Obi Side Chair – Beech Frame with Upholstered Seat

The Obi side chair is a commercial dining chair built around an ash wood frame with an upholstered seat pad. It is a straightforward, well-proportioned chair intended for restaurants, cafés, hotels, and similar front-of-house environments where appearance and durability both matter.

In busy dining rooms, chairs take considerable punishment — dragged across floors, leant back on, and stacked repeatedly at the end of service. The ash wood frame is designed to handle this kind of daily wear without loosening joints or degrading finish over time. The bio-stained beech colouring gives a consistent, neutral appearance that holds up across many covers without looking tired.

The upholstered seat pad adds comfort for guests during longer sittings, which matters in settings where covers run to two or more courses. The fabric incorporates SafeFront and AquaClean technology, which helps resist staining and inhibits the build-up of bacteria and viruses on the seat surface — a practical consideration for any food-service environment where hygiene standards are regularly reviewed.

• Ash wood frame built for repeated daily use in commercial dining
• Bio-stained finish maintains a consistent appearance over time
• Upholstered seat pad suitable for longer guest sittings
• SafeFront and AquaClean fabric resists stains and bacterial build-up
• Neutral dark colourway works across a range of interior schemes

At 6.7kg the chair is manageable for front-of-house staff to reposition and stack at close. It is worth considering floor type and finish when specifying — the chair's suitability for hard floors versus carpeted areas may depend on whether floor protectors are fitted to the legs.

The Obi side chair is well suited to mid-to-high cover restaurants, hotel dining rooms, and café environments looking for a chair that balances comfort with commercial practicality. For very high-turnover sites with particularly demanding stacking requirements, it is worth discussing volume and use pattern with us before ordering.

If you are specifying seating for a new fit-out or replacing existing chairs across a large site, we are happy to talk through quantities, lead times, and whether this model fits your particular environment.