Table Settings Every Restaurateur Should Know

The table setting in your restaurant is as crucial as its interior decor. A perfect table setting will save you from embarrassing cases from your customers. 

Having a busser in your restaurant helps set the mood. A wait-staff acts as a restaurant-friendly face and cooks craft amazing & tasty dishes, while bussers are the place setters. 

If a restaurant values efficiency, having staffing bussers who are competent and quick is the best idea. This article will enlighten you on the vital things to know about table settings. 

What Complete A Restaurant Table Settings

Every restaurant goer sees the finished product once they sit down to dine. Let’s look at what you need to set a table in your restaurant;

1. Plates.

• Dinner plate
• Dessert plate 
• Salad plate 
• Sauces 
• Bread plate 
• Appetizer plate

2. Forks. 

• Dessert fork 
• Normal fork 

3. Glasses. 

• Beer glass 
• Wine glass 
• Cocktail glass 
• Water glasses 

4. Knives. 

• Normal knives 
• Button knives 
• Steak knives 

Other items include;

• kid’s cups 
• Tablecloths 
• Napkins placement 
• Condiments 
• QR codes/ menus 
• Tablecloth holders, mostly if on a patio. 

Different Types Of Plate 

All the plates in a formal setting aren’t a flex; they all serve a purpose. 

1. Bread plate.

This plate is where customers can place all assortments of toast, bread bits, and rolls they get while eating.

2. Serving Plate.

This plate is for the main course, i.e., the dish your customers have been looking forward to since they sat down. 

3. Saucer. 

This plate is for when a customer asks for a cup of coffee or tea; this is where your customer places the teacup.

Different Types Of Cutleries

A fork is not just a fork. No two forks are alike. Here’s how to know the difference;

Dinner fork – used for the main course. 

Salad fork – used to polish off that delicious full or half Caesar.

Butter knife – primarily for bread and any other dish that needs butter. 

Dinner knife – it is the dinner forks partner in crime. 

Dessert knife and spoon – for when you order something sweet. 

Teaspoon – to stir a coffee or tea. 

Salad knife – when a piece of lettuce or chicken needs to be cut down a peg. 

Soupspoon – to enjoy a bowl of broccoli cheese, tomato soup, or chicken noodles. 

Table Settings

Table settings is divided into three parts, namely formal,  basic, and casual table. Let’s expound;

1. Formal Table Setting.

This table setting is often in fine-dine restaurants and formal events like black-tie weddings and state dinners. 

This table setting uses a lot of silverware, flatware, and glassware for a six-course meal which includes; an appetizer, salad, bread, soup, main course, and dessert. 

2. Casual Table Setting.

Another name for this table setting is the “informal table setting.” It is trendy in contemporary casual restaurants, and it is for 3-course meals only. 

3. Basic Table Setting. 

This table setting is best for your cafe, restaurant, diners, breakfast places, and family restaurant. Only a coffee mug and a placemat is required.

Presenting The Menu 

• Your servers should stand to the left side of the customer and take their orders. 
• The menu should be presented from the left-hand side of the guest. 

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