May 17, 2017
If you've booked a table at a fine dining restaurant that's worth its salt, you will have been Googled by its staff on your interests and food preferences ahead of your visit.
That's the true hallmark of a top restaurant today, says Steve Plotnicki, a former music executive turned food blogger whose restaurant ranking Opinionated About Dining (OAD) solicits the input of the culinary elite around the world.
Because the best restaurants understand that it's no longer enough to serve an impeccably turned out meal, he said in an interview ahead of the unveiling of the OAD's Top 100+ European Restaurants 2017 in Paris this week.
Today's globetrotting diners are savvier and more sophisticated than ever before, while theatrical dining and performance art are no longer surprising or novel.
To up the ante, the most attentive restaurants are doing their homework and establishing a customized dining experience for guests.
"If you look at the top 50 restaurants on OAD and the World's 50 Best, I'll bet that they're all Googling their customers beforehand," he said.
Read more at https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/eating-at-a-top-ranked-restaurant-you-ve-likely-been-googled-expert-1.3417303
