Restaurant Service

Service of Food and Beverage orders

• Beverages are served first. Always serve beverages from the right of the guest.
• While the guests are waiting for their meal, bread and butter must be served immediately.
• Waiting staff must ensure that the same is replenished as soon as it is over. The guest should not have to ask for it.
• Before serving the food the waiters must ensure that the cover is appropriate, should it need to be changed then it must be done before the food comes to the table. This must be done discreetly, ensuring minimum intrusion and disturbance to guest and with minimum cluttering.
• Food order must be announced before the service.

Sequence of serving guest is as following:

Sequence of serving guest is as following:

• Guest of honor is served first.
• A lady in the party takes precedence over the male guest of honor.
• Ladies must be served before Gentlemen.
• Older people are served before younger ones.
• Host must be served last.
• Service of food:
• Pre-plated service of food must be from the right hand side. Once the food is placed the covers must be adjusted if the tableware is disturbed.
• Platter to plate or silver service must be from the left hand side.
• Service of each course should be co-ordinated in a manner that the guests do not have to wait for a long time between the courses.

Guest must be asked whether the food is up to their expectation. It must not happen that in enthusiasm, 3-4 people go to guest to ask if ‘every thing is alright’! This may irritate the guest and may be an intrusion in his privacy.

• Guest must be asked whether the food is up to their expectation. It must not happen that in enthusiasm, 3-4 people go to guest to ask if ‘every thing is alright’! This may irritate the guest and may be an intrusion in his privacy.
• Water and other food items must be served/ replenished as soon as it is over.
• Before removing anything from the tale, seek guest’s permission.