Monday, December 15, 2008

Restrooms: Nice enough for a sit down?


What are the essentials to a successful restroom that keeps the overall experience in a restaurant enjoyable?

Once you are in the restrooms at a restaurant can you be comfortable there and comfortable in the restaurant after being there? Cleanliness, size (like ability to use a restroom or wait in a line), and whether it is open to access or if you have to ask for a key or similar, to be able to use it all effect the overall experience of the place.

All of the restaurants had smaller restrooms. All three were really only comfortably accessible to two people at a time. They were older and lacked any kind of personalization to tie them to the rest of the restaurant. They were mostly clean given the circumstances (such as bad weather) they were visited in. None of them required finding an employee to get a key, but Paradise and Chili’s might have required an average customer who doesn’t map the restaurant to ask an employee the location of the restroom which can be close to as inconvenient. Overall they didn’t add to the effect of the restaurant but they did not overly detract either.

Therefore:

Nicely arranged bathrooms that are adequately large enough for the amount of customers, up to date, and clean would bring more to a restaurants ambiance.

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