Even the smallest member of our society knows that at the table one "must behave" in a certain manner. What can and cannot be done during meals is laid down by parents in early childhood. The rules of behavior at the table for children begin with the game "in adults", are gradually transferred to the regime moments of meals, and become the norm of behavior.

Table etiquette- this is not only the cultural coloring of the process of eating. Observing the rules of behavior at the table, the main life tasks are solved:

1. Improves digestion;
2. The admission process becomes easier;
3. The rules of hygiene are observed;
4. Prevention of accidents at the table.

History and culture of food

The rules of behavior at the table appeared, probably, before the table itself. They were not invented by the communists in their unique organization of schools and kindergartens. The first mention of table etiquette appeared in ancient world. There are references to this in the texts of the ancient Sumerians. They say that a person must be highly moral and comply with ethical standards- this is what is given to man by the gods and distinguishes people from animals. Failure to comply with the rules of conduct, according to the ancient Sumerians, leads to negativity in his life.

Eating is the most important process. He was always surrounded by all sorts of rituals and rules that strictly regulated who, when, where, what to eat. The first rules were inseparably connected with the family hierarchy, the organization of life, the way of cooking, and with the food itself. Breaking the rules while eating was considered something unforgivable, shameful and condemned (and sometimes punished) at all times, in any culture. Life was changing, the life of a person - the rules were changing along with it. Family ceremonies have made room and have given way to the culture and aesthetics of food. Table manners are increasingly based on secular ethics than on religious and national traditions.

Why do we need rules at the table

Compliance with the rules and etiquette at the table is not the prerogative of a certain social group of people. It has nothing to do with wealth or social status families. " We are from the simple, from the workers. Why do we need all these tablecloths, napkins, forks and knives? Why is this for my child?» - to teachers kindergarten sometimes you have to hear something like that. It is important to understand that the culture of food and behavior is not whims, not a desire to “show off” in front of others. The point is that compliance certain rules Table etiquette makes sense and has specific benefits for children. Let's consider some of them:

1. Washing hands before eating protects the body from pathogenic bacteria along with food;
2. Table setting using a clean tablecloth and disposable napkins protects food from contact with the dining table cover;
3. The requirement to “do not spin” and not talk while eating is the prevention of serious incidents at the table (the child may choke);
4. The request to “take your time”, sit up straight and chew food thoroughly is nothing more than helping the stomach to digest what has been eaten quickly and easily;
5. A napkin placed on the knee (or on the chest) will protect clothes from contamination.

1. You must sit at the table with with clean hands. If you are visiting, then ask the owner of the house to use their facilities for this purpose.

2. It is necessary to sit at the table at a comfortable distance from each other. Not too close, and not too far.

3. Watch your seating position at the table. The back should be straight, the elbows should not lean on the table. Hands should be pressed to the body, and only the hands should be on the tablecloth.

4. Do not stretch your legs under the table.

5. Place the napkin on your knees and bring it to your mouth when necessary. Don't tie a napkin around your neck or tuck it into your shirt collar like a bib.

6. Before you start eating, you need to wait for all the guests to have food, and the owners of the house to start eating first. However, if there is a risk that the food served may become cold, the hosts may suggest that everyone who has already been served the meal start eating.

7. Never touch food with your hands, with the exception of bread and bread sticks, which, in any case, must first be broken off from a common piece and then put into your mouth.

8. The bread you use for eating should be on a small plate on the left in front of the main dish.

9. Do not make noise while eating or drinking.

10. Do not talk on the phone if there are other people at the table besides you.

11. Do not take pictures while eating.

12. Keep your phone in your pocket or bag, not on your desk.

13. Don't clean your plate with bread.

14. Chew food with your mouth closed.

15. Don't blow on food to cool it down.

16. Don't talk while eating.

17. Drink a drink only after swallowing food.

18. When eating, bring a fork or spoon to your mouth, and not vice versa. Never tilt your head to the cutlery, and even worse to the plate.

19. In order to finish the soup from the bottom of the plate, it is necessary to tilt it towards the center of the table.

