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As i mentioned: No dining out after March 2020... but this will change next month (finally). Your observation is correct: Many germans like to stay in an resta

As i mentioned: No dining out after March 2020... but this will change next month (finally). Your observation is correct: Many germans like to stay in an restaurant es an event, not just to eat something quick ... for this purpose there are tons of Pommesbuden, bakerys or Dönerläden.

vmception 5y ago
Although I do hate it when aspects of Germany become more like America, I do wish that sit down nice restaurants had wait staff that checked on us a little more frequently with the expectation that maybe we want to leave!
- ThePadawan 5y ago
  I've had an OK experience with just demanding the bill when your table's last plates are being taken away.
- ubercore 5y ago
  As an American sitting in Germany right now, I think that wait staff here aren't bothered if you try to actively get their attention like they might be in the USA. Making eye contact or a polite wave, etc. Feels rude based on US service, but I see people doing that more often here.
  - RalfWausE 5y ago
    The best thing in most restaurants is - as soon as the waiter is something near you - just say "I would like to pay the bill", or in german "Ich würde gerne zahlen".
- herbst 5y ago
  The not 'checking on you' is the whole point we prefer about our 'system'. Just call them if you need something and otherwise they let you enjoy your time without permanent nagging or time pressure
- brummm 5y ago
  I actually find this super irritating in American restaurants. Just let us enjoy our meal in peace...
  - vmception 5y ago
    Yeah there is a happy medium that alot of wait staff gets wrong here in the states
squiggleblaz 5y ago
> No dining out after March 2020... but this will change next month (finally). Is that something that very much depends on the region, or a personal obligation? I've eaten in restaurants in Hamburg, Berlin and Munich during pandemic (summertime last year until about November, and since June this year). Eating this year has been limited to outdoors, but that's fine. (None have had this crazy QR code link menu idea. I have always received a traditional menu and ordered by asking the staff what I want at the appropriate time.)
- RalfWausE 5y ago
  >Is that something that very much depends on the region, or a personal obligation? Its a personal obligation: My wife and i, we life in the same building as my older parents (in a big old half-timbered farmhouse)... so, until now (both parents are vaccinated, my wife got her second shot yesterday and i will get it soon) we were careful...
  - wombat-man 5y ago
    Ah, wow, glad you were able to finally get it

vmception 5y ago

Although I do hate it when aspects of Germany become more like America, I do wish that sit down nice restaurants had wait staff that checked on us a little more frequently with the expectation that maybe we want to leave!

ThePadawan 5y ago
I've had an OK experience with just demanding the bill when your table's last plates are being taken away.
ubercore 5y ago
As an American sitting in Germany right now, I think that wait staff here aren't bothered if you try to actively get their attention like they might be in the USA. Making eye contact or a polite wave, etc. Feels rude based on US service, but I see people doing that more often here.
- RalfWausE 5y ago
  The best thing in most restaurants is - as soon as the waiter is something near you - just say "I would like to pay the bill", or in german "Ich würde gerne zahlen".
herbst 5y ago
The not 'checking on you' is the whole point we prefer about our 'system'. Just call them if you need something and otherwise they let you enjoy your time without permanent nagging or time pressure
brummm 5y ago
I actually find this super irritating in American restaurants. Just let us enjoy our meal in peace...
- vmception 5y ago
  Yeah there is a happy medium that alot of wait staff gets wrong here in the states

squiggleblaz 5y ago

> No dining out after March 2020... but this will change next month (finally). Is that something that very much depends on the region, or a personal obligation? I've eaten in restaurants in Hamburg, Berlin and Munich during pandemic (summertime last year until about November, and since June this year). Eating this year has been limited to outdoors, but that's fine. (None have had this crazy QR code link menu idea. I have always received a traditional menu and ordered by asking the staff what I want at the appropriate time.)

RalfWausE 5y ago
>Is that something that very much depends on the region, or a personal obligation? Its a personal obligation: My wife and i, we life in the same building as my older parents (in a big old half-timbered farmhouse)... so, until now (both parents are vaccinated, my wife got her second shot yesterday and i will get it soon) we were careful...
- wombat-man 5y ago
  Ah, wow, glad you were able to finally get it