glass sizes definitely have their pros and cons. another big issue is the amount of ice. why are chinese restaurants so good at refilliing and italian restuarants never fill?
My take would be the service style of the restaurant. For example, at the Outback, you don't expect to get five star service for you $19 steak, but you do expect good service so their water glasses are a normal 12 ounces. Now, when I recently dined at Ruth's Chris steakhouse, our water glasses were wine glasses and I swear someone's job was to keep my water full. Or you can do what we initially did and order a $12 btl of "spring water".
Interesting question. Here are my off-the-cuff thoughts...
I think water glass size definitely a deliberate choice made by restaurateurs. Drinking less water leaves room for more wine, food, and desserts. Smaller glasses also keep the table from becoming too cluttered.
This is the correct answer. I worked at a restaurant that was a buffet upstairs, and a full service restaurant downstairs. The glasses upstairs were 2 times bigger than the ones downstairs, because they wanted you to drink more, and eat less, since it was a buffet. Downstairs they wanted the opposite.
glass sizes definitely have their pros and cons. another big issue is the amount of ice. why are chinese restaurants so good at refilliing and italian restuarants never fill?
JOsborne32 3 years ago
I cant believe I just wasted 2:35 of my life watching this and then another 20 seconds to write this. . . . kill yourself
raproctor 3 years ago
Really impressive thought. Another wonderful insight from one of America's most gifted thinkers.
ScottBradleySucks 3 years ago
Scott, I've worked in Restaurants for 7 years now.... this is genius! You should own your own restaurant, I'll manage it!
johnnykrantzzz 3 years ago
HMMM Definitely get my wheels turning! Maybe sometime in the future? What would we call it? Johnny's?
ScottGBradley 3 years ago
Scott - thanks for the comments! I posted my video as a response the first time but it didn't work! Weird.
mattyunger 3 years ago
My take would be the service style of the restaurant. For example, at the Outback, you don't expect to get five star service for you $19 steak, but you do expect good service so their water glasses are a normal 12 ounces. Now, when I recently dined at Ruth's Chris steakhouse, our water glasses were wine glasses and I swear someone's job was to keep my water full. Or you can do what we initially did and order a $12 btl of "spring water".
shannonksell 3 years ago
oh, and PS - BIGGER IS BETTER! LOL!!!
weinerdog422 3 years ago
Sounds like a promising business strategy!
Keep it up, Scott!
weinerdog422 3 years ago
Interesting question. Here are my off-the-cuff thoughts...
I think water glass size definitely a deliberate choice made by restaurateurs. Drinking less water leaves room for more wine, food, and desserts. Smaller glasses also keep the table from becoming too cluttered.
Merbrooke25 3 years ago
This is the correct answer. I worked at a restaurant that was a buffet upstairs, and a full service restaurant downstairs. The glasses upstairs were 2 times bigger than the ones downstairs, because they wanted you to drink more, and eat less, since it was a buffet. Downstairs they wanted the opposite.
swaverACE 2 years ago