Bryan China Company has over 25 years experience providing quality dinnerware to restaurants, hotels, country clubs, banquet centers, and rental companies across the U.S. Why pay extra by going through a middle man when you can buy factory direct from us?  If you want a quick restaurant dinnerware primer, just scroll down this page and learn everything you need to know before making your buying decision. If you don't see what you need or if you have additional questions, please feel free to email or call us at 800-966-3098 for a no obligation consultation.                                      2008 prices!!!!

Quick restaurant dinnerware primer -- We could go on and on about different dinnerware body types, the difference between stoneware, porcelain, and bone china... we could give you technical data on glaze formulations... but let's face it. You don't really care about any of that. You want dinnerware that looks good, is durable, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. That's exactly what we offer.

Appearance: Your dinnerware has to look good. Once you've decided on shape, i.e. wide rim / narrow rim, bright white / ivory, and so forth, you need to be confident that the dinnerware is consistent, that a 9" plate is 9" and that it will nest with the other 9" plates from the same factory. We've seen many dinnerware factories throughout the world and there are enormous differences in the finer points of dinnerware production. These differences are most certainly a factor in the quality of the restaurant dinnerware that you buy. If you're buying bottom of the barrel type china, which we don't sell, you can be sure that the factory packs everything not broken and that there is a large difference of the quality of pieces from the same lot. Chances are that the factory's kilns are not consistent, their body formulations are not consistent... and the resultant dinnerware isn't consistent either. We don't use factories like this. Restaurant dinnerware from Bryan China Company will be consistent to American standards.

Durable: Your dinnerware must be durable. We know that even the most expensive restaurant dinnerware doesn't last forever... at least if it's used. The two main components to durability are the body and the glaze.

• Body - You should insist on a fully vitrified body. A fully vitrified body is not porous, it is solid. Accordingly, it expands and contract at the same rate, unlike a porous body that contains air and moisture. A porous body will weaken much faster than a vitrified body. Our restaurant dinnerware is fully vitrified.

• Glaze - The glaze is the glass like coating that is fired onto the dinnerware body. I'm sure you've been to restaurants and have seen plates that have very little glaze left. This is either a result of poor glaze or overuse, i.e. the plate has reached the end of it's useful life and hasn't been taken out of service. Bryan China Company only uses factories who have a quality glaze.

Cost: Your dinnerware cost has to be reasonable not only in terms of your pocketbook, but also your menu. That's why we provide such a variety of different lines.....what works for the guy down  the street doesn't necessarily fit your needs.  If you don't see what you are looking for above then please give us a call.  Chances are good that we have exactly what you need. This website would be one of the largest in the world if we listed everything that we stock!!

Once you get the basic look, you can upscale your tabletop with a decorated logo, color or gold bands, a specialty plate, etc. This can be done very reasonably. We produce many, many custom logo / design projects for restaurants, banquet centers, corporate dining rooms, country clubs, hunting lodges, private yachts, you name it!

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