Some Guidelines on Restaurant Etiquette To Prepare You on Your Next Date
There is this dinner date coming up that you are excited about because of a new job or partnership or with someone you are very interested into.
Part of your rush of adrenaline or excitement could be thoughts of not confident in these rules of etiquette during dinner which could affect the results of your date. Let us present here some pointers on etiquette rules that you can learn and give you more confidence in your upcoming date.
Our first pointer starts on how you look or dress up for the part on your dinner date, and this you do even before you start heading to the restaurant. The reason behind this reminder is for your dinner date not to be offended with how you dress up for the occasion. Remember that your outfit should depend on the restaurant where you are having dinner, especially some of these restaurants have dress codes to be followed.
If you have not gone to this particular restaurant venue of your date, you can look at their website to check out, or look at pictures at what previous guests were wearing, or if still in doubt, make a call to the place and ask.
Another factor that would determine your choice of outfit is the occasion of the meeting, such as a business meeting will require a professional attire, and for a date, wear something that will reflect your kind of personality.
Showing up on time is another rule that will never let you down as you go you next restaurant date. Note that some restaurants, if you are on a group dinner date, won’t seat the group until everybody has arrived, and you do not want to be the one who will keep the group waiting in this case. Note that it is also not a wise move to show much way ahead of time to avoid making your hostess feel they need to find you a table sooner than the time set.
Bear in mind on how you will handle your napkin, and this is another etiquette tip to remember. So when you sit down, unfold your napkin and put it on your lap, and remember it is not appropriate to tuck in your napkin into your shirt.
If somebody is hosting the dinner, it is proper to wait for them to place their napkin on their lap first before you place your napkin.
There is such thing as the fine art of server calling, and this is by making eye contact of the servers wherever they are rather than calling them out, and this is your next etiquette guide.