There is no such thing as a “restaurant chairs”. Meaning, no one has invented a specific type of chair designed exclusively for eateries.
Restaurant chair styles are meant to reflect the décor and tastes of the restaurant owner. There is a myriad of options including models with wood or upholstered seats, metal frames, various back designs, different upholstery patterns, and more. Different types of seat and frame materials can be paired, matched or mixed according to your preference and needs
To be fair, choosing a restaurant chair is a tougher decision to make than you might imagine: chairs are expensive, they tend to fall apart, restaurants need tons of them, and they need to match the look and feel of the restaurant.
Restaurants are an integral part of our cultural makeup. Given that, it should come to no surprise to you that restaurants have originated from Paris, France in the mid-eighteenth century. The word Restaurant is French in origin and was thought to be a type of beef broth to have restorative properties. Irrefutably, selling food for a profit has occurred throughout recorded history. Over a course of time, however, seating options have evolved and changed. In the earliest days, inns and taverns typically featured four-legged stools or simple bench seating.
When and where they existed, chairs were reserved for the wealthy.
Restaurants didn’t start furnishing their spaces with chairs until after they became commonplace in homes – a process that began in the Renaissance era where bench seating increasingly began to give way to individual chairs for seating. The increase in general availability subsequently led to the creation of different types of restaurant chairs that are commonly used in most dining establishments we see today.