20. Use a knife only for cutting food, not for eating from it.

21. For eating, hold the fork between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand.

If a fork is used in conjunction with a knife while eating food that needs to be cut, the fork must be held in the left hand and the knife in the right. After cutting food, the cutlery does not change places in the hands, that is, the fork with which you will put food in your mouth remains in your left hand, and the knife in your right.

22. The spoon should be held between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand, and should be half full when eating. It is not allowed to use a spoon with a fork when eating spaghetti.

23. It is necessary to learn how to eat spaghetti by twisting them on a fork. It is forbidden to suck them into the mouth directly from the plate.

24. In order to make it clear that you have finished eating the dish, you need to put the fork and knife in parallel on the plate.

25. If you need to put food for yourself that is on the table far from you, then you do not need to reach for it. Ask one of your neighbors to pass this meal to you.

26. In the case of eating a dish that needs to be cut, it is necessary to cut off the pieces as they are consumed. It is not allowed to first cut the entire portion into pieces, and only then eat.

27. In order to put food for yourself from a common dish located in the center of the table, you must use the utensils that lie on this dish, it is not allowed to use your own utensils.

28. Do not put more than you can eat from a common dish, so that after the meal you have nothing left on your plate.

29. Not allowed to use toothpicks in public.

30. If you need to pour water or wine into a glass, offer to pour them to your neighbors first.

31. In the case of a toast, everyone should drink. If someone does not drink alcohol, it is enough to bring the glass to their lips.

32. If a toast is pronounced in honor of one of the guests, it is necessary to raise a glass to the level of the face and extend a hand in the direction of the one in whose honor the toast is pronounced.

33. If you want to refuse a drink that you are offered to pour, it is enough to make a slight movement with your hand. There is no need to make any apologies about this.

33. It is forbidden to smoke during meals or between meals. After a meal, smoking is allowed only if there is the consent of the hosts and all guests.

34. You should get up from the table only after eating, unless some other circumstances arise in which this must be done earlier.

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We all know without too much reminder that the rules of etiquette at the table are simply necessary. After all, having this knowledge, we feel much more comfortable and confident at any table. I was inspired to prepare this material by a girl I knew, who refused to accept invitations to restaurants and cafes just because she did not know how to properly handle a knife and fork. Now for her this problem has already been solved, but for sure certain moments in food etiquette can cause us doubts. In order to minimize such doubts, let's consider elementary rules table etiquette.

First, how to sit? Not too far from the edge of the table, but not too close, and of course not resting your elbows on the table. There is a small exception for women, when she can briefly lean one elbow on the table, but only in case emergency, for example, if the hand is tired. You should sit straight in a chair and not bend over a plate. There are no exceptions here for anyone.

Before you start a meal, you need to "deal" with a napkin. A napkin intended for individual use should be unfolded and placed on your lap. While eating, they do not wipe their lips with such a napkin; for these purposes, it is better to use paper ones, and only at the end of a meal, you can touch your lips with a linen napkin and wipe your fingertips. Where to put her then? Just put it on the table.

Even if you have an appetite, do not pounce on food. Eat slowly, so you get even more pleasure from food. Of course, if you like the dish, finish it to the end, but in no case do not clean the bottom of the plate with a piece of bread. Just imagine that your table neighbor will do this, is it a pleasant sight?

Food is taken from a common dish with common appliances (special tongs, forks, spoons are designed for this) and put on a plate. Don't forget to put these appliances back. And do not get confused: only common appliances on your plate, but not individual appliances from a common dish. If the dish is far enough away from you, do not reach across the entire table, ask a waiter or a neighbor to serve it to you.

The rules of etiquette at the table do not prohibit taking bread, cookies, cake, fruits, citrus fruits with your hands - this is exactly what is accepted. Refined sugar is also included in this category, but if there are special tongs nearby, use them.

