Buying guide · Cafés & bars
أثاث المقاهي والبارات من الصين: الكراسي العالية والكاونترات ومقاعد الهواء الطلق والأعمال الخشبية المخصصة
أثاث المقاهي من الصين: خصّص مقهى بمساحة 20 م² مبلغ 28,000 يوان صيني من تجهيزات بقيمة 80,000 يوان صيني للمفروشات. ما يجب التحقق منه في الكراسي العالية والكاونترات وأطقم الهواء الطلق.
- A designer’s breakdown of a 20 m² café puts the total fit-out at RMB 80,000, of which RMB 28,000 went on soft furnishings and furniture and RMB 32,000 on the hard fit-out, including a custom counter.
- A Guangdong maker’s outdoor café set combines a solid-wood frame with hand-woven rattan; its 194 comments are almost all price requests answered privately.
- A traveller’s favourite café in Rome was defined by one custom red wall bench alongside designer chairs and lamps — the kind of joinery Chinese workshops make well.
- Counter and stool heights must be drawn as a pair; ask the factory to confirm seat height and footrest position against your counter drawing.
- Outdoor furniture needs its own checks — timber species, finish, rattan type and fixings — because what works on a Guangdong terrace may not suit a wet or frosty climate.
Café and bar furniture from China makes most sense as a package: chairs, stools and tables plus the custom joinery — counter fronts, back-bar shelving, banquettes — that gives a small venue its character. Draw the counter and stool heights together, choose finishes and fabrics that survive daily cleaning, test outdoor pieces for your climate, and have everything inspected and packed in one shipment so the fit-out team receives a complete set.
What café and bar furniture is worth sourcing from China?
Seating, tables and custom joinery, bought together; small décor items and appliances are usually better bought locally. A small café’s character comes from a few custom pieces — a counter, a back-bar, a wall bench — and from chairs and stools chosen to match. Chinese workshops are strong on exactly that mix: timber and metal joinery, upholstered benches and chairs in many finishes. Coffee machines and refrigerated displays are a different trade with their own electrical certification; keep them out of the furniture order unless your consultant has approved them.
For a bigger dining operation, see أثاث المطاعم من الصين; for how cafés and bars fit into larger hospitality projects, the دليل أثاث الفنادق من الصين.
How much of a café fit-out budget goes on furniture?
In one designer’s worked example, about a third: RMB 28,000 of an RMB 80,000 fit-out for a 20 m² café. The breakdown, posted by a Guangdong renovation designer, splits the budget four ways:
| البند | RMB | What it covered |
|---|---|---|
| Hard fit-out | 32,000 | Paint, tiles, plaster details, custom counter and cabinets with timber top, plumbing and waterproofing |
| Soft furnishings and furniture | 28,000 | Rattan chairs, small round tables, bar stools, a lounge sofa, textiles, shelving, décor |
| Equipment | 16,000 | Entry-level commercial coffee machine, grinder, chilled display, basic lighting |
| Decoration | 4,000 | Flowers, plants, curtains, small ornaments |
These are Chinese domestic prices for a small shop, not an export quote; freight, duty and local installation change the picture. The useful lesson is the proportion, and that the custom counter sat in the fit-out line rather than the furniture line — decide early who builds it.
Small cafés overspend on loose décor and underspend on the two pieces guests actually touch: the counter and the seat. Spend the custom budget on the counter, the stools and one signature bench, and buy everything else off the shelf — those three pieces carry the brand, and they are the ones a Chinese workshop can make to measure, often at a lower landed cost than local joinery — worth quoting both ways.
What should you check on bar stools and counters?
That stool seat height, footrest position and counter height are drawn together and confirmed on a sample. As a general guide, counter-height seating sits lower than bar-height seating, and designers usually leave around 25–30 cm between seat and counter top; your designer sets the exact figures. Ask the factory for:
- Seat height and footrest height on the drawing, not only overall height.
