Why this dining chair earns its place
There's a warmth to the Manhattan that a lot of contract seating doesn't bother with. The cross-back frame and limewash finish borrow the look of painted timber without any of the upkeep, so a café or tea room gets that relaxed, farmhouse feel while the chair underneath is doing something far tougher: moulded polypropylene, built to take a full commercial service and stand up to it again the next day.
That toughness is backed by BS EN16139 — the strength and safety standard contract seating has to clear — so this isn't a domestic chair pressed into commercial use, it's built for it from the start. The resin construction also means it doesn't mind the weather. Bolero rates it for indoors and outdoors alike, so the same chair set can run a bistro dining room in winter and shift onto the terrace the moment the sun's out, with nothing to reupholster or protect.
Turning a room around between covers is where it earns its keep. It's stackable, so front-of-house staff can clear and store a run of chairs in seconds rather than dragging them one at a time, and the resin surface wipes clean of spills without any special products. Each pack of four ships at 895 x 492 x 500mm with a gross weight of 4.8kg — light enough that moving and rearranging tables for a party of six, or resetting a terrace after a shower, is a one-person job.
