Opening a Resturant

Im opening up a romantic Resturant. Thats going to be fancy Im putting LOADS of money into this.. this WILL BE a big hit.
But I wanna know how many people would acculy think of comenig...?

I would come, SL needs a really decent restaurant, I havent seen any good ones yet.

Its in the process of building. But thank you. and.. I didnt know there were other resturant lol.. Hopefully I can get mine to be the best.

Heh, neat timing...a really cool one (Sublime) just closed like, yesterday. Good luck, it's a tough business, and probably worse in SL.

Hey, you going to be needing a chef?

If you need any waiters I can do that too, .

I think If I get my resturant really nice and work on it and do a grand opening. and such
and do a great amount of exposure.
Itll come along.

We'll talk in-world.

Its different.. good luck with it.. unlike TSO. where your sims actually eat... i dont know how this will roll over in sl.

Seriously.. good luck with it

<3 TSO gotta love going to work and remembering who ordered what..
It's a good idea and im sure some ppl will love it..
I for one couldnt do it. I'm a grill cook in RL..I see a kitchen enough..dont need to see it in SL LOL

I just quit tso last week was gonna play SL and both but tso.. got boring everyones in it for the money ... and mystics. and stealing

Just for grins, I'll toss in my L$0.02 about what I think would make for a great restaurant.

Since we don't really have to eat or drink in SL (meaning there's no requirement for an actual consumable), hopefully the restaurant understands they are providing an experience, not a product. The goal is to have customers come, spend time (and I presume some Lindens on services) and leave thinking "Wow, that was fun, I want to do it again".

Here are just some general ideas I have for you to consider.

* Don't over-hire your waitstaff. One waiter/waitress can handle multiple tables, you don't want an overabundance of folks standing around generating lag/chat spam. Preferably, you can find folks that have some basic idea of food/beverage (to make the experience more "real" terminologies/concepts.

* Keep the menu simple. Again, since there is no real production of food, the menu doesn't have to be extensive. Offer a couple of appetizers, entrees, salads, desserts. Don't neglect the bar/wine aspect of the dining experience.

* Try to design your tables, etc around traffic flow, with the expectation that folks will be lagging. Try to plan easy routes to the tables/etc with no small choke-points.

* If you are doing this to make money, then I suggest you study to be able to talk the talk of a food service provider well (you may already know this). The more you can give the feeling of a real restaurant, the better.

And if you have any other questions, shoot me an IM

Thank you for your advice its already helping.
Im not doing this for money well just a tad, but hey a Girl needs some clothes in SL lmao.
JK.
But im doing this for fun.

That's good. You're not going to make any

Could be a fun ride, though.

I think I could Make some money if I dont rush it.
Just let it.. work and such..
Get it known
And so on.. I really wanna be creative with it..
make it the best..
I bet if i can make it the best many people will come.

People do look for romantic places to go on dates. A romantic restaurant with good view and ambiance could make for a nice date experience. Gives you something to do with your avatars while chatting and getting to know each other.

I did find an nice little "dinner-theater" restaurant near the NE corner of the sim Rua, it may be just over the edge of Rua. Unfortunatly it was not open so I dont know much about it. Unfortunatly the "theater" part of the experience seemed to be a large video screen. Wouldnt it be great to actually have live performers acting on a little stage?

Also there is a place that specializes in making food, "Kitchen Korner" or something like that. They had 2 or 3 dinning tables set up on a deck, that was a nice small restaruant. I have not been there for awhile.

lots and lots....romantic music soft atmosphere mmmmmmm i cant wait

A nice restaurant would be good. But a good restaurant would be nice.

The food sucks at all the restaurants in SL. Very bland.



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Put me on your grand opening list. Nothing like a romantic evening conversing over a candlelit restaurant table. And if the service is good, I tip well

LOL Thank you.
I wrote your name down to get in contact with you.

Dearly Darling,

Make sure you have a good wine list...I agree with Pheonix, the food here is generic unless you are able to sneak into one of Baccara Rhode's parties.

It would be nice to have another spot to meet with folks you're not quite sure you want in your home.

Gook luck!!!

Ever Yours,

Mrs. Showdog Tiger

Sounds like a good idea, Sylinn and I haven't found many nice places to spend time in that weren't very laggy. Would be nice to go into a restaurant in sl that wasn't always empty with no staff. x.x

Also if that suggestion for our avatars to require food to function 100%, your restaurant would become very profitable.

Just don't forget the chocolate dipped strawberry's. <.<

And yeah put me on the list for when this goes live. =p