Restaurant pet hates
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Restaurant pet hates
I read an article in the guardian where the writer described her pet hates in restaurants
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle ... y-appetite
I don't share all the writers views but I have developed my own pet hates, particularly in relation to restaurants in the region.
Here are mine:-
Being shown to a table and not being offered a drink. I find many restaurants don't even bother to offer aperitifs or expect them to be ordered at the same time as the meal. I'm happy to take my time with a menu and wait for food as long as I've got a drink in my hand.
Restaurants that hide your wine. - If a restaurant insists on pouring your wine for you then they should at least pour it when you want it. I cannot think of a single restaurant that has ever got this right. I normally shame them by getting up to get it. Personally I would always pour my own wine that way I can control my intake and the temperature of the wine in the glass.
What are other peoples restaurant pet hates?
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle ... y-appetite
I don't share all the writers views but I have developed my own pet hates, particularly in relation to restaurants in the region.
Here are mine:-
Being shown to a table and not being offered a drink. I find many restaurants don't even bother to offer aperitifs or expect them to be ordered at the same time as the meal. I'm happy to take my time with a menu and wait for food as long as I've got a drink in my hand.
Restaurants that hide your wine. - If a restaurant insists on pouring your wine for you then they should at least pour it when you want it. I cannot think of a single restaurant that has ever got this right. I normally shame them by getting up to get it. Personally I would always pour my own wine that way I can control my intake and the temperature of the wine in the glass.
What are other peoples restaurant pet hates?
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Mine is the opposite of Allan's. I don't like sommelliers filling up my wine glass while i'm not looking. A) Cos I want to measure my drinking and b) cos I often have a different wine with a different course.
Not a pet hate but an annoyance. When I walk into an empty run-of-the-mill restaurant and ask for a table for four. Don't ask me if I have a booking just to make yourself look popular.
Not a pet hate but an annoyance. When I walk into an empty run-of-the-mill restaurant and ask for a table for four. Don't ask me if I have a booking just to make yourself look popular.
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