UGLK

Hospitality

Restaurant & Hospitality Interior Design

Atmosphere guests remember, on a plan the operator can run.

The challenge

A room that sells and a plan that works

A restaurant has to do two jobs at once. It must carry an atmosphere that people choose and come back to, and it must give the operator a plan that seats, serves and clears efficiently.

Existing buildings rarely help: structure, ceiling heights, service routes and fixed services decide how much of the idea survives. The useful work is to treat those constraints as the starting point of the design.

What we deliver

What we deliver

  • 01

    Concept and spatial strategy

    How guests arrive, wait, sit and leave — and the idea that holds the interior together.

  • 02

    Planning

    Layouts tested against capacity, circulation, service routes and the realities of the existing building.

  • 03

    Design development

    Materials, joinery, lighting and details resolved to the point where cost and buildability are understood.

  • 04

    Visualisation

    Images produced from the working model, so what the client approves is what the drawings describe.

Relevant projects

Relevant projects

Status and area are as stated in the studio’s portfolio. Concepts and work in progress are labelled.

Design and technical approach

Approach

  1. 01

    Read the building

    Start with structure, services and the existing plan, and decide what to keep, hide or celebrate.

  2. 02

    Give every zone a role

    Distinct rooms for different moods and occasions, linked by one palette and one idea.

  3. 03

    Choose materials that age well

    Surfaces and joinery that suit heavy daily use, selected together with lighting.

  4. 04

    Hand over something buildable

    Drawings coordinated with engineering partners so the contractor builds what was designed.

Enquiries

Planning a hospitality project?

Tell us about the space, the stage you are at and the opening date.