How Green Plants Benefit Restaurant Design

The restaurant business is notoriously challenging. You may be booked solid now, but how can you guarantee that you retain a steady stream of hungry clients? Of course, your food and services are the most important aspects of your business, but the atmosphere and ambiance presented to those dining at your establishment cannot be underestimated.

If you are a restaurant owner or manager, you know that social media has transformed the business – your restaurant, for better or worse, will likely end up all over the internet at some point. This is why considering the significant benefits of green plants may be your wisest decision today. Plants add beauty, interest, color, and texture to your restaurant and can transform the perceived experience of those eating there. Let’s take a closer look.

Biophilic design is a hot topic: Biophilic design is a concept used to connect customers and employees of a building to the natural environment. Biophilic design provides health, environmental, and economic benefits everywhere, from restaurants to commercial spaces. In short, people have realized that they really like to be surrounded by plants and feel better when they are. Businesses can respond by filling their spaces with greenery, whether living walls at the entrance or planters throughout the dining area. Biophilic designs provide psychological and physical health benefits on many levels and will likely encourage clients to return.

Plants muffle and reduce noise: Dining at a restaurant is better if the conversation flows – but it’s hard to have an intimate dialogue if the noise level is too high. Trying to hear your companions over other conversations, clattering dishes, or live music can be aggravating. In fact, after poor service, the most common complaint delivered to restaurant management is that the noise was distracting. However, green plants help optimize acoustics by muffling sound reverberations and vibrations in the air, lowering the overall decibel level. The larger the plant surface, the better the noise control – making living and moss walls gorgeous, eye-catching and instagrammable, as well as highly functional.

Beautiful plant displays increase your “instagrammability”: When the younger generations enjoy their experience at your restaurant, they are likely to post about it – from showcasing your food presentation to posing among a tropical flower display. Plants offer easy content generation for them and free publicity for you. Greenery allows you to create a unique and visually appealing space, limited only by your imagination. You can create a lush and beautiful “photo spot” (with your sign in view) that encourages groups to take photos and share them with their friends.

Plants provide form, function, and ambiance: Plants can play a variety of roles in your restaurant. Plants with large, showy leaves are geometric and artistic. Trees and shrubs can provide barriers between tables or sections. Tropical blooms can infuse a space with romance and intrigue. Plants can deliver aesthetic symmetry, balancing out your space and offering a sense of serenity. In short, plants create a mood and function as artistic natural additions to your restaurant, transforming it from a place of business to an experience.

Tropex Helps Area Restaurants to “Go Green”

If you are a Sarasota area restaurant looking for ways to make your establishment stand out, call Tropex plant leasing today. Our horticulturalists and plant design experts will help you create the right plant installation to fit your brand and needs—whether sophisticated and elegant, bold and colorful, or lush and tropical. Once installed, you do not need to worry; we’ll also care for the plants as long as they are onsite.

At Tropex, we understand the power of plants in attracting and retaining clients. Let us help you elevate your clients’ dining experience.