Dodge restaurants to trick visitors

• Dodge restaurants to trick visitors

Each industry has its own secrets of success, and cafes and restaurants are no exception. It turns out that there are many ways to subtly force the guest to order, and all the extra treats and pastries from the chefs - it's just more cunning tricks to keep you in the restaurant and push you to order something else.

We talked to people who worked as a waiter, bartender, or even with those who have their own restaurants, to learn more about their secrets.

1. Tables with great views are offered only to those who came to eat.

Places with panoramic views of the city or ocean is always available to those who come to spend a large sum of money. So, before giving you a place, the hostess and the waiter asks you, "Are you going to eat?". If you ask for a table by the sea, but you are only going to order coffee and dessert, you will be told that the table was reserved. And the next will be booked too.

2. It is possible, there is no children's menu, but they do offer a special discount for smaller portions for children.

There is a reason that there is no children's menu in many restaurants. Instead, offer your child a caring waiter to order something from the regular menu, promising that it will be half the usual portion. And, of course, it will be half price. But there is a trick: you are likely to order a drink and dessert for the child to be of normal size. But even at such a discount restaurant still work.

3. There is one reason that the waiters do not allow their hair or wear jewelry and bright makeup.

Hair should never be dissolved, makeup should be very simple, there should be no decorations, and nails should be cut short, and do not have the shine. This is done to ensure that guests do not feel that their plate may be a piece of nail, hair or earrings. And sometimes, the guests do not like waiters or bartenders look better than they are.

4. Free treats from the chefs are available only to specific people and a specific time.

Restaurants often provide free snacks to its guests, but there is a reason why they do it. Snacks make you want to eat more, so you can order a drink and a free dessert after the main course will make you enjoy a coffee or tea. In both cases, this is done in order to make the guest spend more money. Typically, a free meal is provided to groups of women, since they typically spend more money than men.

5. The whole cakes exhibited in some cafes, and in the other - cut. There's a reason why.

In restaurants and cafes is the way to create the appearance of deficiency: It seems that at least one person has bought a piece, so the cake has to be good.

5. Change recipe.

Cooks often change their habitual food recipe to save money on ingredients. Or, conversely, they can add a tiny ingredient and significantly increase the price. For example, in Carbonare maybe a couple of grams of Chinese truffles, which cost a bit, but most people can not distinguish between Chinese and Italian varieties.

7. The size of your dish depends on where you are and what you order.

Cafes often use Delbofa illusion to trick our brains and our eyes. If you put the food on a small plate so that it seemed filled, you will be satisfied more quickly, even if there was a small amount of food. This trick is often used in fast food, burgers, and buffets. Restaurants use the opposite effect: the main dish is served on a large plate, so that you feel hungry, and they try to push you to order dessert.

8. On the customer's appearance waiters can say that they will order.

Experienced waiters can guess your favorite food or beverage of your behavior, dress, and manner of speech. For example, students and girls under the age of 30 years, like ordering salads with chicken or seafood dish with pasta, cream soups, desserts, chocolate, tea and lattes. Men over age 30 often order dishes with chicken, and the kids love sausages and fries.

9. The waiters can control your actions smile and a simple bow.

This method is called nod Sullivan: when recommending a particular dish a guest waiters smile politely, lean forward slightly and nodding his head slowly. Most people nod in response and agree to order what it offers waiter, even if they never planned to do it.

10. Restaurateurs use different materials, shapes and colors to manipulate the subconscious guests.

Our brain is easily fooled, using techniques related to the way we perceive reality. For example, ice cream tastes better when it is served with a metal spoon and a green-blue glass makes the drink more cool and fresh. Expensive luxurious restaurants serve main dishes and delicacies for heavy plates, because it makes the food better than it actually is.