Arabic Majlis Seating for Cafés, Coffee Houses and Shisha Cafés

Coffee-shop seating can be planned straight from your floor plan. Mark the seating zone, the team confirms the outline with you, and the layout comes back built from standard 75 in (190 cm) seats, shorter filler seats, backrests, armrests and pouf pillows. The payment link is issued only after you agree the final plan.

Divide the wall run by the bench length. Each wooden bench is 75 × 27.5 × 16 in (190 × 70 × 40 cm) with its cushion included, so about 780 in (1980 cm) of wall holds ten at most, and usually nine once a door or corner is taken out. The designer confirms the count on your plan before quoting.

Custom orders come with a layout plan showing where each seat, backrest and corner piece goes. Foam pieces need no assembly: they are numbered at the workshop and simply placed in order.

Multi-branch projects work well because every piece is made to a recorded specification. Shortlist the models, then send quantities, fabric choices, floor plans and opening dates for each branch; standard models without custom changes move faster. Ask us about freight options for large and commercial orders.

Loose foam pieces can be moved by anyone who pulls on them, so busy cafes usually set the cushions inside a booth frame or on a wooden platform, or have the contractor fix the base. Tell us which, and the cushions are sized to sit inside the frame.

Plan on two to three adults per 75 in (190 cm) seat. I count closer to two where people eat as well as sit. A run of three wooden benches seats about six in comfort, and up to nine on a crowded night.

Cafes also use more armrests than homes. An armrest between seats turns a long bench into separate places, so a stranger can sit beside a group without asking, and the designer spaces them on the floor plan.

The seat takes most of the rubbing, and faux leather, made in plain colors only, suits the seats that take the most spills. Covers on the foam seating unzip and can be machine-washed on a gentle 86°F (30°C) cycle, and a second set lets the busiest seats go into the wash without a gap in the room.

For a yardstick on wear, the Association for Contract Textiles suggests about 20,000 Martindale cycles for general contract upholstery and 40,000 for heavy-duty seating.

Sessions run long, so the seat matters more than the table. Low seating at 4 in (10 cm) or 8 in (20 cm) with full backrests suits guests who lean back for the evening, and raised wooden-frame benches suit a room that mixes shisha with meals.

Plan the server's route to the coal station before the seat count, and ask your fire official which distances apply. Full lounge layouts are on our hookah lounge seating page.

• Each bench measured after the woodwork is done: top length, depth and back height above the seat.
• Whether the cushions sit loose on a platform or inside a frame lip.
• Doors, columns, outlets and the walkway to the coffee station, on one drawing.
• Any run with no wall behind it; metal back supports for those sections are available on request.

When a fire official or landlord wants fabric documents, send their written requirement with your first message; the team checks it against each fabric and says plainly if none on the shortlist meets it.

Give the opening date in your first message so the team can say plainly whether it can be met. Production time depends on your layout and the season — ask us for the current schedule. Wooden pieces take longer to make than foam sets — ask us for the current schedule. Production begins when the layout drawing is signed off and the order is confirmed.

Some owners open with standard floor seating in the first zone and add the custom booths later. Ready-made sets are packed soon after payment — ask us for the current dispatch time.