Dining out can be so much fun, especially if that’s how you catch up with friends, spend time with family or just spend time with yourself and your favourite dish.
Are you always hunting for the perfect restaurant or something close to perfect? There are so many factors that classify a perfect restaurant aside from the ambiance, food, or even service.
Keep your eyes open, grab a glass of wine or popcorn and continue reading as I share with you the seven ways to know you’re in a good restaurant!
Courteous Staff:
When I walk into a restaurant, I’m very observant of the staff and how they treat me. From how I’m greeted at the door, to how I’m approached once I’m seated, a happy and lively staff shows the staff is happy to work and the restaurant treats them well. Smiling staff is a sign of a good restaurant.
Prompt Service:
Prompt service gives a restaurant a bonus in my books! From the moment I’m seated, I’m already timing how long it’ll take staff to come to take my order. It’s quite annoying entering a restaurant and waiting for someone to attend to me. Great service can uplift average food, but amazing food can’t always make up for bad service.
Available Items on the Menu:
I love when a restaurant has options to choose from on their menu, and when those options are available, too. Imagine going to a restaurant and asking for something on the menu, and it’s unavailable. Then you ask for something else and the same thing happens. It can be quite disappointing.
Knowledgeable Servers:
I’m one of those diners who loves to ask questions about a dish, especially if I’m not familiar with it. The server should be knowledgeable of the menu and also enthusiastic to explain it to me because nothing is as annoying as asking a server something about the menu, and they’re clueless or lost with no response.
Outstanding Food:
As much as I love a restaurant with impeccable ambiance and service, I’m mostly there for the food, so this is an important factor.
Good food made from fresh ingredients with ample flavour and excellent presentation is one way to know a good restaurant.
Comfortable Space:
The ambiance is one factor that makes a restaurant ideal to visit. A beautiful ambiance makes me comfortable and sets the tone for the food. The arrangement of the space and table arrangements can make a customer comfortable.
Clean Bathrooms:
Hello, mirror selfies! On a serious note, a bathroom’s look matters a lot because it shows how hygienic a restaurant is. Sometimes I judge a restaurant’s kitchen on how the bathroom looks. A clean bathroom gives the impression that the restaurant cares more about hygiene and not just about the food.
These are some of the signs that show you are in a good restaurant, and you’ll have a good time.
I hope this article is helpful and you’ll keep an eye out for these signs when next you’re hunting for a restaurant to dine in.
•Culled from Gourmet magazine.
