Contract Dining Seating
Commercial restaurant chairs, café and bistro chairs and dining chairs in solid wood and metal — stackable, upholstered and side chairs engineered for the duty cycle of a hospitality floor. Made in Istanbul, supplied direct from the factory, with a 2-year contract warranty.
30+
Years Manufacturing
40+
Countries Shipped
2-Year
Contract Warranty
Wood & Metal
Contract Frames
Overview
The restaurant chair is the most-specified, most-handled and most-visible item on any dining floor — and the one that fails first when it is bought wrong. A guest forms an impression of the room before the menu arrives, largely from the chair they sit in; and that same chair is then pulled, pushed, leaned back on and wiped down dozens of times a day, every day, for years. A domestic dining chair is simply not built for that. HFC manufactures a dedicated range of commercial restaurant chairs — dining chairs, café chairs and bistro chairs — in solid wood and metal, engineered for the contract duty cycle while carrying the look the venue is selling.
This page covers the indoor seating that defines a dining room, in two material families. Wooden restaurant chairs — in solid beech, oak and ash — bring warmth and a classic or design-led look, from bentwood café chairs to cross-back and ladder-back dining chairs and fully upholstered frames. Metal restaurant chairs — in electrostatic-painted steel and aluminium — deliver an industrial, contemporary or French-bistro aesthetic with exceptional durability and easy cleaning. Both are offered as side chairs and armchairs, with or without upholstery, and in stacking versions for venues that clear the floor each night. Every frame, joint and finish is specified for commercial use, not domestic price.
A note on scope, so you land on the right page. This is the home of indoor restaurant and café dining chairs. Bar- and counter-height seating has its own bar & counter stools page — that is where stools belong, kept separate so heights and ergonomics stay correct. Fixed bench and booth seating is on the booths & banquette seating page; the tables these chairs pull up to, and full table-and-chair sets, are on the restaurant tables page; and outdoor café and bistro chairs for terraces and pavements live in the weather-rated commercial outdoor furniture range. This page belongs to the wider restaurant furniture category, which furnishes the whole dining room from one factory.
How We Work A B2B manufacturer — made to project, not to retail.
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Trade & contract only
We work with hotels, developers, interior studios and procurement teams — not the public.
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Made to your project
Every piece is built to your drawings, finishes, fire ratings and quantities. Nothing off the shelf.
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Priced by project
No retail price list and no online shop — each project is quoted from its spec, direct from our factory.
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Delivered worldwide
We crate, ship and install to site across 40+ countries, on a single or phased schedule.
Chair Styles
A cross-section of the range, by style and frame material. Filter by timber — beech, oak, ash or walnut — or metal to see what suits your concept — every style is built to contract specification and can be customised in finish and upholstery.
Solid beech
Bambino
W46 · L52 · H85 · SH46 cm · 4.8 kg
Solid beech · high chair
Babygo High Chair
W44 · L50 · H92 · SH52 cm · 6.0 kg
Solid beech · swivel
Melodini
W50 · L55 · H80 · SH47 cm · 6.5 kg
Solid ash · armchair
Zeus
W58 · L56 · H78 · SH46 cm · 6.8 kg
Solid ash · armchair
Barryso
W57 · L55 · H77 · SH46 cm · 6.5 kg
Solid ash · cane back
Windyus
W55 · L54 · H79 · SH47 cm · 6.0 kg
Solid oak · armchair
Mirano
W56 · L55 · H78 · SH46 cm · 6.2 kg
Solid oak · armchair
Wilder
W57 · L56 · H77 · SH46 cm · 6.4 kg
Solid oak · fan back
Priscale
W52 · L53 · H88 · SH47 cm · 6.0 kg
Oak frame · upholstered wing
Zelmirano
W54 · L60 · H92 · SH48 cm · 8.5 kg
Solid walnut · cross back
Linzor
W50 · L52 · H80 · SH46 cm · 5.5 kg
Walnut frame · upholstered
Mayala
W56 · L55 · H77 · SH46 cm · 6.6 kg
Walnut frame · upholstered
Romanoli
W55 · L54 · H78 · SH47 cm · 6.3 kg
Walnut frame · upholstered
Wisher
W58 · L57 · H79 · SH46 cm · 7.0 kg
Walnut frame · tufted
Yakamozes
W50 · L58 · H95 · SH48 cm · 7.5 kg
Solid walnut · armchair
Zoyano
W57 · L56 · H78 · SH46 cm · 6.7 kg
Metal frame · upholstered
Nelson
W56 · L55 · H76 · SH47 cm · 7.0 kg
Metal frame · upholstered
Pavia
W58 · L57 · H77 · SH46 cm · 7.4 kg
Metal frame · tub armchair
Still
W56 · L58 · H75 · SH46 cm · 8.0 kg
Metal frame · armchair
Thai
W57 · L56 · H77 · SH47 cm · 7.2 kg
Metal frame · armchair
Vigo
W58 · L58 · H76 · SH46 cm · 8.5 kg
Metal sled · side chair
West
W48 · L54 · H84 · SH47 cm · 6.0 kg
Epoxy-coated metal frame
Aston Plus
W57 · L55 · H77 · SH46 cm · 7.0 kg
Looking for sun loungers or a woven rattan sofa?Reclining sun loungers and poolside chaise belong on the Sun Loungers & Pool Sunbeds page; rattan and wicker sofas are on the Rattan & Wicker Furniture page.
