Stainless steel or ceramic butler sink?

[MarmiteCoriander]

I thought the stainless steel one would stain less than a ceramic one. Just worried it might become the focus of the room, whereas a white one would blend better. (Cabinet doors very similar to the pic, but not chosen worktop colour). Any pros/cons with each type?

I have ceramic & love it. I guess it just depends on the look you're going for. I think it's impossible to stain ceramic. Mine hasn't stained. Nor has it chipped.

Horrible finger print marks all over stainless Steel. You'd spend hours polishing it.

You'd be mad to get a stainless one (stains!) and it's looks weird tbh

Ceramic all the way, I’ve had one installed in every house I have lived in, so easy to clean, mine looks brand new and I’ve had it for years. I personally don’t like stainless steel at all, shows up finger marks and water drips.

I thought you were asking if you should get a ceramic or steel bitter dish. Anc yet I still clicked to read!

Butter dish!!

I'd go for a large stainless steel undermount sink...not quite what you asked but not sure about the pic you posted! If butler, then I'd go ceramic.

My ceramic sink both chipped and stained. I wouldn't have one again.

Ceramic for sure

I love mine! Really easy to care for

Thanks for the info. My only experience of ceramic ones was MIL's which was always stained and grubby- but maybe she never cleaned it?

Ceramic butler sinks always look grubby in the end

Stainless steel butler sink looks very weird

I’d go stainless steel undermount as a PP said but if you really want butler then it has to be ceramic

I have a granite/resin sink which is a nightmare for staining <sigh>

When the time comes to change it I'll go for a stainless steel (though the very squared ones do remind me of the sinks in a mortuary -not from experience , but from TV)

God, don't get a white ceramic sink. I've got one of the buggers, and it doesn't stay clean for even a few hours. It's a bloody nightmare. Get stainless steel.

I've had ceramic butlers for 10 years and love it. Does stain with tea ect but quick spray of bleach has it gleaming again in minutes. I much prefer it to stainless steel which is always covered in water marks🤷

I think I should mention, quality matters. A good quality ceramic sink will have a really good thick glaze. Cheaper ones will have a thinner glaze. If you bash it a lot and it then scratches, it will eventually stain. Thinking about it, I've not even had to descale mine & I've had it 10yrs. I do use a slip-mat in the bottom though, so heavy pans don't scratch.

I prefer steel. I admit it's hard to keep looking shiny, especially in hard water areas, and it will scratch a bit if you use the sink heavily, but it's more forgiving than ceramic if you drop crockery into it. A good quality ceramic sink should be easier to keep clean looking, but can chip, and other things can break if dropped into it.
I prefer steel sinks that sit over the top of the unit. I found a place that makes to order, costly, but I got exactly what I wanted, a deep sink, as large as was possible within the unit, and a drainer each side with a proper slope, in good quality thick steel. I can put a large decorator's roller tray flat in the bottom easily, and it's deep enough for a large bucket.😉
This house had a resin one, it was okay in some ways, softer than ceramic, less scratchy than steel, but had a bad stain- I think a hot pan, maybe. Not clean-off-able.

You wouldn't like mine*- but I think it really only looks like that in a domestic kitchen if you have a very straight-up-and-down large/deep sink (as I do). Domestic ones tend to be a bit softer on the curves and more tapered.

*Mine was custom-made by a company that makes sinks for medical/veterinary/catering.😊

What about black ceramic?

https://www.tapwarehouse.com/p/rangemaster-ceramic-cfbl595an

I have a black steel sink, inherited not bought, which I love (but my dh hates)

Ha! no I'd be fine with a sink like that , I'd be pretending to be the Silent Witness Forensic Pathologist every time I sluiced the draining board
Are the corners a nightmare ?

Fo Shizzle?
You come on here to plug your wares?

Plug ...see what I did there ?

Can't imagine why anyone chooses a ceramic sink. Horrible and old fashioned, there are better materials around. And they always look terrible with manky gaps around them.

I think the front panel of that steel sink would be very prone to picking up dents. If you want the butler style I would go with ceramic.

A ceramic sink can chip and doesn't last that long unless you use them carefully. I would use stainless steel for longevity and not worry about water leaks from a chipped ceramic sink. A hairline crack may not be visible.