Our recent holiday in Geneva and its surroundings highlighted the popularity of certain types of café furniture over that we sell in the UK. On the Swiss and French side of the lake Werzalit table tops dominate often in much more adventurous patterns that we see in the UK.
Eating al fresco is much more the norm here as the weather is more settled and the evenings are warmer so it is probably no surprise that the outdoor properties of the Werzalit café table tops are preferred by these European café and restaurant owners. Rattan café furniture is equally popular; this relatively cost effective range of café seating is usually supported by an aluminium frame. The PVC rattan weave is waterproof and impermeable into UV light making it ideal for use in an outdoor café. 
In Italy an even more stylish look seems to be preferred with designer polypropylene and resin chair the norm.
At Café Reality we have a comprehensive selection of café tables most of which can be combined with are choices of café table top including  cost effective aluminium tops, teak café table tops and various granite table top options. Our ranges o bistro and café chairs cover al types both indoors and outdoors, funky and more subdued. Many ranges are also on offer as a table and chair combination on our very popular bistro set section.
We also have our own in house design team that have designed cafes, bars and restaurants throughout the UK. Please feel free to give us a call if you would like to take advantage of this  service

Scrap wood has been given its name because it has been deemed unusable by many manufacturers however a company in Malaysia called Workshop Sdn Bhd have been able to not only reuse the wood, but create artistic and aesthetic furniture.
The Woodshop that opened its doors last month situated in the Home Treasures furniture showroom in Petaling Jaya claim that they produce aesthetic and whimsical, yet contemporary and functional furniture for café and home use blending Eastern heritage with a Western twist.
There are many different items within the workshop from coffee tables to barstools. The coffee table pictured below is made to look like a match box however still looks fascinating as it is made using different types of wood. Stuart Ramalingam, the director of the woodshop, explains that it took him two years and a lot of trial and error in order to master the art of making café furniture from recycled wood. Some of the woods are old and some are much younger and vary in the moisture that they contain. It was this that took the most amount of time in mastering and failure to be able to properly dry out the woods causes splits and cracks within them. The amount of hours spent creating a single piece can be at least 10 times more than just putting together a usual manufactured café barstool as there are around 100 pieces of wood to piece together as opposed to 3 or 4. Mr. Ramalingham said that the reason for investing into this project is: “to make a change for the betterment of our world and environment, and leave behind to make a change for the betterment of our world and environment, and leave behind a legacy that our children can look forward to,”a legacy that our children can look forward to,”

If you were asked to invest in a café that was so small you could only seat 5 people, even if we were not in a recession, I am sure that you would call them mad, however 27 year old Hayley Draper is doing exactly that.
“The Window” located on Wensum Street in Norwich opened only a few months ago has seen increasing business and has become the talk of the town. The name was apparently chosen by the new owner because of the size of the building and that it can only contain 5 café chairs.
“When you sit in here it’s basically a window, and it’s also a window in your day when you press the pause button and make some time for yourself” said Miss Draper in an interview with the Norwich Evening News.
Not only is this café one of, if not the smallest café in the country, a bid for the smallest café in the world has been submitted to the Guinness Book of Records to which the reply was stated that there was a “good chance” that “The Window” could feature in the next edition. Fingers crossed that we can bring this record home

We have recently updated our café table top selection to include the full range of Werzalit options this now includes the Domino range of tops which allows the use of contrasting dots and squares in contrast to the rest of the table surface. Colours can be taken across the selections available on the mono stone. mono wood and  Uni line solid colour tops. We keep beech, wenge, black and white tops in stock with the remaining options available on a 3-4 week lead time. We are also promoting the Werzalit bespoke service where tops can be created from High Resolution images, this options has proved to be very popular with café, bars and restaurants who wish to promote their logo on the table top surface.  We are now offering a limited range of Granite tops which can be fixed to the table via the plywood substrate incorporated into the top. Cost effective mdf core tops with a maple veneer and polished to natural or wenge finish have also been added to our selection, these are available from stock

With the festive season fast approaching, many owners of cafes, restaurants and bars will be looking forward and hoping that they will enjoy bumper spending in the premises over the next month or so.
The weather may appear to be conspiring against this happening, but even bad weather can have its positive points.

For revellers that do make the decision to go out on one of the evenings running up to Christmas to celebrate the approaching end of another difficult year, the chances are that if the weather is not particular good on the day, they may very possibly decide to stay longer in a particular venue rather than drifting between many venues. If you want to ensure your place is attractive and offers sufficient seating and tables then you may need to have a look at getting some more bar furniture.

When considering which type of bar furniture to purchase, it is important to consider what sort of atmosphere you are looking to create. Your bar furniture can undoubtedly impact both on the appearance and the atmosphere. You need to ensure you can attract as many people as possible through those doors with clean bar furniture, but equally ensure it does not give the appearance of overcrowding and is not too difficult to maintain its cleanliness.

At Cafe Reality, we set ourselves apart from the majority of the competition by offering vast ranges of bar furniture to meet the exacting needs of our customers at prices that do not put too much pressure on their budgets.