
What are the benefits of a break-out area and why are they so popular?
It is becoming increasingly popular and commonplace to include a break-out area within theworkspace. You spend as many of your waking hours at work as at home and the average workeris sat down for the majority of this time. Therefore it’s becoming increasingly...
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How many people can you sit around a table?
This is a question we get asked for time and time again, so we thought we would spend some time to provide some answers for you. There are several things to consider, but here are some general rules of thumb when considering how many people to sit around a table....
SM France
Tabilo is proud to announce we are now selling SM France tops from stock. SM is a 30 year in the making company well known around the world with a wide range of quality, classy finishes and constantly renewed design products. Today their ambition is reflected in a...
What is sitting too much doing to us?
The standing desk craze that you keep hearing about is actually based on a substantial body of work from the researcher Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic who has a statistic to share: in the US, the average person spends more than half of our waking hour sitting...
We have recently added a limited availability special offer section to our popular Dropbox link
We have recently added a limited availability special offer section to our popular Dropbox link. We hope that the stock will be of assistance in helping you generate business or maybe as alternatives when price is the main factor for your customer without compromising...
Tabilo offers colour coordinated tables with a contrasting edge
Tabilo offers colour coordinated tables with a contrasting edge. Our service allows you to get our tabletops (MFC and Laminate), with a contrast edge,as opposed to the standard edging (matching coloured edge). See example below: To see examples of some of...
MDF or MFC?
We quite often get asked by customers what the difference between our MFC and laminate (MDF) table tops is, so below is a bit of an explanation that will hopefully explain this. Premium laminate is high quality heavy grade suitable for contract use. Manufactured in...