Round Picnic Table, Seats 4, Perforated Steel Top, Gardens & Parks

A Round Table and Four Chairs, Made as One Set

A single order brings one round table and four matching chairs: a round steel picnic table set, finished together and delivered together. The same open pattern runs through the top and the four seat shells, so a terrace or a park pad reads as one piece of furniture rather than a table with odd seats gathered around it.

The four chairs are separate units rather than a bench welded across the frame. Guests step in from the side instead of swinging a leg over a rail, which is easier for older visitors and for anyone arriving with a tray or a child. A site can use them in fours, in pairs, or turn them to suit the space, and if one chair is ever taken out of service the rest of the group stays usable.

This is furniture for daily public use rather than for show: restaurant terraces, hotel and resort pool decks, park lawns, school grounds, plaza corners and community gardens. As an outdoor picnic table supplier to parks departments, campuses and contractors, we build every unit in an order to one specification, and nothing in the group has to be carried indoors at the end of the season.

Built for Rain, Wash-Down and Daily Public Use

• Rain and debris keep moving. The perforated steel top lets water fall straight through instead of standing in puddles, and crumbs, sand and leaf litter drop out the same way rather than collecting in a tray.
• Wash-down is a hose job. With nowhere for dirt to settle, a crew can rinse a round outdoor table and its four chairs and move on to the next one.
• Comfortable at both ends of the year. The thermoplastic surface does not behave like bare metal — it stays more comfortable in strong sun and does not feel like ice in cold weather.
• Four matched chairs instead of a bench. Separate seats mean there is no rail to climb over, and the chairs can be turned or regrouped around a table that stays fixed.
• Layers between the steel and the weather. A thermoplastic coating covers the top and the seating, and the frame carries a powder coat over a rust-proof primer, so moisture never meets bare steel.
• Fixings that keep the group complete. The table base and each chair have pre-drilled mounting points, so the whole set can be anchored rather than just the centre.
• Shade where the site needs it. The top takes a standard umbrella pole through its centre, so a terrace with little natural cover is usable at midday.
• Edges that are safe to handle. The rim of the top and the seat edges are smooth and rounded, with no sharp corners or splinters where children and the public sit.

Steel and Coating, Layer by Layer

The top of this round picnic table is expanded steel drawn into an open perforated pattern rather than a solid plate. Those openings act as the drain, and the pattern stiffens the panel, so the surface stays flat under daily use instead of flexing under a leaning elbow. Top and seating are built and coated as one group, so no part of the set looks like an afterthought.

Protection is built in layers rather than painted on. A thick thermoplastic coating is bonded over the tabletop and the seat surfaces, and the frame underneath receives a powder coat over a rust-proof primer. Rain, humidity, sun and frost meet that skin instead of the steel, so nothing is scheduled for painting, sealing or re-coating in any season — which is what keeps an all weather outdoor picnic table looking the same in February as it did in July. Stainless hardware holds the assembly together, so a screw does not rust and bleed a stain down the coating after a wet winter.

A lot of outdoor furniture looks alike in a photograph. What separates this one is the thickness of the metal, the way the coating is bonded over it and the grade of the fixings — the practical difference between a steel picnic table built for public sites and one built for a garden.

Configuration at a Glance

Fixing the Group to a Slab

1. Set the group where it will live, with clear walking space around the table and room to access each chair from the outside.
2. Use the pre-drilled holes in the table base as a template and mark the slab through them.
3. Drill and set anchors suited to the concrete, following the anchor supplier's guidance for the slab you have.
4. Fix the four chairs the same way — each carries its own mounting points, so the outdoor table and chairs set is secured as a whole and not only at the centre.
5. Slide an umbrella pole through the centre hole if the site needs shade.
6. Before the area opens to the public, confirm the table sits level and every fastener is tight.

Where This Set Earns Its Place

• Restaurant and cafe terraces — four people per unit, so a terrace can be laid out along a wall or wrapped around a service point. As a commercial picnic table manufacturer, we build this format for sites that trade every day.
• Hotel and resort pool decks — the coating is comfortable against wet skin and dries quickly, and the open top leaves no standing water beside a pool.
• Public parks and gardens — a compact round footprint for a lawn edge, a garden corner or the space under a shelter, with the group anchored in position.
• School grounds and campuses — four separate chairs, so students sit facing one another instead of straddling a shared bench, and a missing or damaged chair is obvious at a glance.
• Streets, plazas and scenic viewpoints — the set fits the awkward corners between planters and bollards and takes constant public contact without looking worn.
• Shared courtyards and community gardens — one order and one specification, whether the space is run by a residents' committee or a parks team. As an outdoor picnic table supplier we cover the rest of the site from the same range, so benches, bins and racks match the tables.

Keeping the Set Clean Through the Year

1. Rinse the table and chairs with a garden hose. Water and debris pass through the open pattern, which deals with most of what a public site collects.
2. For sticky marks, use mild soap and warm water with a soft brush, working along the perforations rather than scrubbing hard at one spot.
3. Keep acetone-based cleaners away from the coating — solvents of that type soften thermoplastic and powder-coat finishes.
4. Check the anchor bolts and fasteners at the start of each season; on a site in daily use this is the one routine check that matters.
5. After a storm, walk the group once, look for anything loose and rinse away grit collected around the base.

Ordering Details

Scale & Supply Capability

Arlau is a factory, not a trading house. We have been manufacturing since 1999 — more than 26 years — from a 13,000 m² plant with around 100 staff, automated robotic production and an annual output of 130,000 pieces. We export to over 80 countries and hold quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management system certifications, plus five-star green supply chain certification and dozens of utility model and design patents. OEM and ODM one-stop export service is standard, and our after-sales team supports you after delivery.