Since we are talking about bread, it should be recalled that this is a very delicate product, you can even say that there is a bread etiquette. For example, it is not customary to bite off a whole piece of bread. It is eaten in small pieces, which are broken off over their plate. It is also not customary to butter a whole piece of bread. This is best done by gradually breaking off pieces and buttering each of them. If there is a pie plate next to you, which is specially designed for bread, then put it in it, shifting the bread from the common plate. Butter is also put into a pie plate with a clean knife, which is then spread on slices of bread. They do the same with caviar, only for caviar there is a device - a special spatula. Pate can be taken either with a knife or a fork. Sandwiches are also taken by hand. If they are prepared for a snack, then they are eaten with a knife and fork.

Hot appetizers from kokotnitsa or kokotnitsa are eaten with a kokot fork or a teaspoon. Hot fish is eaten with a fish knife and fork. In extreme cases, if there are no special devices, you can use two table forks.

Now for the soup. It is eaten slowly and silently. If the soup is very hot, do not stir it with a spoon, it is better to wait until it cools down. With a spoon they scoop from themselves and bring it to the mouth with the left wide edge. If you finish eating the soup, slightly lift the plate away from you with your left hand. Dumplings, noodles, potatoes in the soup, if necessary, crush with the edge of a spoon. At the end of the meal, the spoon is left in the plate.

Broths are served in cups (broth makers) with one or two handles. From a cup with one handle, the broth can be drunk like tea, and from a cup with two handles, you should eat with a spoon.

Fish cold dishes are eaten with snack utensils. However, this is the case with all cold snack dishes. But hot-smoked fish gastronomy - with the help of fish appliances. In all cases, if the bones get into your mouth, you should carefully and, if possible, unobtrusively remove them with your hand and put them on the edge of the plate.

With the help of cutlery - a knife and a fork - they eat natural portioned meat dishes such as pork and lamb chops, steaks, fillets, langets, liver, etc. While holding the knife right hand, plug - in the left. Meatballs, cutlets, chopped zrazy, cabbage rolls, omelettes and other soft dishes, where the use of a knife would be redundant, are eaten with a fork, which is now held in the right hand.

Dishes and snacks from natural meat, cheese, sausage, ham are not immediately cut into small pieces. From this, the dish cools quickly and loses its attractiveness. It is better to cut off the pieces gradually, naturally using a knife and fork. The same is done with birds and game.

True, there is an exception for “tobacco” chickens. It is eaten with hands, but at the same time, vases or bowls with warm water for rinsing fingers. Usually slices of lemon or rose petals are dipped into such water. In this case, clean cotton napkins must be served, in extreme cases, paper napkins, which are immediately removed at the end of the meal. They also eat asparagus and crayfish.

In general, for crayfish, lobsters, lobsters, there are special devices, which consist of a short fork and spatula. From the body of the crayfish, only the meat in the claw is eaten. Then the crayfish is turned over on its back, the neck is separated and the meat is selected with a fork.

Sturgeon, beluga, boiled and hot smoked sturgeon are eaten only with a fork.

Mustard and salt are taken with special spoons. Mustard is placed on the bottom of the plate, not on the edge, with right side.

Soft-boiled eggs are served in a special glass (plow), the shell is slightly broken with a spoon, put it in a saucer, the egg is eaten carefully, trying not to spill the yolk. Fried eggs and ham and scrambled eggs are eaten with a fork in the right hand, and, if necessary, a piece of bread is helped, holding it in the left hand.

It happens that food needs to be temporarily interrupted. In such cases, the knife and fork are placed on the plate as they were held, the knife with the handle to the right, the fork with the handle to the left. Such cases may be a temporary weaning from the table, or the need to drink water, take bread, put a piece of meat, etc.

