A Brief Guide on Restaurant Table Setting Etiquette

21-02-2023

Table settings are important to reflect the mood of the hosts and set an impressive tone for their guests. The art of setting the table perfectly guides the guests, understand the etiquette with ease, and enjoys the dining experience. A luxury dinner set with polished shining silver cutlery and aesthetically pleasing accessories ensures a well-organized dining comfort while creating memorable moments. This article is a compilation of quick suggestions of accepted rules while performing a formal dining service.

Table seating etiquette – Fine Dining Restaurant

Elegant and sophisticated services, highest quality gourmet food, a luxury haven for epicureans and fine dining enthusiasts. Hosting celebrations and memorable evenings for guests high-end restaurants have always been an abode for creating unforgettable and magical moments. For example, the guests are always escorted by the Maitre d ' or head waiter. Early reservations will have place cards otherwise you will be guided to the next best available table. The ease of access and convenience makes the experience exceptionally good at specialty as compared to your regular restaurants.

A formal dining setting requires more tableware and most importantly attention to placement details. Unlike a casual dinner setting, the fine dining setup is designed for six courses. The shining silver cutlery adds an extravagant touch to the whole setup, centerpieces, napkins and other condiments placed appropriately elevate expectations on the standards of the restaurant.

Simple steps to achieve that perfect dinner ambiance:

1. A crisply pressed tablecloth, with placemats for each spot and a neatly folded napkin on to the left side of the same.
2. Place a charger plate or show plate ideally of size 33 cm for each set of porcelain dinnerware.
3. A soup bowl to follow on top of the charger plate
4. Bread plate typically of size 16 or 17 cm will go on the top left of the charger.
5. On to the left side of the Show Plate, one should typically find a Salad Fork and dinner fork from left to right order working inwards. 
6. To the right, you can place the knives with the sharp edge of the bale facing the center. 
7. A butter knife takes a place horizontally from the charger plate and dessertspoon, top to bottom movement.
8. Above the knife, comes the water glass.