Oretta Downtown restaurant and commercial kitchen equipment detail
Restaurant · case studyOretta

Oretta Downtown

A polished Toronto restaurant where the kitchen and foodservice equipment had to perform every service, behind a room built to impress.

LocationToronto, Ontario
Project typeRestaurant · commercial kitchen
Who ran itOne team, start to finish
01 · Who it's for

Who this was for

Restaurant owners and designers who need the kitchen and equipment to keep performing long after opening night.

02 · The risk

What could go wrong

The dining room has to impress guests. The kitchen behind it has to give the staff the equipment, refrigeration, and room to move on a packed night.

03 · Our role

What we handled

We kept the equipment, the fabrication, and the install working together as one plan, so the kitchen ran the way the room looked.

04 · The result

Why it matters

Oretta shows the foodservice side can be as considered as the dining room, and still hold up to a full night of service.

01 · Project video

A beautiful room still depends on the kitchen behind it.

Oretta needed a kitchen and equipment package that keeps the staff fast and the service tight, behind a room built to impress.

What had to go right
  • The room impresses guests without starving the kitchen of equipment or space.
  • The equipment was planned with the design, not bolted on after.
  • What the staff needs on a busy night shaped the design too.
ShowcaseField footage
Showcase

A beautiful room that still has to cook.

A quick look at the space, how the staff move, and the equipment behind the service.

Oretta Downtown oven and service counter detail
The equipment has to work for the staff and read well to guests.
03 · How we handled it
01 · The surface

Guests see the room first.

The room, the finishes, and the equipment all read together in the same space guests see. They have to feel like one design, not a pile of separate choices.

02 · The service

The staff feels it every night.

Behind the finish, the staff needs equipment, refrigeration, storage, and easy access that helps them move fast instead of getting in the way.

03 · The bridge

We kept the two sides connected.

Every design choice had to fit how the kitchen actually works. We made sure the two never pulled apart.

A beautiful room still depends on a kitchen that runs like a machine when the night gets busy.
04 · Need / role / result

What this means for you.

I

What they needed

Equipment, refrigeration, and room to move that let the staff hold a packed night, sitting right behind a dining room designed to be seen.

II

What we did

We supplied the equipment, built the stainless and countertop details, and ran the install so the back of house read as carefully as the front.

III

What they got

A kitchen finished to the same standard as the room it serves, holding up service after service rather than only on opening night.

05 · Scope

What we handled.

These are the pieces that had to stay connected, so the equipment, the millwork, and the finish details all read as one design.

Kitchen equipment supplyMillwork coordinationCountertop and service detailsHospitality installation
SegmentRestaurant
SpaceKitchen & service
NeedEquipment, access, flow