A hotel room or a restaurant dining room asks more of curtains, upholstery and blinds than a home ever does. Guest room drapery gets opened and closed hundreds of times before it’s ever replaced. Restaurant seating absorbs spills every service. And none of it can be pulled offline for two weeks the way a home window can while a family manages without curtains. Avikar has been supplying furniture and furnishings to Kolkata’s hospitality sector since 1971, and the guest rooms, lobbies and restaurant seating still in use today at properties like the Oberoi Grand are the actual proof of that.

What Makes Hospitality Furnishing Different From Home Furnishing

• Volume and consistency — a 40-room hotel needs the same curtain fabric and mechanism working identically in every room, not a one-off design choice.
• Durability under constant use — guest room drapery, restaurant banquettes and lobby upholstery all see far more daily handling than anything in a home.
• Fire-safety and fabric standards — hospitality projects often need to work within fire-retardant fabric requirements that a home purchase never has to consider.
• Cleaning and stain resistance — restaurant upholstery in particular needs to survive food and drink spills on a nightly basis without looking worn within a year.
• Timelines built around an operating business — a hotel or restaurant can’t close for a renovation the way a home client can simply wait; installation has to work around service hours and occupancy.

Curtains and Soft Furnishings for Hotel Rooms and Public Areas

Guest room curtains typically need a blackout lining behind the decorative fabric — guests sleeping through varying check-in and wake times depend on it more than a homeowner would. In lobbies and public areas, drapery does double duty as a design statement, so fade resistance under sustained daylight and consistent fabric sourcing across a large space both matter more than they would in a single living room.

Upholstery for Restaurants, Bars and Cafés

Restaurant seating is one of the hardest-working upholstery applications there is — dining chairs, banquettes and bar stools that need to be wipeable, stain-resistant and durable enough to survive nightly service without showing it within months. This is exactly the brief Avikar worked to on Teekha, the Haldiram-owned vegetarian restaurant in Ballygunge, where the furniture had to hold up to daily cover counts while still fitting a specific brand look.

Blinds for Hospitality — Public Areas, Guest Rooms and Back-of-House

The same PVC roller blinds used in offices and commercial kitchens (covered in our companion guide) apply directly to hotel and restaurant back-of-house areas — kitchens, staff corridors, utility windows — where durability and easy cleaning matter more than decorative fabric. In guest rooms and public areas, blackout-lined roller or Roman blinds are often paired with curtains rather than replacing them, giving guests light control independent of the decorative drapery.

Real Hospitality Projects — What Avikar Has Actually Delivered

• Oberoi Grand Hotel, Kolkata — Avikar has supplied furniture to this heritage hotel for over three decades. Work still visible today includes guest room furnishings, the main entrance doors, coffee shop and Mogul Room furniture, guest room windows, lobby sofas, and brass planters and lamps.
• Teekha by Haldiram, Ballygunge — Avikar designed the restaurant furniture for one of Kolkata’s most popular vegetarian dining spots.
• The North Reef Hotel, Port Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) — guest room chairs, guest room windows, lobby furniture and restaurant furniture for this island property.

See more of these projects on our commercial projects page.

How Avikar Handles Hospitality and Institutional Projects

Hospitality and institutional orders are handled as a single coordinated project: on-site measurement across every room, consistent fabric and mechanism sourcing so every guest room matches, custom tailoring in Avikar’s own workshop, and installation scheduled around the property’s operating hours rather than a home renovation timeline.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Avikar work with hotels and restaurants, or only homes?

Both — Avikar has supplied furniture and furnishings to Kolkata hospitality properties for decades, including the Oberoi Grand Hotel (30+ years), the Haldiram-owned restaurant Teekha in Ballygunge, and The North Reef Hotel in Port Blair.

What makes upholstery fabric suitable for a restaurant versus a home?

Restaurant upholstery needs to be wipeable and stain-resistant enough to handle nightly food and drink spills without showing wear within months, and durable enough for far higher daily use than home seating typically sees.

Can curtains and blinds be fire-safety rated for hotel use?

Hospitality projects often work within fire-retardant fabric requirements that home projects don’t need to consider — this is something to discuss directly with the showroom for your specific property and local compliance requirements.

Has Avikar worked with any well-known Kolkata hospitality brands?

Yes — the Oberoi Grand Hotel and Teekha by Haldiram in Ballygunge are two examples of hospitality work Avikar has delivered in Kolkata, alongside The North Reef Hotel in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Can Avikar handle a multi-room hotel refurbishment as a single project?

Yes — hospitality and institutional orders are measured, fabricated and installed as one coordinated project across every room, rather than room-by-room, so fabric and finish stay consistent throughout the property.