Let's move on to dessert. For dessert dishes, special devices are provided, with the help of which they eat biscuit cakes, puddings, ice cream, creams, etc. When dessert is served (tea, coffee, confectionery), excess dishes, bottles, glasses, wine glasses are removed from the table. Vases with jam, sweets, cookies, plates with thinly sliced ​​lemon, sugar, rosettes for jam are placed on the table. In the case when a cake or pie is served, a dessert plate is placed for each guest, a dessert knife or spoon is placed to the right of it, and a dessert fork is placed to the left. Tea, coffee is placed to the right of the dessert plate, while the handle of the mug or cup is turned to the left. Cream is served hot in a milk jug or creamer, which is served on a saucer at the table. Biscuit cakes are eaten with a dessert fork, sometimes with a teaspoon, hard cakes that crumble easily are eaten with a hand.

Now let's talk about fruits and berries. Apples and pears are cut with a fruit knife on a plate lengthwise into 4-8 parts, cleaned and the seed nest is removed. These pieces no longer cut, but bite right off them. Peach or apricot is taken in left hand and cut them in a circle to the bone, after which they break and remove the bone with a knife. You can cut off pieces from the halves, but you can use whole halves. Bananas are held in the left hand and peeled gradually. Berries (raspberries, strawberries) are eaten only with a teaspoon. Watermelons and melons are served sliced ​​with peel. Taking a slice of watermelon from a common plate, it is placed on an individual plate with the skin down and thin slices are cut off with a fruit knife. Cut the mango in half on a plate, take out the bone and eat the pulp with a spoon. Pineapple is peeled, cut across into thin slices, put on a plate and eaten with a knife and fork. Oranges and tangerines are eaten by cutting the peel and dividing the pulp into 5-6 parts, from which they are then separated into slices. Fruits from compote are eaten with a dessert spoon, and with its help they put the bones on a saucer.

Concluding our conversation, I would like to recall some obvious things. For example, a teaspoon is only for stirring tea. Having stirred tea or coffee, they no longer use it, but put it on a saucer. When cutting food, the fork is held at an angle rather than perpendicular to the plate. At the end of the meal, the fork and knife are placed on the plate, not on the tablecloth.

Today we only talked about the basic rules of table etiquette, of which we counted a little more than 45. But the conversation about etiquette is far from over, and very soon we will definitely return to this topic. In the meantime, I want to wish you enjoy food not only at the height of taste, but also at the height of good manners!

• Don't put your fingers in your mouth or take food out of your teeth. Excuse yourself and go to the bathroom.
• Don't overload your plate at the buffet.
• If something indecent happens (belching, hiccups), or if excess food falls out of your mouth, then calmly apologize. Do not make an elephant out of a fly and no one else will focus on this.
• Don't talk with your mouth full.
• Don't tilt your face down into the plate. Instead, sit up straight and bring the utensils to your mouth.
• If you have chewing gum, get rid of it before eating. Sticking it under the table is considered bad manners.
• Don't take something last until you ask if someone would like to take it.
• Leave food on the plate that you don't want.
• Chew with your mouth closed.
• If you need to leave the table, say, "Excuse me." Don't say where you're going.
• When eating or cutting something, keep your elbows close to your body.
• Don't make noise, sing, or whistle at the table unless everyone else is doing it.
• Don't tilt your chair back.
• Don't salt your food if you don't have to.
• The eating habits of others are never criticized in public.
• If you have already used the dishes, do not touch them again! Leave food on the plate.
• Bring food to your mouth, not your mouth to your plate.
• Sit up straight.
• Don't push your plate away when you've finished eating.
• Do everything for the owner. For example, don't sit down, start eating, or leave the table until he does it first, or invites you to do so.
• Grab a glass when you drink through a straw.
• Do not dip the spoon twice in a common dish.
• When people leave the table, don't ask them where they are going.
• Do not embarrass yourself or the owner.
• Don't interrupt someone; it makes a bad impression.
• Do not talk with food or drink in your mouth.
• When resting, you can put your elbows on the table, placing them between dishes. But only after eating, not during it.
• Do not talk about unpleasant things at the table.
• The glasses are different. One, which is rounder, is used for red wine, and the other, which is taller, is used for white wine. Hold a white wine glass by the stem to keep it warm, and hold a red wine glass by the bowl, as red wine tastes best when warmed by the warmth of your hands.
• When it comes to a plate of bread, cups, etc., dining out for big table with other people, many people wonder which of these is theirs. Always take the one on the left.
• If you make a loud noise and drop your spoon (or something like that), don't draw attention to it. Most likely, no one noticed, or even paid attention.

