Restaurant Stationery
Restaurant stationery often looks pretty in press images and chaotic in everyday service. A table tent that does not stand. An order pad that does not fit any waiter's apron pocket. A reservation card with so much text that guests do not read it. We design gastro print pieces across Germany so they work not just at first glance but at the hundredth service, with materials, sizes and labelling the team can carry.
What belongs in a restaurant stationery set
At the core: reservation card, table tent for daily specials, order pad, placemat, optional receipt block, gift card, allergen card and a business card for management. We think the set as a family in which every piece clearly belongs to the same brand, without the variety becoming dull. The set sits inside the same design system as food menu, beverage menu and café collateral.
Material and size follow the service logic. Table tents stand because they sit on 350 g natural card, not because they should somehow stand on 250 g standard stock. Order pads come in A6 or an elongated DL portrait depending on what fits an apron pocket. Placemats from wipeable paper or printed oilcloth so a service change does not become a cleaning operation. We recommend what works on site, not what looks good in the mockup.
How the set sits in the brand system
The stationery set is the touchpoint between menu and take away. It gets less attention from guests than the menu but shapes the overall impression strongly because it appears in every service sequence. If a brand design or a café branding is being developed in parallel, we build the set as a second step after the menu. A typical set lands between €1,200 and €4,500, depending on number of pieces and material. We name the range honestly before the proposal.
Print pieces the service can carry
We design templates that work in everyday operation, not in press images. Sizes, materials and labelling follow the in house ordering logic.
One family, not a mixed bag
Reservation card, table tent, order pad and placemat clearly belong together. From the same type family, with the same colour and icon code.
Seasonal templates
Table tents for daily specials or seasonal offers are built as templates so service swaps them independently, without each tent becoming a design project.
Print data without follow ups
Bleed, fold marks, material spec, ICC profile. We deliver print data that goes straight into production at the printer, instead of coming back with corrections.
Selected work
Leni's Café – Branding
A café brand like a handwritten note: watercolour menu, packaging and type for a small café.
TheSharp.Club – Packaging Design
Packaging as ritual: labels, box and banderole for a blade club that celebrates craft.
Weingut Werner – Wine Labels
From vineyard to shelf — labels that translate the character and origin of a small winery into a visual language of its own.
Frequently asked
A core set with reservation card, table tent, order pad and placemat typically lands between €1,200 and €4,500. With additional pieces like a receipt block, gift card or allergen card it moves into the upper range.
From briefing to proof, 3 to 6 weeks is realistic. If the brand already exists, it moves faster. If a food menu or café branding is being built in parallel, we plan the set as one print push.
For table tents an uncoated card from 350 g/m² to keep the stiffness. For reservation cards natural card or Colorplan if a finish is added. For placemats wipeable paper or printable oilcloth.
Yes. Ideally as siblings in the same design system. We build table tents, reservation card and [food menu](/en/leistungen/gastronomie/speisekarten-design) from the same type family and colour palette, so guests recognise the brand at every touchpoint.
Yes. Restaurants and hotels in every region of Germany are part of the normal project landscape. Briefings, layout rounds and proof reviews run entirely remote. Finished pieces ship directly from the printer.
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Tell me briefly what it is about — in a 30-minute first conversation we clarify whether and how we can work together.