Eclipse Furniture | Blog

There’s mounting pressure on all businesses to improve their sustainability. Whether that’s an office-based entity using less print, a cafe sourcing ingredients locally or an eatery using 100% recycled restaurant furniture, the fact is, sustainability should now be a top priority. Thirty years ago these considerations just weren’t a big issue, whereas now, the way a restauranter, hotelier, café owner etc. operates their business is under real scrutiny. But how exactly can you improve the sustainability of your restaurant? As cafe, hotel, bar and restaurant furniture suppliers, we’ve seen the demand... Read More

Technology is taking over our lives it seems, some would say for the better and some would say it’s taking the personal touch and personality out of everything we do and every environment we enter. You only need to sit on a train or walk into a coffee shop to see endless rows of smartphones in front of faces and it’s now evening becoming a huge part of restaurant, café, pub and coffee shop services and culture. Dining is a sensory experience, the environment, the music, even the comfort of your new... Read More

Father’s Day is the third most popular day out for families, trailing closely behind Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day. And, of course, with Father’s day falling in June, it can lend itself well to staying at home, out in the sunshine indulging in a good, old-fashioned barbecue. Eating out can sometimes be viewed as an unnecessary expense and so with these challenges in mind, it’s important to make sure that as a restaurant, you have an appropriate offering (food, entertainment, restaurant furniture etc.) and promote this effectively to your customers.

Summer’s well on its way now and although spring has got off to a shaky start, there’s a lot to look forward to in the coming months. If you run a hospitality venue, you will be thinking of ways to increase your footfall and make the most of your establishment. So, we’ve got some great outdoor restaurant furniture and general venue ideas for your business this summer.

With grocery prices decreasing and menu prices forever increasing, how do you entice customers to leave the comfort of their own homes to come and visit your restaurant or pub instead of your competitor’s venue? Of course, the success of your venue doesn’t solely rely on one element, it does, in fact, rest upon a variety of different items working in conjunction with one another, from menu and service to contract restaurant furniture and overall ambiance.

Summer’s coming and it’s important to make sure that your restaurant caters for the family market. If your restaurant furniture, space or menu isn’t child or family friendly then you’re really missing a trick. But ‘child friendly‘ doesn’t have to always mean plastic bar stools.Of course some establishments just won’t want to cater for this market as it just doesn’t fit with their brand, however, if this is an area you’d like to explore, then read on.