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Styles shown are indicative of the range
Each style is made to order in your choice of finish, stain or coating colour and upholstery. Send your concept or a reference and we will match it — or adapt a style to your exact seat height, arm profile and stacking requirement.
Contract Build
From the floor a restaurant chair looks like any other; the difference is everything you cannot see. These are the points that decide whether a chair lasts five seasons or fails in one.
— Engineered joints: Contract chairs are built with mechanical, reinforced joints designed to resist the constant racking force of being leaned back on — not simply glued and dowelled like domestic chairs, which loosen and wobble within a season.
— Frame rated for the load: Solid beech, oak and ash, or electrostatic-painted steel and aluminium, sized for repeated commercial loading rather than occasional home use.
— Fire-rated, rub-tested upholstery: Where seats and backs are padded, the fabric or faux leather is flame-retardant and carries a high rub-count (Martindale/Wyzenbeek) for years of daily use, and wipes clean between covers.
— Stackability: Many wood and metal styles stack, cutting nightly clear-down labour and letting staff clear a floor for cleaning or private events. Confirm stack height for your storage.
— Floor-protecting glides: Quality glides protect both the chair feet and the floor, and keep the room quieter as chairs are moved.
— Repairable & re-orderable: Seats can be re-upholstered and finishes reproduced, so a chair is maintained rather than discarded, and a re-order years later still matches the floor.
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The joint is the chair
Almost every restaurant chair that fails does so at the joint, where the back meets the seat and takes the leverage of a leaning guest. It is the single most important thing to specify — and the one a low price quietly removes.
Materials
Both material families are built to contract standard; the choice is about look, weight, maintenance and the concept. Here is how they compare for a restaurant floor.
| Frame | Look | Strengths on a restaurant floor | Consider |
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| Solid beech | Warm, classic, versatile | The workhorse contract timber — strong, takes any stain, ideal for bentwood and traditional café chairs. | Refinish high-wear edges over time. |
| Oak / ash | Premium, characterful grain | A higher-end natural look for fine dining and design-led rooms; hard-wearing and handsome. | A premium over beech. |
| Electrostatic-painted steel | Industrial, contemporary, bistro | Extremely durable, easy to clean, available in a wide colour range; the basis of industrial and French-bistro styles. | Specify a quality coating to resist chipping. |
| Aluminium | Light, modern | Lightweight for fast handling and high stacking; rust-resistant and easy to move. | Lighter feel than steel underfoot. |
| Upholstery (option) | Soft, refined | A fire-rated, rub-tested seat and back add comfort to either frame for longer sittings. | Choose wipe-clean faux leather for messy concepts. |
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Many rooms mix both
A common, effective approach pairs warm wooden chairs at the tables with metal-framed chairs as accents, or matches a wood frame to a metal-legged table. As one manufacturer we coordinate the finishes so a mixed scheme reads as deliberate, not accidental.
Where It Works
The right chair changes with the concept — comfort and finish at one end, durability and turnover at the other.
— Fine dining & hotel restaurants: Upholstered wood-frame chairs and carver armchairs for comfort over a long sitting, in premium timbers and fire-rated fabrics.
