Why this sidechair earns its place
The Bamba is the side chair from Bolero's Bespoke range built around a simple idea: a curved back in warm wenge-toned hardwood, and a cream seat pad that softens the whole thing without tipping into fussy. It's a chair that reads as considered rather than corporate — the kind of piece that quietly does its job around a dining table without fighting the rest of the room for attention. At 850mm high on a 430 × 500mm footprint and weighing 6.8kg, it sits comfortably alongside most standard restaurant table heights and is light enough for front-of-house staff to reset between covers without a fight.
The frame is solid hardwood, chosen deliberately for strength as well as looks — this isn't dressed-up softwood that'll flex and creak under commercial use. It's built to take the daily churn of a working dining room: chairs pulled out, sat in, pushed back, stacked or shuffled between services, day after day, without the frame loosening or the joints working themselves apart.
The seat pad is padded faux leather, chosen to replicate the look and feel of genuine leather without the maintenance headache. It wipes clean fast, which matters when you're turning tables during a lunch rush and don't have time for delicate care instructions. Critically, it's fully CRIB5 fire-retardant to contract grade — the standard that matters when a venue needs to show its seating is compliant for public spaces, not just presentable.
