If you live in a bubbly city like Lagos or Abuja, you’re most likely familiar with several fancy restaurants with elaborate names and sometimes, overpriced menus. A lot of them are in heated competition for the credit cards of citizens who are elegant enough to visit their venues and patronize their services.
Since Valentine’s Day is coming up, you might be planning a special, intimate dinner for you and your lover at a fancy restaurant. Before you go ahead to make a reservation, you should consider the following:
Cuisine
It’s only right that we start with food. It is the essential part of any restaurant, after all; the ideal purpose of the establishment. A good restaurant should serve good food. It should have an expansive menu with a wide range of exquisite meals, and it should hire the best chefs to make each meal sumptuous and worth the price. Food brings people closer together.
Pricing
There are categories of restaurants with different price ranges, based on their offerings, quality of service and locations. Before choosing one, you should make some findings of the pricing of each restaurant’s menu, to decide which one suits your pocket size. You don’t want to have to jump from one restaurant to the other, looking for a cheaper option on Valentine’s Day.
Hygiene
No one wants to pay 15,000 Naira to eat good food and leave with typhoid or cholera, abeg. A good restaurant should make hygiene a priority by teaching its team about basic hygiene- from cooking to serving and more. You should pay attention to how clean, decent and appealing.
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Customer Service
Customer service is a significant part of any establishment and restaurants are not left out. Right from the door, guests should experience the excellent services the restaurants have to offer. The staff should be friendly, attentive, patient and caring. You don’t want to be attended to by staff who are distasteful and end up ruining the perfect date you’ve planned. (Don’t forget to be kind to the waiters and waitresses, too)
Aesthetics
This is probably a major reason many young Nigerians visit fancy restaurants. Everyone wants to take pretty shots of themselves, eating out at an aesthetically-pleasing restaur
Ambience
A restaurant should have flair and character. The exquisiteness of the restaurant should be palpable, right from the entrance. It should be inviting and welcoming, so you and your date can relax and have a great time. This goes down to the background music. You don’t want to go to a restaurant where you have to lean and shout over their table to speak to your date. It’s not an owambe. A good restaurant prioritizes its music to set the scene for a romantic evening.
Great Online Visibility
Good restaurants should be evident online (social media and websites) because that’s how many restaurants get recognized. Their feeds should be very eye-catching and pleasing, giving you a grasp of your offerings. You should take some time to look at pictures of the restaurant and read reviews, to give you an idea of what to expect.
It’s also important to note that you should consider your partner’s preference when choosing a restaurant. If he/she has spoken highly of a certain restaurant or shown interest in visiting, it would be a good idea to choose that as your location for the date. It shows that you’re an attentive and thoughtful partner. Romantic, right?
What are some other factors you consider when choosing a restaurant? Share them with us!
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