Each person must follow the rules of etiquette in a restaurant in order to produce good impression About Me.

Compliance with the rules of etiquette will help you have a great evening, and leave a good impression on others about yourself. Don't know how to behave in a restaurant? Relax and enjoy. But don't forget about etiquette.

• We all love to have lunch and dinner at home. But sometimes such constancy bothers, and you want to go to an expensive restaurant, taste real culinary masterpieces.
• Often ladies are invited to the restaurant by their fans, grooms or husbands. How to make a good impression of yourself? What should you say to the waiter, and what can you ask him?
• It often seems to us that nothing can spoil the rest, destroy the holiday atmosphere. But a lot depends on behavior. If everything is done correctly, there will remain good memories about the holiday.

It is better to book a table in advance, but if the decision to go to a restaurant was spontaneous, you should resolve all issues with the administrator. You should not immediately go into the hall and take the first free place. After all, perhaps the table is already booked by other guests.

The administrator is usually located at his desk near the entrance. If he is not there, then you need to wait, he can deal with visitors who came before you.

So, the administrator invited you to a table. Now the question arises: how to behave in a restaurant, how to communicate with a waiter? Etiquette and rules of conduct:

• Relax and keep at ease. Remove excess stress, enjoy the evening. Pleasant atmosphere, beautiful design of the hall, gallant waiters, beautiful outfit - all this makes you want to be the hero of the evening. Spend time with pleasure.
• Start eating with everyone. If food has been brought to you, but other people from your company have not yet, you do not need to immediately grab a fork and knife and use them for their intended purpose. You can warn the waiter in advance to bring the dishes at the same time.
• Consider the specifics of the restaurant, forget about your tastes. If you go to a fish restaurant, don't order meat. At a famous restaurant that serves delicious steaks, you don't have to limit yourself to salad.
• Don't be afraid to ask the waiter questions. If there are incomprehensible names of dishes on the menu, ask the waiter what this dish is made of. This is especially important if you are allergic to certain foods.
• Always ask the price if you are interested. There is nothing shameful in this. The waiter may suggest a restaurant specialty and you may ask for a price.
• Leave a tip. According to the rule of etiquette, you need to leave 10% (of the value of the check) or more to the waiter for a tip. It's a shame not to leave a tip if you've been well served.

Customers mostly don't talk to waiters. The restaurant worker must take the order, serve the guest for highest level and ask to pay for dinner. Visitors should have a good rest and not bother about the fact that they can do something wrong or say the wrong thing.

Etiquette in a restaurant - cutlery: how to use, how to put after a meal?

In a restaurant, you usually have to use more than one fork and knife. But you don't have to be scared a large number utensils next to your plate. Here are some tips on how to use it, how to put cutlery after eating. The rules of etiquette in a restaurant on this occasion say the following:

• Remember the order in which the dishes are served. First, a salad - cold or hot, then the first course, if you ordered it, and the second course.
• Start your meal with the forks and knives furthest away from your plate., and move to those that are closer.
• If the fork or knife has fallen off the table, do not focus on it.. Call an employee of the institution, and ask to replace the device for you.

Remember: The length of the salad knife is the same diameter as the appetizer plate, the appetizer fork is slightly shorter. The length of the second course knife is equal to the diameter of the plate in which the dish was brought to you. The table fork is long, and a long spoon and knife are used to serve portions from a shared plate.

• Dessert dishes are served with other utensils: knife with a sharp tip, a fork with three cloves and a small spoon.
• Fruits are served with special cutlery: fork and knife for eating fruit smaller size than dessert cutlery.
• Separate spoons are used for drinks: for coffee - coffee, for tea - tea. A teaspoon can be used for soft-boiled eggs, as well as for cocoa drink and smoothies.
• Additional devices: tongs, special forks, spoons and knives. With a two-pronged fork, you can take a piece of herring, as well as eat crab or shrimp. A small spoon, which is in the salt shaker, helps to add salt to the dishes. With the help of tongs, they put confectionery, sugar, marshmallows, sweets and marmalade on their plate.

