5 Space-Efficient Wine Racks for Small Restaurants

Great things often come in small packages, and some of the best restaurants you may have eaten in (or will in the future) could have been no more than a hole in the wall. While there is some charm in a quaint little restaurant, and surely the food more than makes up for the small floor space, it does present several challenges for restaurateurs, managers, line cooks, waiters, and everybody else inside.

Tight floor space means that every little bit must be put to good use. As a restaurant, there’s got to be proper and hygienic food storage, and this really limits where things like wine bottles can be stacked and stored. A giant floor cellar rack? Out of the question! The good news is that there are many great wine racks perfect for small restaurants that either blend as decor whilst serving as storage, or tend to be quite compact and can maximise wine bottle storage in a small area.

Here are some of our top picks for small restaurant owners:

01. Wall Mount Display Rack

Your bar area may be tight, so having a functional space to store wine and other items like glasses underneath the rack saves space. Our Wall Mount Display Rack does just that. This wine rack holds up to 10 bottles, upright, and has a clever wine glass storage rack underneath.

Great for restaurant bars and pubs, and while storage is fairly limited, can be good enough for an entire work shift or two, depending on footfall within your establishment.

02. Two Bottle Deep Wall Mounted Wine Rack

When space is limited, wine storage in your restaurant may be relegated to walls and that’s where our Two Bottle Deep Wall Mounted Wine Rack makes a great fit. This wine rack is decorative and can be used within the dining area, too, or placed in the bar or storage area. It’s two rows deep, each holding up to 12 bottles for a total of 24 bottles of storage.

This rack holds the bottles horizontally, so it protrudes out about 30.5cm from the wall.

03. 20 Bottles Cube Wine Rack

Similar to the last wine rack, our 20 Bottles Cube Wine Rack holds up to 20 bottles horizontally in two rows (so, 10 bottles per row). The difference is that this is a freestanding cube rack. It’s got framing around the corners to keep it safe from the occasional bump by a passing waiter or cook, and it’s also got a hard flat top surface to keep it protected.

This wine rack can also be placed within the dining area and decorated, but it’s a great option for storage out back.

04. 12 Bottle Corner Wine Rack

Space-saving wine racks are usually best on walls, but one awkward space that’s often hard to fill (even when space is tight) is the corner. Corners can be put to good use with our 12 Bottle Corner Wine Rack, a simple curved wine rack that nicely fills in those 90-degree angle corners of the restaurant.

This wine rack holds up to 12 bottles and is quite short, so you can stack some or use the hard, flat top for decoration.

05. 7 Bottles Display Wine Rack

Most of the above racks are good storage solutions for restaurants, but our 7 Bottles Display Wine Rack is a great, compact little wine rack that’s ideal for displaying within the dining area, on the bar countertop, or elsewhere within sight of patrons.

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