| Coverage : The Restaurant Etiquette Quiz is designed to test your knowledge of proper restaurant dining behavior.
The Restaurant Etiquette Quiz questions are carefully crafted so you can gauge how much you really know about proper restaurant etiquette. |
| 1. | What critical piece of information do people often leave out when calling a restaurant for a reservation? |
| a. | | Their name |
| b. | | Preferred reservation time |
| c. | | A comment about the excellence of the restaurant |
| d. | | Their phone number
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| 2. | Rather than demanding the "best table" in a restaurant when making a reservation, what is a better way to get an ideal seat for dinner? |
| a. | | Tell the maitre d' what kind of evening you have planned and ask for the best seating arrangement |
| b. | | Get to know the layout of the restaurant and ask for a specific, favorite table |
| c. | | Specifically request a table not near the kitchen |
| d. | | Make not requests until you arrive at your reservation time, then pick out a table among the available tables
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| 3. | What is the surest way to get excellent service at a restaurant? |
| a. | | Tip well on each visit |
| b. | | Ask to speak to the chef prior to ordering |
| c. | | Be gracious to your waiter and thank them for their service |
| d. | | Make no special requirements on your food order
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| 4. | You're running late for a dinner reservation. What should you do? |
| a. | | Don't worry about it if you'll arrive within 30 minutes of the reservation |
| b. | | Call if you're 15 or more minutes behind |
| c. | | Only call if you think you won't make the reservation within an hour of the reserved time |
| d. | | If you're truly late, the table will be released anyway, so no phone call or other contact is necessary
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| 5. | American restaurants have become less formal over the years. What should you do if you're not sure of a restaurant's dress code? |
| a. | | Call and ask what the dress code is |
| b. | | Scope out the restaurant ahead of time and get a feel for what most people are wearing |
| c. | | Research the restaurant online |
| d. | | Dress as conservatively as possible
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| 6. | If you're eating in a restaurant and waiting for a call on your cell phone, what should you do? |
| a. | | Accept the call when it comes, keeping it brief and your voice low |
| b. | | Talk only in the bar or waiting area |
| c. | | Let your voice mail get the call |
| d. | | Take the call; unless this is a very fancy restaurant, it's no big deal
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| 7. | You know you should tip your restaurant server 15-20% of your dining bill, but if you valet parked your car, how much should you tip the valet? |
| a. | | Nothing, if the valet service is part of the restaurant |
| b. | | $5 |
| c. | | 2% of your dining bill |
| d. | | $2
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| 8. | If you are on a date at a restaurant, you should not order an alcoholic drink unless your date does too. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 9. | Considered to be in very poor taste, what is the "dine and dash"? |
| a. | | Eating quickly, and demanding the bill as soon as the food arrives |
| b. | | Eating quickly, rushing out without tipping |
| c. | | Leaving the restaurant before finishing a meal, and throwing the money for the bill on the table while dashing out |
| d. | | Eating, but leaving without paying the bill or tipping
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| 10. | If you are hosting a gathering at a restaurant (and will be paying the bill), it is appropriate to order for your guests as a time-saving measure to your party and to your server. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 11. | If you're hosting a dinner party at a restaurant for a couple of friends and a valued client, who should you ask the waiter to serve first? |
| a. | | The client |
| b. | | The client's spouse |
| c. | | All the spouses |
| d. | | Your spouse
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| 12. | Which of the following behaviors is NOT considered rude in a Chinese restaurant? |
| a. | | Reading the newspaper at the table |
| b. | | Holding your pinky finger up while drinking tea |
| c. | | Reaching across the table to get to a bowl of food |
| d. | | Pulling out a toothpick after dinner and picking your teeth
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| 13. | If you have to leave the table during your meal and want to ensure your waiter doesn't remove your plates, what should you do? |
| a. | | Tell your waiter you will be returning |
| b. | | Inform your party to make sure nothing is removed from your setting |
| c. | | Put your napkin on your chair |
| d. | | Put your napkin to the right of your plate
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| 14. | If is rude to refill your dining partner's glass of wine. Leave that to the waiter. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 15. | What is the best day to communicate a displeasure with your restaurant meal? |
| a. | | Leave a small tip |
| b. | | Leave no tip |
| c. | | Tell the wait staff what your concerns were |
| d. | | Never return to the restaurant
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