How to properly serve a table in a restaurant?

Table setting in a restaurant is very important and plays a significant role. Correct table design is a sign of the high class of the establishment and the professionalism of the waiters. The article will focus on who should control and be responsible for the rules for serving dishes to the banquet.

Proper decoration and decoration of tables in restaurants is the very first and main tool to attract visitors and guests. After all, the opinion about the restaurant among the visitors is formed, based not only on the quality of the prepared dishes, but also on the table setting and the general interior of the institution. A beautifully served table, correct serving of ordered dishes - increases the status and adds attractiveness to the restaurant.

Each restaurant has its own characteristics. By them, people are accustomed to mean a special menu, and an expensive interior, and some kind of evening program, music, for example. For some visitors, the peculiarity of the institution lies in its name.

In fact, the peculiarities of a real status and attractive restaurant lie in the usual little things. These are tablecloths, and wine glasses, and cutlery, and napkins, and vessels with flowers, and plates, and candlesticks, and other attributes. All of them are part of the serving process in the restaurant complex.

There are two ways of serving - preliminary and executive (main).

The executive method is applied with a predefined menu. It is used at banquets and other festive events, where everything is agreed in detail in advance. And pre-serving is the preparatory procedure of the hall for the upcoming festive event.

The preliminary method of preparing the table is carried out in all catering establishments, regardless of the level of the institution. It serves as a kind of addition to the interior in the hall. A limited number of devices are involved in this decoration, which will serve for further use in the service process.

Items of this type of serving include:

• pie plates;
• wine glasses;
• devices for spices;
• napkins;
• flower vessel with artificial or live flower arrangement.

Supplementing and changing the list of appliances is regulated according to the type and nature of the service - it is breakfast, lunch ceremony or dinner. This process can be easy or difficult. To have breakfast, you need a pie plate, snacks, a wine glass, and a cloth napkin. At lunchtime, you should serve a plate for bread, a knife, a fork, a spoon, a wine glass, napkins, a device for spices, a vessel with flowers.

The word "serving" is translated as preparing the table for meals, when all the dishes are arranged in a certain order. In a restaurant, when serving, you need to adhere to the correct order:

• The very first thing the table is covered with a tablecloth. This work is delicate, you need to do it so that the tablecloth does not crumple.
• Next, porcelain or earthenware dishes are displayed (various shapes and sizes of plates).
• The line for the instruments follows. These are forks, spoons, knives and accessories, it is related to the menu.
• Next, crystal or glass is placed. Wine glasses, wine glasses and glasses should be presented correctly - holding by the leg. The number of glasses on the table depends on what kind of alcoholic drinks will be served during the meal.
• It's the turn of the napkins.
• Next comes the arrangement of spice appliances, various candelabra and flower vessels.

An integral part of serving is a cloth napkin. It develops to match the purpose of the serving. For a banquet, for a festive feast, it takes on a conical shape. There are other options for laying out napkins.

Serving the table is not necessary in a classic style. Sometimes you have to give free rein to fantasy and dreams. There is a French, Ukrainian, and Russian style, but the thematic component should be present and match both the interior style of the hall and the rest of the common areas (for example, a terrace). Proper serving is a whole science, the purpose of which is to arrange the appliances in such a way that it is convenient for guests. All standards must also be followed.

A waiter can also be added to the professional restaurant serving and the interior of the establishment, who must effectively fit into the whole picture.

As practice shows, an ugly or tastelessly served table in a restaurant can ruin not only the guests' appetite, but also discourage the desire to visit this institution again. In order for the table setting to be flawless and delight guests and visitors, you need to remember some of the nuances:

• Before setting the table, you should check all items and appliances for cleanliness, for example, dishes that have been washed to a crisp and polished to a shine. Also check how perfect the ironed and starched napkins and tablecloths are.
• All items involved in serving should be combined with each other, be in the same style.
• Always consider seasonality. If it is a fierce winter outside the window, warm shades that warm the soul will not be superfluous in decorating the table and restaurant. If it's summer, add a little coolness to the serving items.
• Always check the condition of the spice containers, this is very important. For example, so that the salt is not wet.

In the decor of tables in restaurants, as well as in any field of activity, fashion trends are observed, as well as those that have sunk into oblivion. After all, a restaurant can surprise not only with a table covered with exotic food, but also with a non-standard approach to serving.

If you adhere to fashion trends in the setting of a banquet table, then you can use several options for its design:

• Give up classic white dishes and switch to pastel colors, for example, serving the table with dishes of the color of ashes of roses, which will give a certain romanticism to the feast.
• Decorate the table in an Italian style using streamlined tableware, which is very popular in Europe and beyond.

• If you want to impress visitors, then when organizing buffets, presentations, business meetings, it will not be superfluous to decorate the table with premium-class dishes with elements of relief, ornaments in a combination of matte and gloss at the same time.

But, the main thing in the restaurant business is an understanding of what you are doing, and then all the love, warmth, sensuality will be conveyed to the visitors.

See below for a special instructional video on table setting in a restaurant.