My parents had a kitchen put in 30 years ago that has higher than average work surfaces as we are a tall family. It's bloody brilliant. I foolishly married a short person so I'm now stuck with bending over when cooking.
We've put our worktops at two different heights for exactly that reason. One side is standard, the other is table height. Means we can't have standard height units on that side but we have drawers instead and that works fine.
It also makes the galley layout feel less like a trench.
My parents had a kitchen put in 30 years ago that has higher than average work surfaces as we are a tall family. It's bloody brilliant. I foolishly married a short person so I'm now stuck with bending over when cooking.