- Frame material and wall thickness for metal stools; joint details for timber ones.
- Floor glides suited to your floor, and whether swivels are included.
- Seat finish that survives daily cleaning.
For the counter itself, specify the front material, top thickness and edge, and how it splits into sections for shipping and joins on site. Our restaurant and café furniture sourcing page covers how we check samples.
ما الذي تُضيفه التعليقات؟
The comments under the café posts are thin, but they show how sellers use the platform.
- Price by private message only. Every one of the top comments under the outdoor-set post — prices, sizes, whether it is expensive — received a single-character reply asking readers to message privately.
- Readers ask about sources. Under the Rome café post, one reader asked whether the author had found the café through a promoted post — a fair question for any inspiration feed.
- Sizes are missing. One reader under the outdoor-set post asked for dimensions, which the post never gave — ask for a dimensioned drawing before comparing prices.
Can outdoor café furniture come from China?
Yes, but check the materials for your climate rather than relying on a seller’s description. A Guangdong maker’s promotional post shows a camping-style outdoor café set: solid-wood frames and hand-woven rattan seats, described as sturdy enough for sun and wind, and offered for cafés, restaurant terraces, campsites and guesthouse terraces. Ask which timber species and finish, whether the rattan is natural or synthetic, what the fixings are made of, and how the pieces are expected to weather. Our توريد أثاث خارجي page sets out the checks.
How do you commission custom café joinery in China?
With a dimensioned drawing, a finish sample and a shipping plan that splits long pieces into sections. A traveller’s post about a café in Rome singled out one custom red wall bench as the space’s defining piece, alongside chairs from a Danish brand and a lamp by a Japanese-American designer. Benches, counters and shelving like that are routine work for Chinese joinery and upholstery workshops, provided the drawing is precise. Choose original or licensed designs for chairs and lamps rather than copies. For workshops with project experience, see دليلنا لاختيار مصنّع أثاث فندقي; for larger residential packages, villa and developer furniture packages.
كيف تتعامل Source Foshan مع ذلك
For cafés and bars we work from your layout and counter drawing: we shortlist joinery and upholstery makers, compare 2–3 quotes per item against one written specification, and check a sample stool, chair and counter section before production. Production is followed with weekly photos and video, every piece is inspected before loading, and items from several workshops are consolidated in our Foshan warehouse and packed so the fit-out team receives a complete set. Deposits go to the supplier’s company account; balances are released only after you approve the inspection report. Our fee is 3–5% of order value, agreed in writing before any factory is contacted.
For cafés that want a few finished pieces rather than a custom programme, we recommend Arcaya Living: lounge chairs, lighting and dining sets sourced to confirmed specifications and delivered through to installation.
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Is it worth buying café furniture from China?
For a full set of seating, tables and custom joinery, often yes; for a few chairs, local suppliers are simpler. Compare the landed cost of the whole package, including freight and installation.
What height should café bar stools be?
It depends on the counter: counter-height seating is lower than bar-height seating, and designers usually leave about 25–30 cm between seat and counter top. Confirm exact heights with your designer and on a sample.
Can Chinese factories make a custom café counter?
Yes, from a dimensioned drawing. Specify materials, top thickness and edge, and how the counter splits into sections for shipping and joins on site.
Is outdoor rattan café furniture from China durable?
It depends on the materials and your climate. Ask whether the rattan is natural or synthetic, which timber and finish the frame uses, and what the fixings are made of.
تابع القراءة
المصادر
- Xiaohongshu guide source note (2026-05-19, 209 likes, 1 comments). عرض المصدر
- Xiaohongshu maker/seller source note (2026-07-13, 399 likes, 194 comments). عرض المصدر
- Xiaohongshu guide source note (2025-04-21, 147 likes, 20 comments). عرض المصدر
Fitting out a café or bar?
Send the layout and counter drawing. We return compared quotes for seating and joinery, sample checks and a single shipment plan.