Not Just A Round Table Cloth: How Your Table Linen Affects The Guest Experience

A round table cloth is often used in restaurants and banqueting function rooms. The quality of the material used, the presentation and the atmosphere can all make a difference to the bottom line.

Table linen for your fine dining restaurant is essential to provide guests with that quality experience. Fabric tablecloths and napkins provide a restaurant-quality look and feel to your tables.

Research has shown that ‘both the tableware and the environment can have a profound effect on our perception of food and drink’ (Spence, et al in Flavour 2012). Guests don’t mind paying a premium for a five-star service.

Round table protectors can be used underneath a round table cloth to reduce noise during a busy restaurant service. The table protectors also protect the table surface from stains and are heat resistant.

Table protectors and table cloths also absorb liquids that are spilt onto the table, preventing them from overflowing the table. Small details like this make all the difference to your guests.

Table cloths and napkins can be complementary colours or contrasting colours. We stock a wide range of fabrics in multiple colours and we can make up your tablecloth in the colour of your choice.

Forbes Group can make a round table cloth to fit your dining tables in our UK showroom. We make small tablecloths for bistro tables and large custom lengths for banquet tables.

A standard dining table is 150cm, 180cm or 240cm (5 foot, 6 foot or 8 foot / 60 inch, 72 inch or 96 inch) in diameter. We stock extra wide fabrics so that a round table cloth doesn’t have to have a seam in it. The cloth can drop to the floor or be half-height.

Contract orders for round table cloths are fulfilled from our UK head office. We can take orders for bulk quantities from 100 to 1,000. We have been supplying hotels & restaurants across the world for over forty years, so you can rest assured that we can deliver.

Round table cloths are made in easy-care fabrics that are machine washable. Polyester fabrics are hard-wearing and can be washed in industrial washing machines in your hotel laundry. We rigorously test the fabrics that we use for your table cloths to ensure that they can stand up to commercial use.

We provide round table cloths in an eco-friendly fabric made from recycled plastic bottles. Enviro-Fab is available in 17 different colours including popular neutral shades, white, black and grey.

Table cloths can be made in our conference baize material. This is a luxury fabric that hangs beautifully and comes in several rich colourways. The conference cloth we supply is Oeko-Tek Standard 100 certified

Round dining tables can be covered in table cloths or a table skirt with a table topper. As specialists in table skirting, we have developed table skirts that are quick and easy to apply, saving staff time.

From a guest’s point of view, a round table cloth and a table skirt covered by a table cloth look the same. The advantage of a table skirt is the consistency. It is more difficult to dress tables with loose table cloths and keep them consistent across the whole room.

Table skirts are made to a certain length so that they all hang from the table edge in the same way. This improves aesthetics across a restaurant as all the tables look the same. And no linen drags on the floor or is too high off the floor.

There is more to dressing a dining table than adding a round table cloth and tableware. The table linen will be judged on quality and will affect the guest experience. Keeping your guests happy will translate to repeat bookings and improve your revenue.

Talk to our experienced customer care team who will be happy to advise on the best table linen for your hotel or restaurant.