— Casual dining & bistro: Cross-back and ladder-back wooden chairs, or industrial metal side chairs — characterful, durable and efficient, the workhorse of full-service dining.
— Café & coffee shop: Lightweight bentwood and stacking café chairs that clean fast, move easily and pack down for tight, high-turnover floors.
— Brasserie & bistro fronts: French bistro metal chairs and bentwood classics that set an unmistakable café tone.
— Multi-outlet hotels & groups: A coordinated chair family across a restaurant, café and breakfast room, specified and re-ordered from one source.
Specification Guide
Five checks our hospitality clients run before committing a chair order.
1 — Specify for the duty cycle, and check the joint
Confirm engineered, reinforced joints and a frame rated for commercial loading. The joint where back meets seat is where chairs fail — it is the spec that matters most, and the one a low price removes.
2 — Get upholstery fire-rated and rub-tested
Padded seats and backs must use flame-retardant fabric or faux leather with a high rub-count. Confirm both certifications up front — they are a compliance and durability requirement.
3 — Match seat height to your tables
Standard dining seat height suits standard tables; confirm the relationship so guests sit comfortably. Counter- and bar-height seating is a separate product on the bar & counter stools page.
4 — Decide on stacking early
If the floor is cleared nightly or for events, specify stackable styles and confirm stack height against your storage. It is an operating-cost decision worth making at the start.
5 — Order spares and record the finish
Order 5–10% spare chairs and keep the stain, coating colour and fabric on file, so a damaged chair years later is replaced with an identical one rather than a near-match.
Across the Restaurant Range
Chairs are the start. The rest of the restaurant range completes the floor — same factory, same 2-year warranty.
tables · tops · bases
Restaurant Tables
The tables these chairs pull up to — tops, bases and full sets.
View tables →
bar · counter stools
Bar Stools & Counter Stools
Bar- and counter-height seating for the bar and high-tops.
View stools →
booths · banquette · bench
Booths & Banquette Seating
Fixed seating that lifts cover density along the walls.
View booths →
buffet · sideboard · service
Buffet Counters & Service Stations
Front-of-house service furniture — buffet counters and sideboards.
View buffet →
Request a Quotation
Restaurant, café, bistro or hotel — send the brief and we'll return a product schedule, FOB/CIF pricing and lead time. Direct from our Istanbul factory, in wood and metal, with a 2-year contract warranty.
FAQ
A commercial restaurant chair is engineered for the duty cycle of a hospitality floor — used many times a day for years. The differences are structural: reinforced, mechanical joints that resist the racking force of leaning, a frame sized for repeated commercial load, fire-rated and rub-tested upholstery where padded, and floor-protecting glides. A domestic chair looks similar on day one but loosens and fails quickly under restaurant use.
Yes. The range is built in two material families: wooden restaurant chairs in solid beech, oak and ash — bentwood, cross-back, ladder-back, spindle and upholstered wood-frame styles — and metal restaurant chairs in electrostatic-painted steel and aluminium, including industrial, slat-back, wireframe, French-bistro and stacking styles. Use the filter above to browse by material. Many rooms mix the two, which we coordinate in finish.
Yes. Several wood and metal styles stack, which cuts nightly clear-down labour and lets staff clear a floor for cleaning or private events. Stacking is an operating-cost decision worth specifying at the start; we confirm the stack height so it suits your storage space.
Yes. As the manufacturer we make to specification — stain and coating colour, upholstery fabric or faux leather, seat height, arm profile and stacking requirement. Padded seats and backs use fire-rated, rub-tested materials. Send your concept or a reference and we match or adapt a style to it.
Those are dedicated pages so each is specified correctly. Bar- and counter-height seating is on the bar & counter stools page; tables and full sets on the restaurant tables page; fixed bench and booth seating on the booths & banquette seating page; and weather-rated outdoor café and bistro chairs in the commercial outdoor furniture range. We coordinate all of them from one factory.
The restaurant chair range carries a 2-year contract warranty, with a typical 4–8 week lead time depending on quantity, finish and season. As the manufacturer we sell direct from our Istanbul factory and handle anything from a boutique café to a multi-outlet rollout, FOB from Türkiye or CIF to your nominated port.
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