Why this sidechair earns its place
The Hanoi dining chair is built to do the unglamorous job of commercial seating well: stand up to service, night after night, without looking like it. The frame is rubber wood finished in weathered oak, a tone with enough grain and texture to read as real timber rather than a stained blank — the kind of finish that suits a room going for warmth over polish. Against it sits a Shetland scarlet patterned fabric seatpad, a deep red accent that lifts the oak without fighting it.
Underneath the styling it's a straightforward, well-proportioned sidechair — 890mm tall, 400mm wide and 430mm deep, sized for dining tables rather than lounge seating. It arrives fully assembled, which matters when you're fitting out a dining room against a deadline: no allen keys, no missing bolts, chairs off the pallet and straight to the floor.
Rubber wood is the material of choice here precisely because it isn't precious — it's dense, stable and handles the daily knocks of a working restaurant or bar better than softer timbers, which is why Hanoi specify it across the range rather than just for show pieces. Sold as a pack of two, it's an easy way to add or replace dining seating in matched pairs rather than buying awkward odd numbers.
