Use these nuggets of wisdom daily in your pre-shift meetings until they become routine conditioned behavior by your entire service team. Your staff will have more fun, team spirit will rise and more importantly your guests will tune in to what’s really special about your restaurant – A caring, personable staff that’s all about exemplary service.
When I ran restaurants, I approached service from the customers point of view. That is at least twice a week, I was a customer in my own restaurant. Doing so gives you a really good understanding of what I call the “3 Most Important Attributes of any Successful Restaurant… Food, Service & Ambiance”.
This episode is all about customer Pet-Peeves. The most minute details affect the guest’s impressions of your operation and these impressions are lasting. They absolutely determine whether or not the guest returns. Take a listen to our discussion as we cover seventeen – that’s right 17 customer service pet peeves to banish forever in your restaurant.
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As restauranteurs we’re “In It to Win It” aren’t we?, Working 6 or 7 days per week, two to three meals per day… putting out fires, working on product quality, making sure our restaurants and menus are inviting and so on… It’s a daily challenge and we all know all too well the failure rate of restaurants in the first 5 years.