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I don't do fine dining either, but what I've noticed at high end places is, much like the author noticed, you get more for your money than you expect, not less.
by rconti 5y ago
I don't do fine dining either, but what I've noticed at high end places is, much like the author noticed, you get more for your money than you expect, not less.
It's true they don't like to be so crass as to talk about money, but other than the obvious (if you want another drink, it'll cost ya), things offered to you are often without charge. Little tastes of this, more of that. The prices on the menu are high, but it seems that once you've swallowed that, when you receive the bill, it's lower than you expect.
- svachalek 5y agoI grew up without exposure to much in the way of luxuries, and as an adult they still feel wasteful. But I've learned this is true of a lot of luxury goods and experiences, part of the high price is all the little extras you weren't even expecting because you're used to what you get at the bare-bones price level. One notable exception is high end hotels, at least in the US, especially in the pandemic, where the extra cost mostly just seems to be an invitation to get nickeled and dimed on every little thing you do from parking to wifi. It's the 2 and 3 star hotels that throw freebies and conveniences at you.
- staindk 5y agoI think similar to your counter-example are places/things (restaurants/products) that pretend to be fancy and through that pretense give you a worse product than if they had just cut the crap and served you what they could. I guess it's the tourist trap kind of place generally. They may be 80% of the way there in many ways, but the other 20% consists of so many glaring issues that it ruins the whole experience.