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

Oretta Downtown

Oretta needed a high-volume kitchen to work behind a finished dining room, with refrigeration, stainless, counters, and installation all supporting the same service plan.

LocationToronto, Ontario
Project typeRestaurant · commercial kitchen
What had to workHigh-volume service behind a finished room
Project photos8 images
01 · Who it's for

What they needed

Oretta needed a high-volume kitchen to support the dining room without compromising staff movement or service.

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 · The coordination

What had to stay together

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

What changed

The operator received equipment, fabrication, countertops, and installation coordinated against the same kitchen plan.

01 · Project photos

Inside Oretta Downtown.

A downtown restaurant with an open kitchen, a marble bar, and a pastry program, all sharing one back of house.

Oretta Downtown exterior and signage in Toronto
01Street presence on a downtown corner.
Oretta Downtown dining room with tiled floor and bar
02The dining room and bar read as one room.
marble bar and back bar at Oretta Downtown
03Marble, brass, and refrigeration in the same counter run.
dining room and open kitchen counter at Oretta Downtown
04The open kitchen is on show, so the stainless had to be right.
grill station with seafood display at Oretta Downtown
05The display grill puts the cooking in front of the guest.
commercial cook line and equipment at Oretta Downtown
06Behind the display, a full working line.
bar service and prep area at Oretta Downtown
07Bar prep, refrigeration, and glass storage under one counter.
pastry and bread display case at Oretta Downtown
08The pastry program needed its own cases and its own cold.
01 · Project video

The dining room depended on the kitchen behind it.

Oretta needed equipment, refrigeration, storage, and service space that could support a packed dining room every night.

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
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

Front-of-house finishes and back-of-house equipment shared the same space.

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

Equipment, refrigeration, storage, and access shape every service.

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 coordinated equipment, fabrication, countertops, and installation.

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

High-volume kitchen. Finished dining room.

04 · Need / role / result

Project summary.

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

Project scope.

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