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Allowing Customers To Host Parties At Your Restaurant

By: Patricia Farnham

Many restaurant owners will be approached by people wishing to use part of their establishment to host a party. If they love the food at the restaurant, they will honor you by asking if you can help them with the arrangements. For many people, this is much easier than preparing the foods for the occasion on their own. Since there are many different reasons to host a party, you may be approached about this quite often.

This is a personal choice, so you will need to decide if you want to involve yourself in it. While it can be profitable, it can also be very time consuming. You are also going to have to take close look at how your restaurant is set up. Is there a place available for such events to take place? Can you install a sliding door to block off a portion of the restaurant to give them some privacy?

You definitely want to have a way to segregate the party from the rest of your guests at the restaurant. This way those at the party can have their fun in a more intimate setting. Your other guests won't feel so bothered by what is taking place around them either. It is a good idea to have some set rules in place for the use of the area to host a party at your restaurant as well. This way both you and the guests will know what can be expected to take place.

While you do have the right to charge them a fee for using the area of your restaurant, you will find it books faster if you don't. You will still make a good profit from the amount of food and drinks that those in attendance are purchasing. Find out if the host will be footing the bill or if each guest will be paying for their own. You may want to offer a discount if one person is paying for it. Make sure you include a nice gratuity for the staff taking care of them as well.

It is very important that you have extra staff on hand when there are parties taking place. Have some of them dedicated to serving them and preparing the meals for them. This way the other staff can still take care of the needs of your regular customers. You certainly don't want their dining experience to be less than it should be just because you have a party taking place on site.

The bookings for the parties is very important as well. Make sure you have a reliable person or yourself taking care of all the details. If the person taking care of it isn't in, have the other employees provide them with contact information. There are too many issues that can happen if you let everyone start making such arrangements for parties. Some of them may not get written down accurately, and others many not get written down at all.

Make sure you obtain as much information from the individual as well. You will want to get their name, information on the type of party they plan to host, how many people will be coming with them, and the times they will want the room in your restaurant for the party. Don't schedule too many of them around the same time though as you need to accommodate for time to clean up and then for the next party to get set up.

The menu is also something that needs to be discussed for the party. Find out if they want the entire menu to be offered to the guests or not. If the host is paying for everyone, they may want to offer one or two items off the menu. You can also discuss price discounts with them to make it more affordable while still profitable for you. The more effort you put into helping them with the details of the party, the more they will appreciate your efforts and recommend your restaurant to others.


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Many restaurant owners will be approached by people wishing to use part of their establishment to host a party. If they love the food at the restaurant, they will honor you by asking if you can help them with the arrangements. For many people, this is much easier than preparing the foods for the occasion on their own. Since there are many different reasons to host a party, you may be approached about this quite often.

About the Author:
Patricia Farnham has a long, successful background in the restaurant industry. To read her opinions, warning and advice on how to start a restaurant and other topics, visit her web

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