Restaurant and cafe table tops

The top is the part every customer touches. Sintered stone, granite, wood, laminate, and resin all appear among these 60 table tops, in square, round, rectangular, and drop leaf shapes. Size follows the party you seat most; surface follows the wipe-down.

Size follows the party

A 24 inch square holds two diners, and stepping up to 30 inches gives their plates some room. A 36 inch square takes four, and so does a 42 inch round. Go to 48 inches round and you can seat five or six.

Square tops are the biggest group here, with 47 listings. Rectangles come to 46, rounds to 41, and drop leaf tops to nine. In a narrow shop a round top has no corners to catch a hip, and a drop leaf hands the aisle back between rushes. Somebody will wipe the top you pick again and again, so choose a surface you are happy to look at after the hundredth cloth.

Resin, laminate, wood, or stone

Resin is the most common surface, on 25 listings. Laminate follows with 12, wood with eight, solid wood with seven, granite with two, and sintered stone with one. The two largest groups have their own pages: resin table tops and laminate table tops. For grain, go to wood table tops. For stone, open granite table tops.

Sizes or shapes outside the standard range are custom orders, with lead times up to about eight weeks and no cancelling or returning after confirmation. Look at configurable table tops first, since those 14 let you set the shape and size.

Indoors and out

Every one of the 60 tops is listed for indoor use, and 26 of them also carry a patio line. A top without that line stays inside. The ones with it still want rinsing, drainage, and shelter or storage once the season is over.

Match the base

A top isn't a table until it sits on a base. Dining height is 29 to 30 inches, bar height 40 to 42, and the table bases pages are sorted that way. For a round top, check that the base spans two thirds of its width.

Single tops range from $38 to $382. Draw the floor in cafe plans first, count the two-tops and four-tops, and the order list nearly writes itself.