Outdoor restaurant chairs

33 chairs for the terrace sit on this shelf of the chairs branch, in aluminum, metal and faux rattan. Thirty list patio use, so read that line on every one. Four of them are listed for a covered patio only, and that detail decides which roof they live under.

Read the usage line

Thirty of the 33 chairs list patio use, and one does not, so the first job is to find which one. Four of the thirty are listed for a covered patio only. That means a roof overhead, not an open sidewalk. If a squall rolls in on a Saturday afternoon, those four need to be under the roof already.

Frames and seats

Metal frames make up 17 chairs, aluminum 7 and aluminum with a bamboo look another 7, with a single resin frame. Faux rattan seats appear on 13, metal seats on 7 and plastic teak on 4. No upholstery options are listed, so the seat you see is the seat you get. Arms come on 13 chairs and stacking on 19.

Prices begin around $58. For a sense of scale, an aluminum patio chair here is 20 inches wide, 23 deep and 32 high, and a metal dining chair is 15 wide, 15 deep and 32 1/2 high. Check width against the 24 inches of table edge each guest gets.

Which shelf to use

This page is the short list inside the chairs branch. The full outdoor run is longer, and it sorts by material:

• Patio chairs for the whole run
• Rattan patio chairs for woven-look seats
• Aluminum steel patio chairs for frames in metal
• Plastic teak patio chairs for plastic teak seats

Season's end

Even a chair that is listed for the patio needs a routine. Hose it after a dusty week, tip it so the water leaves, and stack it or cover it once the nights turn cold. Patio chairs carry a limited warranty of six months. A wood-framed or upholstered indoor chair left out in the weather fades, swells or rusts, and that exposure is not covered. The outdoor restaurant furniture page has the tables, umbrellas and heaters that go with the chairs, and Patio plans will hold a layout for next opening weekend. Standard pieces need 14 to 21 business days of production and then transit, so place the order ahead of the first warm weekend.