Complete dining table sets

Opening a breakfast room on a deadline means fewer separate decisions. The 31 listings here are complete tables, so the top and the base come as one choice rather than two. Solid wood over cast iron or steel is the usual build. Choose the shape first: square, rectangular and round are each offered on most of them.

Shapes that fit the morning and the evening

A breakfast room fills in waves. Squares and rectangles, offered on 27 listings each, push together for a family and part again for two. Rounds, offered on 21, suit a hotel restaurant at dinner, where a party sits face to face. Four drop-leaf tops fold down to fit a tight corner beside the buffet.

Size each table to the party. Two guests take 24 by 30 inches. Four fit at 36 inches square, at a rectangle 30 inches by 48, or in comfort at a 42-inch round; parties of five or six need 48 inches of round top. Keep about 36 inches of aisle, wider where the buffet line forms, and leave each chair 18 to 24 inches of room to slide back.

Tops and bases

Solid wood is the top on 19 tables, laminate and wood on 4 each, and resin on 3. Bases are cast iron on 14 and steel on 9. Expect solid wood to shift slightly as the air dries in winter and dampens in summer; the warranty counts that as the wood's nature, so keep these tables in rooms with steady heat. Solid wood tops carry a 6-month warranty period; indoor tables with other tops carry 1 year.

Every table here is listed for indoor use, and 4 also carry a patio listing. Only those go out to the terrace. Each table counts toward the 8-piece minimum, which a breakfast room clears with its first few tables and chairs, and two finishes of the same table are two lines.

The rest of the tables

A complete table is the faster route for a full room. For a lobby bar, the bar-height tables bring the surface up to stool height. A long breakfast table for a group comes from the communal tables, and the event cart takes folding tables. The tables department holds every table we carry for the property.

Standard orders are paid before shipment, and standard items leave after 14 to 21 business days, with transit on top, so set the opening date with that in mind. Single tables start around $86. Draw the breakfast room on a property plan, then copy the plan for the next property that opens.