The Most Maximalist
Rainbow-colored cutlery and a Polo Bar–inspired bistro set.
A Modern Bistro Set Mepra Italian Flatware, Fantasia Color Flatware Set, from $82 for five pieces at food52.com
Without those silver dots on the resin handles, this set from Mepra, recommended by Curtiss, is a tad sleeker than your average bistro set. It’s also expansive: It comes in 19 different color options and is sold in sets as small as service for one and as large as service for 12.
The Sleekest Bistro-Inspired Set Crate & Barrel Aero White FivePiece Flatware Place Setting, $70 at crateandbarrel.com
Unlike the more utilitarian-looking bistro sets on this list, this two-tone set is slimmer. Viñas says she is “partial to the tapered polymer handles,” which give the pieces “a bit of a Jetsons feel.”
A FrenchMade Set With a Tiny Bee on Each Piece Dubost Pink Laguiole Flatware, Set of 24, $204 at amazon.com
Laguiole is a French company founded in 1828. Its flatware is especially substantial, with a heftier-than-usual composition of 25/10 stainless steel, and it’s recognizable by a bee emblem where the handle meets a piece’s head.
And a LessExpensive Laguiole Look-alike Laguiole by French Home 20-Piece Flatware Set in French Blue, $100 at bedbathandbeyond.com
Technically made by French Home, this Laguiole-inspired set lacks the official stuff ’s decorative bees but otherwise looks quite like it. Frampton says it is a great way to get that look for (a lot) less.
A Set the Same Color As the Walls at the Polo Bar Ralph Lauren Home Ronan Flatware Five-Piece Set, $65 at ralphlauren.com
Griffin says the “two little silver rivets add
Art Deco streamliner style” to this set of Ralph Lauren bistro-inspired flatware. Those handles come in a green that’s reminiscent of the accent color on the walls and dishes at the Polo Bar.
An Instagrammable Gold-and-Red Set Decor Lane Luxor Cutlery Four-Piece Set, $38 at decorlane.com
Walker says these are particularly Instagrammable thanks to their slim handles, topped with outsize but more traditionally shaped heads, and bright color options: They come in pink, blue, and a Christmassy red.
A Multicolored Set With ‘Manic, Merry Energy’ Matilda Goad 12-Piece Rainbow Cutlery Set, Red Hot/Cool Blue, $180 at matildagoad.com
According to writer Chloe Malle, Matilda Goad’s Rainbow Cutlery is “the perfect antidote to quaran-malaise.” The set comes in two palettes— Red Hot and Cool Blue.