Brick café
35 m² · 377 ft² · 8 seats
Exposed brick, a herringbone floor and a row of pendants over a pale green counter. Window tables at the front.
Café & coffee shop design
Design a café online, free
Five café and coffee shop layouts, from a 30 m² booth café to an 88 m² garden café. Open any of them in the free 3D planner, move the counter, swap the chairs, repaint the walls, then walk through it at eye level before you spend anything on the fit-out.
On a phone you can view the plan and walk through it. Editing needs a computer.
5 café & coffee shop layouts to start from
Garden café
88 m² · 947 ft² · 22 seats
A weeping fig at the centre, a window bar, a lounge corner on a jute rug, a communal table under cone pendants, and an olive and a cherry blossom by the walls.
Corner bakery
48 m² · 517 ft² · 8 seats
Marble-topped counters with a glass pastry case and bread rack, white enamel pendants and one long communal table.
Booth café
30 m² · 323 ft² · 2 booths + 6 chairs
Two upholstered booths along the walls and four two-top tables. A tight plan that still leaves a clear aisle.
White café
42 m² · 452 ft² · 6 seats
Light and minimal: a white service counter, oak floor, a two-top by the window and an armchair reading corner.
How it works
- 1
Open a layout
It opens in your browser as your own copy. Nothing to install and no account.
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Make it yours
Drag walls to your measurements, move and resize furniture, and change paint, floors and finishes.
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Walk through it
Switch to Explore and walk the room at eye level, then export an A4 floor plan to share.
Planning a small café layout
Start with the counter and the queue
Put the counter where people see it from the door and leave room for a queue that does not block the tables. In a small coffee shop the counter, the pastry case and the pick-up point usually take a third of the floor.
Budget roughly 1.2–1.5 m² per seat
A common rule of thumb for café seating is 1.2 to 1.5 m² per seat, including the aisles. A 35 m² café with a counter fits around 8 to 12 seats. Booths along a wall seat more people than loose chairs in the same space.
Keep a clear path to the back
Staff need a route from the counter to storage and the washroom without squeezing between chairs. About 90 cm is the narrowest comfortable aisle.
Use light and materials to set the mood
Brick, a herringbone floor or a row of pendants over the counter does more for a café interior than extra furniture. Try a few finishes on the same plan before you choose.
Have your own floor plan?
Draw it from scratch with the floor plan maker, or trace over a photo of your plan and see it in 3D.