Fixed seating · UK & Ireland
Settles, booths and banquettes drawn to your measurements, specified for UK commercial fire rules on request, and delivered in sections sized for the door you actually have.
Booth & Bench (a line by EASEN Commercial Furniture) makes fixed seating for pubs, restaurants and cafés in the UK and Ireland: booths, settles, banquettes and benches, made to measure and quoted per metre. Every job is drawn for approval, built in our own production base in Foshan, China, specified to BS 7176 on request and shipped direct in sections that fit through a pub door.
A settle is a high-backed timber bench, traditionally with solid ends, that forms a sheltered seat against a wall or around a fire; it is the original British pub booth.
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Fixed booth seating is upholstered seating built as a closed unit with a back and ends, fixed to the wall or floor, and set in facing pairs around a table to form a booth bay.
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A banquette is a continuous upholstered seat fixed along a wall, facing a row of tables with loose chairs on the gangway side.
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Serviceable fixed seating is built so it can be delivered in small parts, joined accurately on site, and repaired or re-covered without ripping out the whole run.
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Pub chairs are the loose timber chairs that sit opposite banquettes and around free-standing tables, chosen to match the fixed seating in style and finish.
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Old pubs are not square. Walls lean, floors fall towards the cellar flap and no two alcoves match. We work from your survey, not a catalogue length, and return a drawing with every section, joint and fixing point dimensioned in millimetres. Nothing is cut until you have signed it off.
Seating in pubs, restaurants and hotels is normally expected to meet BS 7176 at medium hazard, which includes the BS 5852 Crib 5 test. We specify fire-retardant foams, interliners and fabrics to that standard on request, and supply test documentation for the specific item where available, so your fire risk assessment has the paperwork it needs.
A three-metre banquette is no use if the only way in is a 760 mm door off a narrow corridor. We plan section lengths around your delivery route, join them invisibly on site and label every piece to the drawing. Booth & Bench is a line by EASEN Commercial Furniture, shipped direct from our own production base in Foshan.
A 1,450 mm high-back oak settle with solid side boards and a single upholstered back pad, made for snugs and firesides.
An open timber-frame bench with arms, a rail back and upholstered seat and back pads.
A backless waterfall bench wrapped in woven cane, for window lines and the long side of a sharing table.
A 2,400 mm backless window bench with five loose bolster cushions, for the most valuable line in the room.
A no-nonsense booth with a plain upholstered back, a timber lattice crest and a dark base.
A booth with two deep horizontal back rolls in bottle green, set in a light oak-effect body.
A timber-bodied booth with a full-width pull-out drawer beneath the seat for linen, high chairs and menus.
A dark timber booth with a tall walnut-tone back panel framing a slate-blue upholstered back and seat.
Send us a floor plan, a measured sketch or photographs with a tape in shot, plus covers, style and any fabric you have in mind. We can talk you through measuring an awkward room.
We propose runs, booth bays and table sizes, and quote per metre with options priced separately: back style, fabric grade, end panels, fire specification and delivery terms.
You approve dimensioned drawings for each run, showing section joints and fixings. A sample section, or upholstered fabric panels, can be made before full production on request.
Frames, foam and upholstery are built in our Foshan production base. Before packing we check every section against the drawing and send you photographs of the finished pieces.
Sections arrive labelled and export-packed. Your shopfitter or joiner fixes them to wall and floor using the details on the drawing; we stay on hand by phone and video throughout.
What BS 7176 medium hazard and BS 5852 Crib 5 mean for pub, restaurant and hotel seating, who is responsible, and how to specify fixed seating correctly.
A step-by-step survey guide for booths and banquettes: measuring walls, sills and radiators in millimetres, and sizing sections for doors, stairs and lifts.
Plan a pub or restaurant seating layout in metres: space per cover, booth bays, banquette runs, gangway widths, a worked 10 m wall example and mistakes.
Upholstered seating in pubs, restaurants and hotels is normally specified to BS 7176 at medium hazard, which includes ignition tests to BS 5852, including Crib 5. The legal duty sits with the responsible person under the fire safety legislation for your part of the UK, through the fire risk assessment, so confirm the hazard level with your fire risk assessor. We specify foams and fabrics to meet it on request.
No. BS 5852 is a test method: it sets out ignition sources, from a smouldering cigarette to wooden cribs, and how to apply them. BS 7176 is the specification for non-domestic seating: it says which BS 5852 ignition sources a particular hazard category must pass. Medium hazard under BS 7176 includes cigarette, match and Crib 5 tests.
Irish contract specifications commonly reference the same BS 7176 and BS 5852 test regime for seating in licensed premises and hotels. Requirements can vary by project and building, so check with your fire safety consultant or the local fire authority, and tell us what they require.
We quote per linear metre for each style of seating, then list options separately: back height and style, fabric or leather, fire specification, end panels, storage and delivery terms. We do not publish price lists; every quotation is built from your drawing and survey.
That is planned at the quotation stage. Tell us the narrowest door, the tightest turn and any stairs on the delivery route. Standard UK internal doors are often 762 or 838 mm wide, with a smaller clear opening. We size sections to suit and join them on site.
Booth & Bench is a line by EASEN Commercial Furniture. Everything is made to order in our own production base in Lecong, Foshan, in Guangdong, China, and shipped direct to your venue. We do not hold UK stock, which is how we keep the work bespoke and the pricing factory-direct.