Honestly going out on VD is the worst. It’s busy af everywhere, staff are exhausted dealing with the surge, everyone working wants you to spend a lot more than you do, everyone is either on edge or sad, you’ll probably be disturbed by some grand sweeping gesture…
Ick. The weekend before or after are much better. Or literally any other time. Go for romantic dates on other holidays when everyone else tends to be out of town, not the day when everyone else is trying to do the same thing.
I quit my job 2 weeks before Valentine’s day and I heard it went horrible (most expensive fine dining in the city). Only prep cooked quit on the spot after my last day so no experienced prep cooks, no experienced line cook except the two chefs. Everything got 86’d and one of the servers said she got stiffed on tips 3 times in a row for $200+ tickets. Some restaurants don’t plan well for Valentine’s day and make the most while cheating out all their workers.
We went to three different restaurants, none of them were busy. In fact the second, there was more staff than customers the entire time we were there.
We went to the second place because the first place ditched their normal menu for a special valentine menu. Nothing was vegetarian and there were no substitutions.
Honestly going out on VD is the worst. It’s busy af everywhere, staff are exhausted dealing with the surge, everyone working wants you to spend a lot more than you do, everyone is either on edge or sad, you’ll probably be disturbed by some grand sweeping gesture…
Ick. The weekend before or after are much better. Or literally any other time. Go for romantic dates on other holidays when everyone else tends to be out of town, not the day when everyone else is trying to do the same thing.
I quit my job 2 weeks before Valentine’s day and I heard it went horrible (most expensive fine dining in the city). Only prep cooked quit on the spot after my last day so no experienced prep cooks, no experienced line cook except the two chefs. Everything got 86’d and one of the servers said she got stiffed on tips 3 times in a row for $200+ tickets. Some restaurants don’t plan well for Valentine’s day and make the most while cheating out all their workers.
We went to three different restaurants, none of them were busy. In fact the second, there was more staff than customers the entire time we were there.
We went to the second place because the first place ditched their normal menu for a special valentine menu. Nothing was vegetarian and there were no substitutions.