Forget Your Fiddle-Leaf Figs: 2020 Restaurant Decor Is All About the Booth Tree

January 29, 2020 Admin 0 Comments

Part Rainforest Cafe, part Gilded Age greenhouse, trees growing out of the backs of booths are among the lushest restaurant design trends

In 2020, having lots of plants in your restaurant simply isn’t enough. To take things to the next level, restaurant designers are embracing what I’ve called the “edgy jungle” look by transforming booths into full-on planters, a fitting home for trees to sprout behind unassuming diners. These are booth trees, and they are here to bring back the ’80s mall plant pit with a luxe twist. Rainforest Cafe, but make it capital-F Fa-shun.

Oh, and restaurants: Please do your best to keep these trees alive. Dead plants are so 2018.

Quality Bistro, NYC

Alex Staniloff

Nari, San Francisco

Patricia Chang

Rochambeau, Boston

Seen any others? Let me know (hillary@eater.com) or tag me in the Instagram comments, @hillarydixlercanavan.