"Meeting up with friends in the beer garden, having a relaxed meal with the family or simply enjoying the balmy nights with a glass of wine or a good cocktail - people love sitting outside until late in the evening in summer and being entertained. It's not just good food and drink that is important to guests, it's the atmosphere that makes them feel at home. You can make a lasting impression and show your restaurant in the right light, especially with the right restaurant lighting. In this article, we will show you how to ensure a guaranteed reunion and perfectly stage the outdoor area of your restaurant with gastro lamps. "
Beer garden Fairy lights - the classic
Gastro fairy lights are particularly popular and are used again and again - whether in brightly colored or plain white, with this outdoor lighting a restaurateur can do nothing wrong. They are usually hung in trees or bushes, but they can also be hung on house walls or properties. they also cut a fine figure.
The fairy lights for the catering trade are available from skapetze® in various lengths of up to almost 15 m, so that they can be precisely tailored to the respective conditions.
Atmospheric table lighting with the matching gastronomy lamps
Drinks and the dinner menu are usually served to the guests, so why not simply bring the light directly to the table? Traditionally, candles are often used here, but how about surprising your guests and trying something new?
Battery lights are therefore perfect as catering lamps, as they do not have an unsightly cable, nor do they go out in too much wind. They also provide far more light than simple candlelight, which really brings out the best in the food - after all, you eat with your eyes.
The outdoor area of a restaurant with high-quality pendant luminaires set the scene
If you have the option of using your catering lighting outside with suspended or pendant luminaires should definitely take advantage of this. Suspended from trees, roof struts or canopies, they create a wonderful atmosphere and let your restaurant shine in a high-quality glow - guaranteed to amaze your guests. These types of catering lamps are a regular eye-catcher and become part of your outdoor furnishings.
Illuminated furniture - Unusual gastronomy outdoor lighting
Especially for bars and the lounge area luminous pieces of furniture are definitely an eye-catcher. They combine light with furnishings and can be used as high tables, side tables or stools. The LED furniture from Moree are the right lifestyle objects and use new technology to create a chic look that makes an impression.
Retro Wall lights as beer garden lamps
To the lighting of the entrance area or for the tables near the house wall wall lamps are particularly suitable. They emphasize wall structures and patterned façades with their beam of light, allowing old brickwork to shine in new splendour.
They are often used for beer garden lighting with a lantern look, but the more modern versions are also suitable as gastronomy lamps.
What you need to consider for outdoor catering lighting
In order to stylishly set the scene in the beer garden and outdoor catering area, you should not just randomly select beautiful catering lamps, but always bear in mind that these suit the occasion.
For example, the lighting in a café where people like to have breakfast requires completely different lighting conditions to those in a bar where guests go before visiting a club. In a fast food restaurant, customers attach importance to different things than in a starred restaurant and this should also be reflected in the lighting.
In addition, the outdoor restaurant lighting naturally match the interior lighting and be coordinated with it, as this is the only way to create a successful and harmonious overall impression. Here it is advisable to use a professional and individual lighting design planning, whereby we at skapetze® and create a lighting concept for your catering business.
Click here you can find out everything about our lighting plans. And here you can find our brochure especially for hotel and restaurant lighting.
In addition, the following generally applies to all outdoor luminaires and thus also for outdoor catering lighting to the IP protection class because the catering lamps are constantly exposed to natural weather conditions, but should not be damaged by them.
This protection rating indicates how well the luminaire is protected against foreign bodies and water. For lights that are used outdoors, at least IP44 applies in order to be adequately protected against solid objects larger than 1 mm and splash water such as rain.
You too can create a great ambience in the outdoor area of your restaurant, café or bar with suitable gastronomy lamps or beer garden fairy lights.
For even more inspiration, why not take a look at our on-site showroom or discover more outdoor lights here in the skapetze® online store!
