Tabletop · Tool
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Pending verification by Zink’s tabletop team — ratios below are common industry practice, shown for planning while our specialists confirm them.
Seats and program style in, starting glassware counts by style out — built on the in-use, in-wash, on-shelf cycle.
Starting glassware counts
Starting quantities for a conversation, not an order. The glass list should come off your actual menu — which is exactly the working session to book with our tabletop team, glasses in hand.
Behind the bar · per Glastender's published planning data
The glass count above sets the wash load; the wash load sets the frostrail-to-washer layout. Rough the whole bar out yourself in Glastender Designer, then bring it to the underbar drawing.
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How many glasses does a bar need per seat?
The working convention is two to three of each actively used glass style per seat — covering the glass in use, the one in the wash, and the one on the shelf. An 80-seat full-cocktail program stocks roughly 200 rocks glasses and similar counts across its other core styles.
Which glass styles does a bar actually need?
Fewer than the catalog suggests. A casual program runs on rocks, pint, all-purpose wine, and a tall glass. A cocktail program adds a coupe. A wine-led room splits red and white and adds flutes. Every additional style multiplies inventory, storage, and washing complexity.
Why is glassware breakage budgeted higher than china?
Stemware and thin-walled glass fail at several times the rate of plates — bar wells, sanitizer temperature swings, and speed racks are hard on glass. Programs typically hold a deeper reserve and standardize on styles their dealer stocks for fast replacement.
A tool gets you close. A person gets it right.
Every number here is a starting point, not a quote. Your Zink specialist runs these questions for a living — and checking your math costs you nothing.