Restaurant etiquette - cutlery

Important: If there is red or black caviar on the table, then there is a special spatula to put this dish on a plate. A large rectangular spatula is designed for shifting meat or vegetables. A small figured spatula is used for pate.

General rules for using cutlery:

• The knife should always be in the right hand.
• When you eat food with a fork or spoon, keep the utensils parallel to the table.. Do not blow on a hot dish.
• If there is some soup left in the bowl, you can finish it. tilting the plate away from you. Scoop up the rest of the soup carefully, do not hit the plate.
• During a pause or conversation at the table, cutlery must be placed on a plate, next to food.
• If the knife and fork lie parallel to each other on the plate, and the knife is turned with the tip towards the fork, which indicates the end of the meal. For the waiter, this suggests that the plate can be removed.

In the video below, an etiquette specialist will tell you how and what to do at the table. well-mannered person and how to properly use forks and knives.

Video: How to use cutlery correctly

You should not take with your hands at the table what you can eat with the help of cutlery. A dish that can be eaten with a fork should not be eaten with a spoon. There are many nuances of behavior at the table, like eating a barbecue, a burger or an expensive dish. Here are some rules:

• Shish kebab pieces are removed from the skewers and eaten with a knife and fork..
• Burger should be held with hands. Cutlery is not used. Bite off in small portions and chew the dish for a long time.
• Expensive dish, for example, lobsters are served with special cutlery. Using a sharp knife with a hole, break out the claws. Use a two-pronged fork to eat lobster meat. To the left of the plate will be a bowl of water. In it, you can rinse your hands after a meal.

The main thing in a restaurant is to eat silently. But, if you can’t, for example, cope with a lobster, ask the waiter to help.

The napkin always accompanies us at the table. It is not only a decorative item, but also unique item serving, which helps to facilitate the meal. Often in a restaurant you can see that a person ignores the napkin or pretends that it does not exist. No need to be afraid of this serving item.

How to use napkins in a restaurant - rules:

• This hygiene product should be on your lap, not on your neck or on a table.
• If the napkin is dirty, you can ask the employee of the institution to replace it with a fresh one.
• At the end of dinner, the napkin is left to the left of the plate. You should not put this item on a plate, no matter you used a cloth napkin or a paper one.

If you need to leave during dinner, a napkin is also placed next to the plate on the left. It is unacceptable to hang it on the back of a chair or put it on its seat.

As soon as the waiter or your companion poured beer into glasses, you need to start drinking it. This drink is usually poured according to a special mark. If there is no such mark, then no more than 3/4 of the glass should be poured.

According to beer etiquette in a restaurant, one should not drink a lot of beer or stretch the process for a long time. First, half a cup is drunk, and the rest is divided into two doses. Do not mix beer with other types of alcohol. Dark beers are worth drinking in the cold season with salads and hot dishes. Light beers are good to drink in summer with shrimps or pistachios.

If you came to the restaurant before the rest of your friends from your company, then you should wait for everyone outside. The waiter pushes the chair back to the girl as she sits down at the table. But, if there are several girls, then their companions help them.

Rest important rules etiquette in a restaurant at the table for a girl:

• Hide your excitement. If you don't know how to use certain appliances correctly, see how others do.
• At the table you need not only to eat, but also to keep up the conversation. There are forbidden topics: about illness, death, sex, religion and politics.
• No smoking at the table even if it doesn't bother anyone. The restaurant has special places for smoking.
• When the wine is poured into glasses, do not rush to drink it.. The host must say a toast or take the first sip. Before drinking a drink, you need to wipe your lips with a napkin, otherwise there will be greasy marks on the glass.
• When the waiter starts serving the dishes, take the napkin from the plate and place it on your lap.
• If you are allergic to a certain food, you should not talk about it in full hearing or scandal. Just leave the plate with this dish untouched.

