Restaurants & cafés
Restaurant and Café Design, Built for Service
Dining rooms guests photograph and return to, and kitchens that keep up on a full Thursday night, designed and fitted out by one team.
Contact Us
Cairo Head Office
- Bavaria Town Towers, Kattamya Road, Tower 3, 9th Floor, Unit 91, Cairo, Egypt
- Email: info@novi-df.com
- Phone: +20 110 396 6774
- Phone: +20 110 396 6775
Riyadh Office
- Al Shaikh Hamad Al Thany, Al Olaya, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Email: info@novi-df.com
- Phone: +966 54 346 1981
Restaurant and café design starts from the operation, not the decoration: covers, service style, kitchen output and the waiter's route to the furthest table. We design the brand experience and the engineering behind it together, then fit it out, so the room that looks right also works at full capacity.
In Riyadh we designed Hassan Café (400 m²) including FF&E, lighting, custom joinery and branding support. In Cairo we designed both El-Dahhan Restaurant branches, and in Sheikh Zayed we delivered a 160 m² industrial-style restaurant and coffee shop with finishing, electro-mechanical and light-current works.
Project proof
Named projects behind the work
Figures, roles and status from NoVi's 2026 corporate portfolio. Images are original visualisations inspired by each project, not site photographs.
530 m² (Suez Road)
El-Dahhan Restaurant
Suez Road & Nasr City, Cairo
Restaurant interiors, façade and brand identity integration
160 m²
Restaurant & Coffee
Sheikh Zayed, Giza
Industrial-style finishing, MEP, light current, seating and decor
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F&B design and build, from concept to first cover
Concept and brand
An interior story that fits the menu and price point, carried from façade and signage to menus and uniforms.
Seating and service flow
A mix of two-tops, banquettes, bar seats and family areas spaced to your covers and the aisles waiters really use.
Kitchen coordination
The kitchen consultant's layout integrated with walls, floors, drainage and services, so equipment arrives to a ready room.
MEP, exhaust and fire safety
Kitchen extract, fresh air, gas, drainage and fire suppression coordinated early. See MEP works.
Lighting and acoustics
Scenes that shift from breakfast to late dinner, and absorptive finishes that keep a full room comfortable.
Joinery and FF&E
Bars, counters, banquettes, loose furniture and décor specified and supplied as one FF&E package.
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Restaurant interior design in Riyadh and Cairo
Hassan Café, Riyadh covers 400 m² with interior design, FF&E, lighting, custom joinery, branding support and 3D visualisation: a coffee shop concept built for long stays and group seating. For El-Dahhan in Cairo we designed the Nasr City branch (about 250 m²), including its exterior façade and brand identity, and the 530 m² Suez Road branch.
In Sheikh Zayed, a 160 m² restaurant and coffee concept in an industrial style was delivered with interior finishing, electro-mechanical and light-current works, seating and decorative elements. See the restaurant design gallery.
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Café fit-out that passes inspection
Food outlets are inspected more than any other interior. In Saudi Arabia, drawings are prepared for municipal (Balady) and Civil Defense requirements and coordinated with the landlord; see fit-out in Saudi Arabia. In Egypt, mall and landlord approvals, gas connections and fire systems set the programme.
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What drives restaurant fit-out cost
- Shell condition: a bare unit or a previous restaurant with reusable services
- Kitchen size, extract routes and gas and drainage runs
- Joinery-heavy features such as bars, counters and banquettes
- Façade, signage and outdoor seating
- FF&E grade, from loose chairs to tableware
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From brief to opening night
Concept brief
Menu, covers, service style, budget and target opening agreed on site.
Design and 3D
Layout, seating plan, materials and 3D views, coordinated with the kitchen consultant.
Approvals and BOQ
Drawings prepared for landlord and authority review, plus a priced bill of quantities.
Fit-out and FF&E
Site works, joinery and furniture run in parallel; kitchen equipment is installed into a ready room.
Testing and handover
Extract, fire and lighting systems tested and snags closed before soft opening.
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Related services and markets
From the portfolio
Selected projects
Real photography from our project galleries.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers to what clients ask us before a site survey. Not covered here? Ask the team directly.
Ask the teamHow long does a restaurant fit-out take in Riyadh?
It depends on the unit, the kitchen scope and how quickly municipal and Civil Defense reviews close. We build the programme backwards from your opening date and show the approval milestones in it.
Do you design the kitchen itself?
We work with your kitchen consultant or equipment supplier, who designs the equipment layout, and we integrate it with the architecture, finishes, extract and services.
Can you take over a former restaurant unit?
Yes. We survey what can be reused, such as extract ducts, grease traps and electrical capacity, and price the strip-out and new works separately so you see the saving.
Do you supply restaurant furniture?
Yes. Chairs, tables, banquettes, lighting and décor are specified and supplied through our FF&E partners; FF&E was part of our scope for Hassan Café in Riyadh.
Can you roll out a café concept to more branches?
Yes. We document the concept as a set of standard details, finishes and furniture so each new branch is faster to design and build.
Do you design restaurants inside hotels?
Yes. For Talisman Hotel in Zamalek our interior design covered the reception, restaurant and waiting area across 940 m² in a modern luxury style. Hotel outlets add guest circulation, room-service links and brand standards to the brief; see hotel and hospitality interior design.
How do we start?
Share the unit location, area, concept and opening target, then book a site survey.
Start a project
Plan an opening that runs
Tell us the concept, unit and opening date. We will propose a design approach, a programme with approval milestones and a survey date.
