Counter Height Built In Banquette . See more ideas about bar height bench, counter height bench, bench. This type of raised seating is a great asset to any type of restaurant atmosphere including, sports bars and night clubs, allowing your customers high viewing of tv’s, monitors etc. Holders Restaurant Furniture Bar Height Banquettes from holderrestaurantfurniture.com Elevated bar or counter stool height seating with the comfort of a booth or banquette. 2 sheets of plywood (we had lowe’s rip the boards in half so we could fit it in the car) 1 sheet of veneer plywood to use for the front of the bench. We just built one recently for a customer and the overall seat height we used was 18, but that includes the cushion and base.