UV Printing for Restaurants and Hotels in Berlin: Wall Design, Signage and Interior Concepts

Food service and hospitality in Berlin have specific requirements for printed surfaces: high cleaning frequency, wet rooms, kitchen areas, and at the same time a design standard that rules out tape and vinyl film. UV direct printing on glass, metal, and wood has established itself in recent years as the standard solution for these requirements. Glastrix has been producing in Berlin-Kreuzberg since 2015 and has completed numerous Berlin hospitality projects — from wall designs to custom signage.

Why UV printing is the right choice for food service

The decisive characteristic of UV direct printing in food service environments is its durability under operating conditions:

• Moisture and cleaning agent resistance: UV ink cures permanently into the surface. It does not wash off, does not dissolve in alkaline cleaners, and does not react to steam or condensation. For kitchen splashbacks and bar areas in Berlin restaurants, this is a decisive advantage over vinyl film or adhesive prints.
• No grout lines, no edge risks: A continuous glass panel as a wall element has no grout lines where moisture and bacteria can accumulate. That is not just visually cleaner — it also effortlessly meets hygiene requirements in commercial kitchens.
• 5-year guarantee: In a business open to guests every day, durability is not a minor detail. Every Glastrix print is guaranteed for 5 years — including in wet rooms and high-traffic areas.

Wall design on glass: bars, dividers, back-bar panels

Glass prints are among the most requested design elements in Berlin restaurants and bars. Typical applications:

• Room dividers in printed glass: Transparent or semi-transparent prints separate areas without visual weight. The design is visible differently from both sides — an effect that cannot be reproduced with any other material.
• Back-bar panels: The area behind the bar is permanently in guests' sight and permanently exposed to operations. Printed glass or mirror with a branding motif is scratch-resistant, easy to clean, and more durable than any vinyl solution.
• Wall designs: Large-format glass panels with hospitality-typical motifs — cityscape views, abstract graphics, reproduced wall art. Up to 3.20 × 2 m without seams.

A concrete Berlin example: for Restaurant Piri's in Kreuzberg, Glastrix produced 24 glass tiles reproducing the original hand-drawn wall art — tile by tile, to the millimetre, in food service quality.

Metal signage: menu boards, room signs, wayfinding

UV printing on metal delivers advantages for food service signage that standard solutions cannot provide:

• Photorealistic quality: Logos, imagery, complex typography — all reproduced in print quality, not as a vinyl overlay with visible edges.
• Material choice by environment: Aluminium for lightweight interior signage, stainless steel for premium exterior signs, copper for boutique hospitality with a premium positioning.
• No minimum order: For a single door sign, one menu board, or a room navigation system, Glastrix requires no minimum quantity. Every piece is produced individually.

Berlin projects from practice

Glastrix has completed a range of hospitality projects in Berlin and the region:

• Restaurant Piri's (Berlin-Kreuzberg): 24 glass tiles with reproduced hand-drawn wall art — an installation that positions Glastrix direct printing as a full equivalent to hand-painted walls.
• Bouldering gym Der Kegel (Berlin): Metal signage from route markings to branded room elements. Production standard for a facility used daily by hundreds of climbers.

Delivery direct to the building site in Berlin

Restaurant projects have construction timelines, opening dates, and tight schedules. Glastrix coordinates glass print deliveries on request directly with construction progress — 48h once materials and print files are ready, across Berlin. For restaurateurs who do not want to build their fit-out schedule around a distant printer, the proximity of the Kreuzberg lab is a genuine advantage.

White-label for fit-out suppliers

Shopfitters, interior suppliers, and food service equipment providers who want to include glass printing in their offering can use Glastrix as a white-label production partner: neutral packaging, direct delivery to the building site or restaurant operator, without Glastrix branding on delivery documents. Standard terms: no setup fee, no minimum, 48h production once materials and print files are ready.

Glastrix: UV print lab Berlin-Kreuzberg

Lausitzer Str. 10, Hof 3, 10999 Berlin. In production since 2015. For Berlin hospitality projects — whether a single order or recurring supply — an enquiry is the first step. Free test print available on request: one piece in your own artwork and glass type before the main production starts.