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From Empty Tables to Full House: Expert Advice on Avoiding Restaurant No Shows

Modern Restaurant Management

No-shows plague the UK hospitality industry, with 12-14 percent of restaurant reservations going unfulfilled, resulting in an estimated £17.6 Beyond the immediate lost revenue from empty reserved tables, these missed bookings disrupt carefully planned kitchen and staffing operations.

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CHEFS – SIMPLE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL

Culinary Cues

Guests spending hundreds of dollars for a memorable meal and making reservations months in advance just to garner a seat. Soup can be an inexpensive way to fill stomachs or an elevated product that attracts the most educated consumers and critique by those in the know.

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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

While swicy took the front seat this year, Rubix’s proprietary research found that 5 percent more Gen Z respondents reported having frequent sweet and salty cravings over sweet and spicy. ” “We are controlling our reservations for winemaker dinners to keep the atmosphere more intimate. Move over “swicy.”

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Native American Museum Cafes Preserve Tradition, Embrace Innovation

EATER

It avoids pork and dairy in favor of foods like bison, turkey, and wild greens, and aims to educate and nourish guests. The duo showcases Indigenous foodways across the Americas, blending culinary authenticity with cultural education. Thirty Nine’s menu highlights high-protein and precolonial ingredients.

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MRM Research Roundup: AI Investment Heating Up and Summer Dining Dos and Don’ts

Modern Restaurant Management

The Splintered Path to Purchase The path to purchase has splintered, and Gen Z is in the driver’s seat. More than half of diners admit to setting fake reservation times, padding them by 15 to 20 minutes, just to keep their group punctual. respondents distributed evenly across gender, age, and geographic area. Within U.S.

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Connecting the Dots: Adding ConnectSmart® Host to Your Front-of-House Operations

QSR Automations

They provide guests a first impression of your restaurant; it’s where hosts greet guests, check-in reservations, provide quotes for the waitlist, rotate sections to avoid overworking serv ers , pace seating to avoid overwhelming the kitchen, and direct off – premise s guests and delivery drivers to pick up their orders.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Rather, how thoroughly the team embodies the culture set at the top ultimately determines whether you’re turning tables all night or staring at empty seats. PIRG Education Fund. We engineered an alternate traffic barrier system that takes up less space than water barrier systems, meaning more space for seats.