Your Modern Kitchen Design from Mise Designs
We specialize in creating your custom restaurant, hotel and commercial kitchen designs and layouts.
Commercial Kitchen Design Services & Restaurant Development Services
Our kitchen design service and development services make the process of building your new project simple. We work closely with owners, architects, and chefs to streamline the kitchen design process for projects of any size. As experienced bar design and restaurant consultants, we are also commercial kitchen construction experts and can serve as the independent project leader or act as a consultant on a larger design team.
Mise Designs’ Kitchen Design & Development Process
Your concept drives the menu and your menu drives the kitchen, so this is where our design process begins. There are similarities and differences in our approach for commercial kitchen design, hotel kitchen design and restaurant kitchen design; but they all follow the same progression from a design and development standpoint. Once the kitchen design process is complete, we can continue to assist you by providing specialized equipment procurement and installation services so you can focus on starting your business.
Kitchen Design Services
Pre-design Programming
Pre-design programming is basically like a fact-finding tour that will give us the framework for your future kitchen design. Here, we will talk about your concept, your menu, and the building you will soon occupy, as well as future goals and objectives you have for your business. We take the time to not just learn about your business but also to see it as you see it. This first step in the process puts all the information on the table. This way, we can see where we are starting and lay the foundation for where we want to go.
Conceptual Design
Conceptual design is when we begin putting pen to paper. This first kitchen design floor plan is where you will start to see your vision taking shape. We work closely with you and the design team to come up with the best location for each functional area of the building. Inside the conceptual design, we can also show future traffic patterns of your staff. As a result, this approach will help us decide the most efficient way that each department can work together and make sure your staff can work at their best.
Schematic Design
A schematic design floor plan is a detailed drawing that shows the functionality of each department. This is where your final menu or even a rough draft of your menu can be helpful. Here, we generate the equipment layout and specifications for the individual stations within each department. When creating this design, we make sure there is a perfect balance between functionality and cost savings. Since we have no brand connection or bias, we guarantee that the equipment recommendations are based strictly on your needs.
Design Development
Design Development is the process where we compile all the construction information, needed by the other members of the design team. We generate detailed kitchen design documents that tell the architects and engineers exactly what we need and where we need it. These details range from exhaust, fire suppression, and walk-in refrigeration specifications to wall, plumbing, electrical, and millwork plans, as well as custom-built equipment drawings. We provide everything that the team needs to work as quickly and thoroughly as possible, so you can start construction right away.
Construction Document Development
The construction documents are the final part of the kitchen design process. We assemble all the construction drawings and equipment specifications that the trades will use to build your project. We provide convenient hard copy and electronic formats, so everyone can work with their preference. These are your final construction documents. Your contractors will follow these plans while building your project and in most locations, submitting for Health Department permits.
Equipment Bidding & Procurement
We create detailed equipment bidding documents for each area of the project. These documents will make sure that what you purchase will fit into what we designed and includes all the accessories you need. Mise Designs is not affiliated with or a part of any equipment buying group, so we help you avoid the confusing and time-consuming process of “value engineering” your project. We do, however, have relationships with distributors who are members of these various groups. We leverage their combined purchase power to give our clients highly competitive equipment packages that typically cannot be beat by any one single buying group member.
Delivery & Installation
No matter where in North America you are located, Mise Designs can cost-effectively supply and manage the entire delivery and installation process for your project. This includes all the foodservice equipment, walk-in refrigeration, and exhaust and fire suppression systems that we design into your plans. We have a vast network of logistic and specialty installation agents that provide service to our clients all over the continent.
While your project is under construction, we will receive, store, and warehouse all the equipment until the site is ready for delivery. We stay in close communication with the construction team to make sure that when the site is ready, so are we. Our professional installers will coordinate the delivery, uncrate, assemble, and set-in-place all the equipment, as well as remove or recycle all packing materials, and we do this in just a few of days. Our clients benefit by using our strategic delivery and installation services because they help you open your doors that much faster. This way, your contractors stay focused on construction, not the receiving and assembly of your shelving.
Typical kitchen design documents include:
- Top page project information, including materials and finish specifications.
- Foodservice floor plans and equipment plans with schedules.
- Existing, demolition, and new wall dimension* plans and schedules.
- Dimensioned* plumbing and electrical rough-in plans and schedules.
- Dimensioned* floor penetration or sanitary sewer rough-in plans and schedules.
- Custom-fabricated equipment and millwork elevation plans.
- Foodservice equipment, exhaust, and walk-in refrigeration specification sheets.
- Bid/negotiation documents.
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*Dimensioning the wall and utility plans is a unique service provided by Mise Designs. By adding dimensions to the utility and wall plans, we make sure the construction trades know exactly what we need and where we need it. It is that little extra effort that helps us answer most of their questions before they ask them. The last thing you want to hear when you are ready to open is that the plug does not reach the outlet!
A Kitchen Design Firm That Understands Health Department Permits & Code
Regardless of your concept, the “mise en place” of hotel kitchen design or restaurant kitchen design starts with your concept and menu, but it ends with your local health department officials. Our team works with your local office and acquires all the forms necessary to begin the permit application process*. We walk you through completing your plan review application, to make sure your concept meets or exceeds the health code. Our goal and track record is 100% approval rate on first submission. Getting it right the first time prevents delays in starting construction by several weeks or months, saving you valuable time and money.
*Note: Permit fees and submitting the application and plans to the Health Department are the responsibility of the client.