Banquette along a wall with two-seat tables
One block of this library · wall 16' 4" × 7' 2"
Overall Each piece, width
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Furniture library · 18 blocks · 10 in 3D
Restaurant seating layouts: tables, booths and banquettes
Restaurant seating layout standards as CAD blocks, for restaurants, cafes and bars: 10 layouts drawn to the spacing a dining room needs, with four-seat tables along a wall with and without an aisle, round and square four-seat tables with their clearances, banquette seating with two-seat tables, a booth with its benches, sections through the banquette and the booth, and diagonal and parallel layouts of square tables. Each is drawn 1:1 in plan or in section and comes as DWG and DXF in meters and in inches, SVG and PNG; 10 as a 3D model in STEP, OBJ, GLB, 3MF and STL. Counting each view and each 3D model on its own, the library holds 18 blocks.
- Blocks
- 18
- 3D models
- 10
- Types
- 3
- View
- Plan & section
- Units
- m · in
In the restaurant
Booth with a long table between two benches
One block of this library · wall 16' 4" × 7' 2"
Overall Each piece, width
Also in the room, from other libraries
All 18 seating layout blocks
Every size side by side
All 10 at one scale, packed like a sheet of blocks, with a person in plan for scale. Click a drawing to open its block; the width is under each one, the depth and every format are on the block page.
The library on one sheet
The seating layout drawings side by side, as on the library sheet.
Download the whole library
All 10 drawings of the library in one ZIP, one AutoCAD 2013 DWG per block, drawn 1:1, in meters or in inches. Each block page has its own files too, with DXF, SVG, PNG and the 3D model.
About the restaurant seating layouts library
What is in the library
18 blocks of 3 kinds, every one drawn to the spacing standards at full size; the sizes below are the drawings' own, in feet and inches (switch units at the top of the page). By layout: 4 with clearances or an aisle drawn, 3 with a diagonal or parallel layout, 2 with banquette seating, 2 with a booth. The table gives each layout as it takes floor, width by depth; the two sections are on their own pages.
| Type | Blocks | Width | Depth | Narrowest … widest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tables and their spacing | 6 | 5' 2" – 21' 9" | 4' 4" – 18' 0" | Round four-seat table with chairs on the diagonals5' 2" … Four-seat tables with an aisle between wall and table21' 9" |
| Banquettes and booths | 2 | 16' 4" | 7' 2" | Banquette along a wall with two-seat tables and chairs16' 4" … Booth with a long table between two benches16' 4" |
Rooms you can plan with them
Restaurants, cafés and bistros, hotel breakfast rooms, canteens and food courts. These are layouts rather than single tables: each one draws the tables, the chairs or benches and the space between them, so the block doubles as a check of the seating plan.
Planning numbers that work for most dining rooms: about 12 to 15 sq ft (1.1 to 1.4 m²) per diner in a full-service restaurant, 18 to 20 sq ft (1.7 to 1.9 m²) in fine dining, 11 to 14 sq ft (1.0 to 1.3 m²) in fast food; 18 to 20 in (46 to 51 cm) between occupied chairs back to back; 42 to 60 in (107 to 152 cm) between square tables; and 36 in (91 cm) for the accessible route through the room (ADA Standards 403.5.1).
Questions
How much space does a restaurant need per seat?
About 12 to 15 sq ft (1.1 to 1.4 m²) per diner in a full-service restaurant, 18 to 20 sq ft (1.7 to 1.9 m²) in fine dining and 11 to 14 sq ft (1.0 to 1.3 m²) in fast food, aisles included. A room of 1,000 sq ft (93 m²) seats about 65 to 85 in full service.
How far apart should restaurant tables be?
Leave 18 to 20 in (46 to 51 cm) between the backs of occupied chairs, 42 to 60 in (107 to 152 cm) between square tables, and 24 to 30 in (61 to 76 cm) between the corners of tables set on the diagonal, which is why a diagonal layout seats more in the same room.
How many accessible seats does a restaurant need?
At least 5 % of the seating spaces at dining surfaces must be accessible (ADA Standards 226.1): tables 28 to 34 in (71 to 86 cm) high with knee and toe space (902), a 30 by 48 in (76 by 122 cm) clear floor at the seat, reached by a 36 in (91 cm) route (403.5.1).
Do the layouts come in 3D?
Yes: every layout has a 3D model with the chairs, tables and benches as drawn; the sections use the model of their plan.
Can I use them in Revit, SketchUp or Blender?
Yes. The DWG and DXF blocks import into Revit, ArchiCAD, SketchUp and any CAD program as 2D linework; the 3D layouts come as OBJ and GLB for Blender, SketchUp and Twinmotion, STEP for Fusion and FreeCAD.
Are they free for commercial projects?
Yes. Every file is free for personal and commercial work, with no account and no watermark.
How designers use these blocks
- Seating plansCopy a layout across the dining room to count the covers and keep the spacing the standards ask for. They are drawn 1:1, so the count on the drawing is the count in the room.
- Accessibility checksThe clearances drawn with the tables, the 36 in (91 cm) route and the 30 by 48 in (76 by 122 cm) clear floor at an accessible seat, for the 5 % of dining seats the ADA Standards ask for (226.1).
- Banquettes and boothsThe banquette and the booth in plan and in section, with the bench, the table and the space to slide in, for millwork drawings and booth details.
- Presentation drawingsSVG and PNG for seating plans in Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma or Canva.
- BIM and other CAD programsThe DWG and DXF blocks import into Revit, ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, BricsCAD and SketchUp as 2D linework.
- 3D and scale modelsEvery layout comes as a 3D model: the chairs as drawn facing their tables, tables at 29½ in (75 cm) on a pedestal, benches cut to the banquette section; OBJ, GLB, STEP, 3MF and STL.
On every block page
Open any card above and you get these, for free and with no account:
- Drawing at scaleThe block beside a person, both at the same scale, and at its mounting height when it hangs or sits on a counter.
- 3D modelTurn it round, look underneath, switch to mono or line view, and measure it in your units.
- Explore at scaleDrag and zoom the drawing on a grid at real size and measure any distance on it.
- How big is it?Next to a person and a door, with its footprint in square meters or square feet.
- On your sheetHow it prints at 1:20, 1:50 or 1:100 on A4, A3 or Letter, before you place it.
- In the roomRoom scenes built from the library, with the clearances checked.
- Every formatDWG and DXF in meters and in inches, SVG and PNG; STEP, OBJ, GLB, 3MF and STL for the 3D model.
- DimensionsWidth, depth and height in both units, and every view drawn to the same scale.