RestaurantEtiquette餐桌礼仪.doc

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feeling of others.If you have that awareness,you have good manners,no matter what fork you use Customers and restaurants can make dining out a more pleasant experience with the following Top 10 Points of Restaurant Etiquette.These tidbits are listed in the order of the typical dining experience-from making a reservation to leaving a tip. Timing is Everything Restaurant reservations are like any other appointment. If you make a reservation, stick to it. Call ahead if you’re going to be more than 15 minutes late, and cancel as far in advance as possible if your plans change so that someone else can get a table. It is fine to make mutiple reservations for a single evening as long as you cancel the unwanted bookings,again as far in advance as possible. What is Casual Dress? According to the 2004 Zagat Survey Guide, over two dozen restaurants in New York City still require gentlemen to wear jackets and ties. But these are exceptions in a restaurant world where jeans and sneakers have become the new casual-chic. As fine dining restaurants move away from the old jacket-required policy, it raises the question of just what exactly is appropriate to wear when dining out. Casual attire to one person may mean jeans and a sweatshirt; to another, khakis and penny loafers. If you’re headed to a restaurant for the first time and are unsure about how to dress, call and ask the host outright what the dress code is. When in doubt, it’s safer to wear something more conservative. Table Setting What would restaurant etiquette be without a section on table setting? In this case, we’re less concerned with what fork to use and more concerned that all the silverware be clean. Likewise the glasses, plates and napkins. All it takes is a little extra attention to make sure that the table is set properly. This point may seem like the first lesson in Table Waiting 101, but after a recent dining incident in which the waiter set a severely cracked wine glas