Pocket Napkins
Pocket Napkins
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The pocket fold, already folded
Singular pocket napkins are pre-folded disposable napkins with a built-in sleeve that holds a knife and fork. Each one is made from premium airlaid paper with a linen-like texture, measures 15.75″ × 15.75″ unfolded, and arrives already folded — so setting a cover takes one motion instead of four. Sold 50 to a pack in 16 colors.
The pocket fold is the setting everyone wants and nobody wants to do. It looks deliberate, it keeps cutlery off the tablecloth, and it takes about forty seconds a napkin to execute properly by hand. Multiply that by sixty covers and it is the reason most tables end up with a rectangle fold and a fork laid beside it. These arrive with the fold already made.
How the pocket works
The napkin arrives folded into a clean rectangle with an open sleeve across the face. Slide a knife and fork in and the setting is done — the cutlery sits flush, the fold holds its shape, and every cover on the table looks identical without anyone measuring anything.
- No folding, no rolling, no assembly before service
- Holds its shape because airlaid takes a crease the way cloth does, not the way tissue doesn't
- Keeps flatware off the linen and in position when the table gets bumped
- Unfolds to a full napkin at 15.75″ square, so it still works as a working napkin through the meal
- Uniform across every cover, which is the part that reads as professional
What size are pocket napkins?
Pocket napkins are built on a standard dinner napkin, so the unfolded size is 15.75″ × 15.75″. Folded, each one sits in the footprint of a dinner plate or just left of it, with the sleeve sized for a standard knife-and-fork set.
| Unfolded size | 15.75″ × 15.75″ |
|---|---|
| Format | Pre-folded with a built-in flatware pocket |
| Pocket fits | A standard knife-and-fork set |
| Material | Premium airlaid paper, linen-like texture |
| Pack size | 50 napkins |
| Colors | 16 |
| Care | Disposable, compostable where accepted |
Need the same material without the fold? Dinner napkins ship flat in more than 20 colors and patterns.
What else goes in the pocket
The sleeve is sized for cutlery, but it is really just a clean place to put one small thing in front of every guest. In practice it gets used for:
- A printed menu card, which saves a separate stand or a card laid loose on the plate
- A place card for assigned seating at a reception or a holiday table
- A sprig of rosemary, eucalyptus, or seasonal greenery — the cheapest decoration per cover there is
- A dried flower stem for a spring or wedding table
- Chopsticks or a dessert spoon for a course-specific setting
- Pre-rolled cutlery for buffet lines, so guests collect one item instead of three
Buffets are where this earns the most: a stack of filled pocket napkins at the end of the line replaces a cutlery tray, a napkin basket, and the inevitable mess of both.
How many pocket napkins do you need?
Unlike a cocktail napkin, a pocket napkin is a place setting rather than something guests take repeatedly. Plan on one per cover, plus about one spare for every four guests to cover re-sets and late additions. Packs hold 50:
| Guests | Napkins needed | Packs |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 32 | 1 |
| 50 | 63 | 2 |
| 100 | 125 | 3 |
| 150 | 188 | 4 |
| 200 | 250 | 5 |
One habit worth copying from banquet service: set the table with pocket napkins and keep flat dinner napkins in reserve. A guest who needs a second napkin mid-meal gets handed a fresh one, and the plated setting you built stays intact.
Sixteen colors
White, Ivory, and Natural for anything formal. Silver, Black, and Navy where the table needs weight. Light Blue, Green, Kiwi Green, and Yellow for daytime and spring service. Terracotta, Raspberry, Red, Peach, Pink, and Gold when the napkin is carrying the color on the table.
Because the fold presents a single clean face to the guest, color does more work here than it does on a flat napkin — there is no pattern or crease competing with it. A dark napkin against a white plate is the whole centerpiece on a plain tablecloth.
Where pocket napkins work best
Anywhere every cover has to look the same and nobody has time to make that happen by hand:
- Wedding receptions — identical settings across every table, with a place card or menu in the sleeve
- Plated catered events — banquet rooms and corporate dinners set in advance
- Buffets and brunch service — pre-filled with cutlery at the head of the line
- Hotel breakfast and room service — a finished look on a tray with no folding station
- Restaurants in high-volume service — covers reset fast between turns
- Holiday tables at home — the setting looks done before anyone sits down
Put your name on them
The folded face is a flat, unbroken panel, which makes it the best print surface in the line — a monogram, a date, a crest, or a logo sits dead center on every cover and faces the guest without being unfolded. See custom branding for artwork requirements and minimums, or request samples to check the fold and the color under your own lighting before an event order.
Care, storage, and disposal
Store packs flat so the fold stays sharp, keep them dry and out of direct sun, and reseal what you do not use. Fill the pockets the morning of an event rather than days ahead, since filled napkins stack less evenly and the fold relaxes under weight. Each napkin is single-use and needs no laundering. They are compostable where composting accepts paper products, so check your local program first, and do not flush them: airlaid stays strong when wet, which is exactly why it does not belong in plumbing.
Set the rest of the service with cocktail napkins for the bar, luncheon napkins for daytime, and guest towels for the powder room. Buying for a restaurant, hotel, caterer, or venue? Case pricing and account support run through the wholesale program.
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