What are the measurements of the space?

Hi Dreamer, the total space including kitchen is approx 9m long and 3.6 wide. The kitchen is about 3.5m long. I’m wanting a table big enough to seat 8-10 on occasion...

So with the dining area, being approx 5500 x 3600, I would suggest a rectangle table. A 2100mm length table x 1100 width.
This would comfortably seat 8 people. You could also purchase the same size table with an inbuilt extension, that could extend longer to seat your 10 people, when required.
The aesthetic of table is personal choice.

Thanks very much dreamer!

Hi Alex,
I would go rectangular to balance the space, a few inspiration photos for you, you could go modern or chunky with chairs and a bench seat or classic, I would lean more to modern , timber table, leather or fabric chairs, could look gorgeous.

Wow, thanks Julie - where is that second table from? Beautiful and that chunkiness could fill the space really well. I don’t have any black in my kitchen - do you think I the room could do black chairs?

Found this helpful for optimising/maximising seating arrangement by selecting a suitable table design. Good luck.

Thanks M Tarrant - now to google what all those bases are!