Upholstered restaurant chairs

An upholstered chair is the one a guest sits in longest, so the seat and the back get the attention. 118 are listed here, on metal, aluminum, steel and wood frames, with vinyl on nearly all of them and fabric on many. Choose the cover for how the room is used, then the seat height for the table.

Vinyl, fabric and the length of the evening

Vinyl covers the seat on 119 of the 118 chairs and fabric on 59, and some offer both. Wood seats appear on seven. Ninety-six listings let you choose the upholstery.

The cover follows the pace of the room. Vinyl wipes down between seatings, which suits a dining room that turns tables. Fabric earns its place where the second hour of dinner is slow and the quiet counts. Free swatches ship by UPS Ground, and a request for an addition to a room that exists should ask for a fresh one, since color lists change over time. Two colors of one chair are two lines on the order, and the minimum of eight pieces counts tables and chairs in any mix.

Seat height and the table

Listed seat heights cluster between 18 and 20 inches. The common ones are 18 3/4 inches on 26 listings, 19 on 15 and 18 1/2 on 12. A dining top stands 29 to 30 inches, so a seat of 18 3/4 leaves about 11 inches to a 30-inch table, inside the ten to twelve inches that dining calls for between seat and tabletop.

Dimensions vary more than seat height does. The metal dining chair measures 17 1/2 inches wide, and the aluminum dining chair measures 23 3/4. Check the width against your table, since each diner is given about 24 inches of edge.

Frames, backs and stacking

Metal frames lead with 44 listings and aluminum follows with 34. Wood has 14, wood-look metal or aluminum 21, and steel five. Upholstered backs are the common style, on 102 listings, followed by 14 bucket chairs. Ninety-seven have a padded back. Thirty-eight have arms, and 24 stack.

Prices range from $88 to $389. Seven listings show a BIFMA certification on their product pages. One hundred of the 118 are listed for indoor use, so treat the whole category as indoor unless a page lists patio.

For arms and a wider seat, see arm chairs. For metal frames alone, look at metal chairs. A bar rail asks for upholstered bar stools instead. Seating plans keeps the chairs beside the tables they serve.