Without good food, a restaurant cannot survive. Without good design, it cannot thrive.

Restaurant customer experience will trump food and service, making layout, decor, lighting and other interior design elements the most important factors in luring in diners.

Here are the top eight restaurant interior design trends we see flourishing in 2018.

7 Clever Tricks to Serve Guests What They Want: A Delectable Experience

Before they prepare and serve food, restaurants must persuade would-be dining guests to enter and choose to eat there. The secret to a full house is to use restaurant design psychology to cater to the senses of guests and provide a captivating, authentic and memorable experience.

Guests' feelings and experiences are influenced by their five senses. Good food is not enough to keep them coming back for more, just as nice decor is not enough to entice them to return if the food isn’t good. Most customers are not aware of how restaurant design affects their experience, but they know how they feel in that space.