The most important thing to decorate a coffee shop is the bar counter design. The bar is not only an operating room for staff but also a place for communicating with guests.
When designing a bar table, you should consider the following issues:
(1). Open-shaped bar: Customers can see the making process of foods directly when entering the store. This kind of decoration is cheaper, but it has higher requirements for hygiene and needs to keep every corner of the bar counter to be clean enough. The disadvantage is the ingredients of your product’s production process will be exposed easily to your competitors.
(2). Semi-open-shaped bar counter: It means that customers can understand the process of making products but cannot know the details, which not only reassures customers but also prevents the ingredients of your products from being leaked.
(3). Closed shaped: the cash register and the production desk are separated, and the production steps are completed in a closed space. This kind of decoration style is more suitable for fancy bubble tea shops or coffee shops, it needs to reflect the overall decoration style of the shop and has a rest area for customers. This shape of the bar counter can avoid negative impressions from customers. The closed space guarantees the mystery of the product making and is suitable for fancy drinks.
But the closed bar will increase the labor cost, it is more suitable for dessert shops. Therefore, we should determine first what kind of store we are going to open.
2. How about the size of the bar? What kind of things need to be placed on a bar?
(1). The cash register (60*40cm), straw container (45*15cm*3), and tissue box (20*10cm) need to be placed on the bar countertop. If it is a coffee shop that needs to put a coffee machine and a bean grinder, it needs to be adjusted according to the size. Some other things need to be placed inside the bar counter: spare cups/straws/paper towels and other small items and raw materials which will take up a lot of space. If the radio is not integrated, then you also need to reserve space for the computer. If the bar counter size is very small, we will need some extra space for more and more raw materials in the future. Be sure to have at least one drawer for items.
(2). The countertop of the bar can be used for product display equipment (such as warmers, refrigerators, etc.), promotional booklets, small gifts for customers during activities, decorations, etc.
(3). Some tools can be placed under the bar. Cleaning supplies are not recommended to be placed near the sink, which will affect the beauty of the store. Scattered items are placed in hidden corners so that the space can be utilized to a greater extent without affecting the overall appearance of the store. The bar counter is the place to form the first impression for customers. Try not to put other sundries except necessary items, otherwise, it will look messy.
3. How to design the operation counter?
Reasonable design of the operation counter can provide convenience for work. The operation counter needs to be placed in the coffee shop for a coffee machine, bean grinder, coffee cup, water boiler, smoothie machine, airtight can, handy small equipment, In the bubble tea shop sealing Machines, water boilers, smoothie machines, milkshake machines, fructose machines, portion pots, airtight cans, etc., and also need to place paper cups and plastic cups, cup lids, etc. In addition to this equipment, ice machines and refrigerators are also required, so we need to leave sufficient space for these devices. From the design of the store to the purchase of equipment, we need a professional designer to design, it can avoid a lot of troubles, you don’t need to worry about couldn’t find a suitable counter for the bar or operation counter. Ouyee display can provide a one-stop service for your store, you only need to provide the floor plan, we will make a 3D design according to the floor plan and then produce customized shop display cases.
In short, a good bar counter design can not only show the professionalism of a coffee shop but also bring a lot of convenience to the actual operation process.