Wrap long pasta with a fork and knife. After that, quickly put them in your mouth. Bones from meat or fish that ended up in the mouth are placed on a fork, and then on a plate. If they are too small, you can get them index finger and put on a plate.

When entering a restaurant, a man opens the door to a woman. The door to the hall is also opened by a man and the lady is let in first. Near the table, the woman chooses the place she likes, and the man must move the chair so that she sits down.

The rest of the rules of etiquette in a restaurant at the table for a woman with a man:

• It is indecent to pull up a chair if you are sitting uncomfortable.. You can just move to the edge.
• If there are two menus, then they are served to both the woman and the man. If there is only one menu, then the lady chooses first.
• Don't limit yourself to the cheapest dishes- this will indicate doubts about the viability of a man.
• Do not order the most expensive dishes, because you do not consider yourself a woman who will take advantage of the opportunity. Pick something in the middle for the price.
• A girl should not say "Order to your taste". One can only ask, “What do you recommend?”
• The order is made by a man, and the lady expresses her wishes to her companion who shows care and resourcefulness in this way.
• Previously, it was impossible to keep your elbows on the table- this rule of etiquette is a thing of the past. In the company of a young man or with friends, no one will pay attention to this. If you are dining with the older generation, then it is better not to risk your reputation.
• Eat slowly and calmly. Don't talk while eating. Start the meal before the man, and finish the meal later.
• Do not rush a man when he eats and don't ask the waiter to bring the bill. He will do it himself.
• A man finishes a romantic dinner. But, if the lady wanted to leave earlier, she can do this by apologizing to her gentleman.
• The man usually pays the bill, and a woman should not feel embarrassed about it. If the man and woman are friends, then you can pay the bill in half.
• Leave beautifully This is also the main thing in the restaurant. You can thank the waiter for dinner and the head waiter. The man leads the lady to the exit, opening the door for her. He picks up outerwear in the wardrobe and dresses himself. Only then does he help the lady get dressed. She must patiently wait for help from her companion.

If you do something not according to etiquette - do not worry. A man will still see you as a well-mannered modest woman who behaves beautifully in a restaurant and at the table.

Many transactions are concluded not in the company's meeting room, but in the restaurant. Everything affects the result - behavior, the ability to eat mussels or spaghetti, and much more.

Business etiquette in a restaurant - rules for a dinner to be held at its best:

• Guests should not come hungry. After all, the purpose of a business lunch is to resolve specific issues.
• If you are invited to a business lunch, then you need to book a table in advance and study the restaurant menu.
• Both parties should be well versed in cutlery.
• It's indecent to complain about service or food. Don't discuss your diagnosis when refusing a meal if you have an allergy, ulcer, or other illness.
• Before drinking wine or water from a glass, blot your lips. so as not to leave traces of food on the glass.
• Do not eat if invited guests have already finished their meal.
• Topics of religion, medicine and politics are not discussed at the table. Talk only about work. You can talk about children, touch on the topic of weather, history or sights.
• business papers laid out after the waiter clears the table from plates and food.

A business lunch helps to establish friendly contacts with partners and contributes to successful teamwork.

Shouldn't be used mobile phone in a restaurant. Turn off the sound and leave your cell in your coat pocket. telephone etiquette in a restaurant it is forbidden to talk at the table. If you are waiting for an important call, then put your phone in your pocket or purse. When the mobile rings, apologize to your companion and leave the room to talk.

Often when going to a restaurant, many people ask themselves: “Who pays in a restaurant?” If you go with a man for a romantic evening, then he pays. If you have friendly relations, pay in half. At the banquet, the initiator of the feast pays.

Remember: Who will pay for dinner should be agreed in advance. It is indecent to find out when the waiter has already brought the bill.

Communicate politely with the waiter, and he will help you choose the most delicious dish in this restaurant. Next time, the waiter will definitely tell you which dish the chef turned out to be very tasty, and which one is better to try next time.

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