2025 Restaurant Design Trends: Elevating Guest Experiences with Innovation and Flexibility | Modern Restaurant Management | The Business of Eating & Restaurant Management News

As the restaurant industry moves into 2025, design is taking center stage as a key driver of guest experience, operational efficiency and brand storytelling.Today’s diners expect more than just good food—they seek environments that captivate, connect and surprise. Mintel’s 2024 Global Consumer Trend ‘Relationship Renaissance’ revealed that coming out of the pandemic, consumers expressed an eagerness to seek connection with purpose.

At Harrison, we’re seeing four emerging trends shaping the future of restaurant spaces driving at purpose: dynamic bar areas, local element integration, flexible layouts and playful, art-centric designs. Let’s explore how these trends can help restaurant operators thrive in the year ahead.

The Bar Area: A Destination, Not Just a FeatureIn 2025, the bar will continue to evolve from a functional space to a destination within the restaurant. Beyond serving as a place to grab drinks, the bar is becoming a hub of social interaction and a key driver…

Keith Anderson

As global CEO of strategic creative agency Harrison, Keith Anderson is responsible for driving global growth, offering clients a 360-degree approach using tried and tested processes such as strategy, positioning, brand identity and storytelling to provide creative design and architectural solutions delivering brand differentiation. In the early 2000s, he joined Harrison as a graduate interior designer and has since developed into a passionate global leader whose entire career focus has been on redefining the restaurant, hospitality, leisure and entertainment sectors.

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Keith Anderson