# Café & Restaurant Pleated Blind Source: https://www.fenetresystems.com/en/cafe-restaurant-pleated-blind/ # Café & Restaurant Pleated Blind Pleated blind in cafés and restaurants. Table privacy, shade control at the sun hour and evening closure on glazed façades. ## Café & Restaurant Analysis The café and restaurant’s glazed façade offers daylight to the customer. The noon sun disturbs the table, in the evening the interior opens to the street. The pleated blind works on the glass plane; it keeps the shade at table level. On a glazed partition between tables it separates the view of those sitting side by side. ### Shade at Table Level The blind is band-positioned per the sun’s angle. While the sun hitting the table is cut, light and the view remain from the top band. ### Side-by-Side Privacy On a glazed partition or a spaced window the blind softens neighbouring tables seeing each other. The space stays bright. ### Evening Closure When darkness falls the lit interior opens to the street. The blind is closed and the interior view is cut from outside. ### Silent Operation In an environment where customer conversation continues, the blind opens and closes silently. It does not interrupt the service flow. ## Managing the Table Light in the Café and Restaurant In the café the blind is directly related to the customer’s sitting duration. If the noon sun falls harshly on the table the customer picks a shaded table and the window line stays empty. The half-positioned band solves this without full closure. The space stays bright, the table line is shaded. In the intense tempo the blind is adjusted tens of times a day. [Cordless control](https://www.fenetresystems.com/en/pleated-blind-systems/) lets the staff change position in seconds. The long façade is divided into several units; table lines are adjusted separately. Throughout the sun’s movement only the relevant unit is touched. The dining hall’s air carries grease and odour. The pleated fabric wiped with a damp cloth lowers the cost compared to a [drapery curtain](https://www.fenetresystems.com/en/curtains/) wanting dry cleaning. In the closed position the single-colour surface keeps the evening look calm. The street façade is the business’s showcase. Pedestrians’ eye-level gaze is cut with the half position. The top band stays open, the inside’s movement is read from outside. A living-space image remains instead of an empty hall. The setting differs between the noon and evening services. In a business with a winter garden and a terrace the façade blind is adjusted by the season. In summer [sunscreen fabric](https://www.fenetresystems.com/en/sunscreen-duette-blinds/) cuts the heat, in winter the open unit takes the solar gain inside. Zone-based separate control eases this routine. The kitchen service door and the dish corridor carry a separate condition. In the volume where steam and odour are densest, moisture-series fabric and full closure are used. The service-door glass cuts the view from the hall to the kitchen. The opening hour chooses the blind calendar. In a breakfast café the east façade in the morning, in an evening restaurant the west façade is the priority shade zone. The façade calendar is provided to the staff as a single-sentence rule. The steam and grease on the kitchen-service line choose the fabric series. The unit near the service counter is produced with the moisture series, the hall façade with the visual series. Two fabric types in a single project are the café reality. At the transition between the outdoor area and the interior hall the blind draws the boundary. When the interior glass closes the terrace keeps working. In the evening service the band separating the inside from the street view cuts the terrace customer watching the hall. The two volumes’ privacy is separate. In the terrace season the interior façade unit’s role changes. In summer while the customer is on the terrace, the interior unit cuts the air-conditioning load and builds the evening ambience. When the season closes the interior hall returns to full capacity and the façade setting is renewed. At breakfast time the east façade takes sharp sun. The table-level band is brought to the morning position. In the evening service the interior lighting’s reflection to the street is checked. Where a dim ambience is wanted, the half position balances light and privacy. Application Notes ## Mounting & Selection for Café & Restaurant ### Hourly Scenario The sun hour and the evening closure are foreseen. With a motorised system a programmed open-close can be built. ### Fabric Hygiene In the dining space the fabric is exposed to steam and odour. A wipeable-series choice eases the cleaning programme. ### Façade Order On long glazed façades the same gathering height on every unit gives an orderly look. It matches the space’s décor language. Explore ## Related Pages Café & Restaurant — shade at table level, side-by-side privacy, evening closure, silent operation. [Pleated Blinds for Commercial Spaces](https://www.fenetresystems.com/en/pleated-blinds-for-commercial-spaces/) [Pleated Blinds](https://www.fenetresystems.com/en/pleated-blinds/) ## Calculated with the Table Order The façade length and the table line choose the height at which the shade band will be held. [Request a Quote](https://www.fenetresystems.com/en/contact/) [WhatsApp](https://www.fenetresystems.com/en/whatsapp/)