Be sure to make reservations²⁾ if the restaurant you chose is a fancy or popular one. It’s very embarrassing to show up without reservations and having to wait for a table, leaving a very bad impression on your date. Also, be sure to check to see if they have a dress code and tell your date in advance what to wear.

When your food arrives, proper dining etiquette requires you to eat at a moderate³⁾ pace so that you have time to talk. A good measure of how fast you should eat is to count £±£°seconds between each mouthful. It is bad dining etiquette if you gobble⁴⁾ down your food and you spend the rest of the time watching your date eat.