I like restaurants that have me order on their screens. There’s no issue with lost in translation.
The places I’ve seen it in my locality, Los Angeles, CA are mostly Asian and mostly places where the dishes are meant to be customized, boba tea, taiyaki, Japanese curry.
The older I get, any “huffing off” gets the manager summoned. With no apology, I leave and post a negative review. Life’s too short for server BS.
My phone was so old (until I just recently got a refurb’d from Amazon) that it couldn’t handle QR codes anyway, so I’d always get a print version and tell the server no worries if the prices were outdated, I’ll accept the bill.
I don’t eat out all that much anyway, about once per 6 weeks, but I haven’t been anywhere not bringing printed menus to all the tables since maybe summer `22.
I would have to take a walk, as I don’t carry a device of any form. I’ve only come across one occasion of minor discontent from a member of staff, but they said I could go to the counter and order directly, which was fine.
More of an issue are those car parks where payment is required by phone. I can no longer park in the very centre of our town as all are set up this way. Fortunately, there are still some, on the fringe of the centre, where you can also pay by card.
I wasn’t concerned much with the price being outdated. When the server handed us the printed menus, she said about 1/2 of the items listed were no longer available, and there were dishes available that weren’t on the printed menus, then she added that she didn’t “have time” to tell us what was available and walked off. Only 2 other tables occupies and lots of servers roaming around.
That was a big turnoff. The menu wasn’t even that large.
I dislike touchy-feely waitstaff. I have a nephew who likes to eat at a chain restaurant that where you get large portions of mediocre food, and that’s where he likes to go to celebrate his birthdays. On one occasion he introduced us to the manager (a touchy-feely guy), who had the habit of touching you on the arm or around the shoulder while talking to you; it got to be irritating after a bit. Fortunately he disappeared before I had to tell him to cease and desist.
Along similar lines, my wife hates to be called “sweetie” by waitstaff. There was a thread on CH titled, “My name is not fucking sweetie”, about the same thing.
Probably much better. In the kitchen there are no patrons peeing all over everything, leaving toilet tissue on the floor, splashing in the sink and leaving water everywhere like pigs, and generally making a frigging mess because apparently it’s now perfectly fine to act like you have lost your mind when you are relieving yourself in a public place.
This is a new thing? Really? I’ve seen terrible restrooms for as long as I can remember.
According to Anthony Bourdain (in “Kitchen Confidential”, I think), it’s much easier to keep a bathroom clean than it is a kitchen, so if the bathroom is filthy, you can be sure that the kitchen is worse.
The restaurants that have patrons order via device provide the devices.
Not in my experience. It’s scan the QR thingy on your phone or hope they have a hard copy menu.
Nah had to use my own phone every time. Hate it.
Being in the restaurant business in one form for another before I even learned how to ride a bicycle, this is one of the biggest urban legends. Ever.
But I once used the men’s room at a well-known Jewish deli, and there was no soap. The staff used the same room. I guess there might be hand-washing sinks in the kitchen, but I was still squicked.
I agree. What I should have said was that I understand the thought pattern but disagree with it. It’s a false equivalence. I worked in two restaurants and had uncles that owned two more. Filthy bathrooms aren’t a deal killer for me when I’m dining out. Seeing BOH staff wearing gloves is scarier to me.
You never want to see the inside of a restaurant kitchens.
But rest assured heat kills just about a lot of things. Heat is your friend.
My pastrami sandwich wasn’t particularly hot, though.
But you’re still today to recount it …
Not in mine, either. I think the scam may include downloading the restaurant’s app, so they can spam you.
That’s an oldie!!!
