Buying Guide
An honest breakdown from people who fabricate both every day — maintenance, durability, heat, cost and looks compared.
It's the question we hear most in the showroom. Both are excellent, premium surfaces — the right answer depends on how you use your kitchen, how much upkeep you want, and the look you're after.
Quartz is engineered and non-porous, so it never needs sealing and wipes clean with soap and water. Granite is natural stone and slightly porous, so it should be sealed periodically (typically once a year) to resist staining. If hands-off upkeep matters most, quartz wins.
Both resist scratches and daily wear well. Granite is extremely hard and shrugs off hot pots better than most surfaces. Quartz is also very tough but can be affected by sustained high heat, so we recommend trivets on quartz. Neither is "bulletproof" — sharp impacts can chip any stone edge.
Quartz offers a huge, controllable palette — bright whites, true greys, and convincing marble-look veining that repeats predictably slab to slab. We stock 429 quartz patterns from Caesarstone, Cambria, Vicostone, MSI, Lucent, SiO4 and Silestone. Granite is natural, so every slab is unique; you're choosing a specific piece of stone, which many homeowners love. We carry 47 granite varieties.
For outdoor kitchens or surfaces near intense heat, natural stone or Dekton outperforms quartz, since some quartz can discolour under prolonged UV or extreme heat.
They overlap heavily. Both range from accessible to premium depending on the specific pattern and slab — a designer quartz can cost more than a common granite and vice versa. The material choice rarely makes or breaks the budget on its own.