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Chairs & Stools

Commercial Restaurant Chairs & Bar Stools in Toronto & Canada

Seating is where guests spend the whole meal, so you'll want commercial chairs and stools when you're opening a restaurant, refreshing a dining room, or adding bar seating and a patio. Tarrison's Spencer Side Chair and Aria Side Chair have fully welded metal frames with black vinyl or natural wood seat options, and the Kate Side Chair pairs a black metal frame with a beachwood seat and back. At the bar, the Aria Bar Stool has a 30" seat height and the Spencer Bar Stool a 27.8" seat height. When space is tight or the patio gets packed away, the Amelia All Weather Stackable Side Chair and Garrett All-Weather Stackable Aluminum Side Chair nest together, and the Amelia Indoor Stackable Backless Stool comes in counter and bar heights. Serving Vaughan and the wider GTA — including Toronto, Mississauga, Oakville, and Richmond Hill — Phoenix Food Equipment ships commercial chairs and bar stools nationwide across Canada.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions we hear from operators.

What are stackable chairs, and are they worth it for a restaurant?

Stackable chairs are built so one seat nests on or over the next, which lets you clear the floor for cleaning or an event and store them in a fraction of the space. They're worth it if you rearrange the room often, pack away a patio each winter, or have little back-of-house storage. Tarrison's Amelia and Garrett lines are stackable, including the Amelia All-Weather Stackable Backless Stool and the Garrett All Weather Stackable Aluminum Bar Stool, while the Spencer, Aria, and Kate chairs are non stackable, which suits a permanent dining room.

What are restaurant chairs called?

Most restaurant dining chairs are called side chairs, meaning a chair with a back and no arms. Taller seats are called counter stools or bar stools depending on the height, and a stool with no back is a backless stool. Tarrison sells all three: side chairs like the Aria Side Chair, bar stools like the Spencer Bar Stool, and the Amelia Indoor Stackable Backless Stool in both a counter height (25.5" high) and a bar height (30" high).

What is the best seat material for restaurant chairs?

It depends on the look you want and how much cleaning the chair will see. Vinyl upholstery wipes clean, which suits high-turnover seating, and the Aria and Spencer chairs offer a black vinyl option. Wood adds warmth, and you'll find it on those same chairs, on the Kate Bar Stool with its beachwood seat and backrest, and on the Amelia Indoor Stackable Side Chair with its saddle wood seat. Metal and aluminum, like the Amelia and Garrett all-weather chairs, are the practical choice outdoors.