ALLRECIPES.COM – Here are five signs that a restaurant isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.
It’s empty.
This one’s pretty simple: No customers during peak dining hours could be considered a red flag.
Of course, the restaurant could be new or struggling for various reasons—so it’s important to cut all local businesses some slack.
Do I believe that the customer is always right? No, because erring is human.
However, excuses, sarcastic comments, or arguing staff might indicate you’re not in a professional place—and potentially in a hostile work environment.
It’s dirty.
Hygiene is important to cooking and feeding people, and there’s a reason health inspectors make repeated visits and post a restaurant’s scores for customers—improper food safety practices in the kitchen can cause people to get sick and potentially die.
A low health inspection grade or gross environment (a dirty bathroom or substandard hand-washing practices, for example) can indicate that a restaurant doesn’t isn’t as concerned as it should be about keeping its employees—or customers—healthy.
Employees aren’t treated well.
Poor customer treatment isn’t the only thing diners should look out for—if a restaurant doesn’t care about its staff, that reflects on the food …
