Restaurant Bookings at Top Restaurants
Securing restaurant bookings at the best restaurants in town will enhance your reputation as a competent Personal Assistant, and no doubt impress important clients. But booking a table at an exclusive restaurant requires skill and patience.
When it comes to booking top restaurants, scarcity is an issue, particularly if the chef is a star, or the restaurant is acknowledged by the world's foodies as a "must visit" restaurant. But restaurants that are frequented by A-List stars, royalty and politicians are the most challenging when it comes to booking tables. These factors are compounded if the restaurant is tiny.
When searching for that exclusive reservation, don't be put off by the difficulty factor; use the following simple strategies to help you bag that table.
Book in Person - Face to face discussions with booking staff are more likely to result in the desired restaurant bookings than a telephone call. Restaurants are more likely to reciprocate if you make the effort to visit in person. Visiting is more personal and allows you to discuss alternative times and dates more thoroughly. A personal visit will also help you to build a relationship with the booking staff and provide you with the name of a staff member who has met you in person.
Be Persistent - Persistence sometimes pays off, so keep trying. Make sure you have a strategy to deal with the restaurant's rules. For instance, if the resturant takes bookings one month in advance, try to be the very first customer that contacts them one month before the required booking.
Use the redial button and keep trying. Be flexible about the timing of your booking. If lunchtime reservations are the only ones available, then switch to lunch. Treat these types of restaurant bookings as you would a booking for a top show, this will help you to be more organised and persistent.
Just Turn Up - Be bold; turn up at your desired restaurant and ask if they have an available table. Not everyone that books a table will turn up on the night. Make sure you book a table at another restaurant nearby, as there's every possibility that there will be no room at the inn.
Take Care of the Concierge - Having a couple of top Concierges amongst your contacts can pay dividends. Concierges at top local hotels sometimes get wined and dined by restaurants, and are kept up to date on the latest menus, etc. Restaurants may even hold back some tables for them and their guests, so cultivate a relationship and keep in touch. This is one possible avenue for securing restaurant bookings.
Tip Well - Tipping well is one way to get remembered and could pay off when it comes to securing another booking.
An Insider's guide to top restaurants in London, New York and Paris.
20 OF TOP TABLE'S BEST UK RESTAURANTS
MODERN EUROPEAN
Smithfield Bar and Grill 2-3 West Smith, Smithfield, London, EC1A 9JX
Kettners 29 Romilly Street, Soho, London W1D 5HP
Village East 171-173 Bermondsey St, Bermondsey, London SE1 3UW
The Living Room 150 St Vincent St, Glasgow G2
5NE
The Forge 14 Garrick St, Entrance on Floral St, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9BJ
Criterion Restaurant 224 Piccadilly, Piccadilly, London W1J 9HP
Artesan The Westbury Hotel, Conduit St, Mayfair, London W1S 2YF
1 Lombard Street Brasserie, 1 Lombard St, Bank,
London EC3V 9AA
BRITISH
Riverton Bar & Grill 178 Greenwich High Road,
Greenwich, London, SE10 8NN
My Dining Road 18 Farm Lane, Fulham, London
SW6 1PP
INDIAN
Cinnamon Kitchen 9 Devonshire Square, London, EC2M 4WL
The Cinnamon Club The Old Westminster Library,
Great Smith St, Westminster, London SW1P 3BU
The Chutney 11 Alma Road, Wandsworth, London, SW18 1AA
HALAL, THAI
Blue Elephant 4-6 Fulham Broadway, Fulham, London SW8 1AA
Thai Thai Heart in Hand, Corses End Road, Bourne End, SL8 5HH
JAPANESE
Tsunami 5-7 Voltaire Road, Clapham, London, SW4 6DQ
FRENCH
L'Etranger Restaurant & Les Vins de L'Etranger 36 Gloucester Road, London SW7 4QT
Almeida 30 Almeida St, Islington, London N1 1AD
Four O Nine 409 Clapham Rd, Clapham London, SW9 9BT
Le Deuxieme 65a Long Acre, Covent Garden,
London WC2E 9JD
SEAFOOD
Ondine Restaurant George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1AD
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