Setting the table is the best selling book of the award winning restaurateur, Danny Meyer.
The book can completely change our views on Hospitality. The book emphasizes that hospitality should be forever branded in our minds.
Here are some important Quotes from “Setting the Table”
“The natural reflex to fix something wrong or to improve something to perfection can be called as excellence.”
“The need for excellence is rooted in instinct. The reflex is constantly being improved by experience, practice and utmost care.”
“The instinct to do the right thing is either ingrained in us or it isn’t. We cannot develop or train that quality.”
“Business is very similar to life in the fact that it depends on how you make people feel. It’s both simple and difficult at the same time.”
“It’s fine to make mistakes every day, but the mistakes being made have to be new. Repeating the old mistakes is not a healthy habit.”
“The desire to harness and implement the true art of hospitality should be present in any restaurant owner if he/she desires to own a long sustaining successful business.”
“Hospitality is crucially important for work. If we put the importance in an order, then the first would be the employees, then the stakeholders, the guests, the suppliers, and finally the investors.”
“Hospitality should be the priority number one for any restaurant across the globe.”
“Foundation of a business will ultimately affect it’s success. A traditional or modern approach can be taken, but the foundation is required to be solid.”
“Creating advances towards the betterment of human relationships and human lives is the most meaningful goal there is.”
“Business, like life, is all about how you make people feel. It’s that simple, and it’s that hard.”
“Solo guests embody the soul of a true foodie. They don’t visit for a date or a reunion. They come solely for enjoying the variety of delicacies being prepared.”
“Solo guests deliver the feeling of being at home. Their visits feel like the ultimate compliment to the chef and the waiters involved.”
“Being a perfect Waitress is hard. If we have to define a perfect waitress, it will be like two parts Walter Cronkite to one part Mae West, carefully blended with a cup of Mikhail Baryshnikov and a liberal sprinkling of Mother Teresa.”
“People who are judges of characters will never judge a person grey. It’s either black or white.”
“It’s easy to recognize an overwhelming talent or a person without talent. People with enough dedication can do work with or without talent. The problem lies with the people with moderate talent.”
“These people with moderate talent tend to get into comfort zone too fast but then they lack the talent and the resolve to cover up their mistakes.”
“The only way a company can maintain constant success is by continuously growing and sticking to the purpose.”
“Talents need to scouted, trained, and promoted. Then the company must have the capability to keep them satisfied.”
“A restaurant gives the customers what they want. Policies are just guidelines. They can be altered according to the changing needs and tastes of customers.”
“The concept of servant leadership by Robert Greenleaf is extremely effective. It signifies the inter dependency between the manager and the subordinates rather than a one sided rule by the superior involved.”
“After all the subordinates are the core group that signifies the efficiency of any organization.”
“A constant gentle pressure is required in every professional organization as the pressure will undoubtedly bring changes.”
“There should be a core strategy that always asks for improvement and progress.”
“Change is necessary. Change means progress. But the individuals involved needs to have the change happening for them, not to them.”
“Mistakes can happen in a business, but we need to figure out how rise after that. Otherwise it could end up as the last chapter of our professional career.”
“We work for the satisfaction of our employees. But the satisfaction of our employees holds the greatest priority.”
“If the employees are not satisfied with terms and the environment of work, they will not be able to serve the customers properly.”
“Motivation, enthusiasm, confidence, pride and peace together make the perfect combination for a good workplace.”
“This combination is ideal for sustained growth and profit.”
“It’s not bad to have things for free. But something is free does not mean it is good enough or compelling. Free always comes with a catch.”
“Perfection should be the goal of a good restaurant. A big menu does not represent the worth of a restaurant, the taste of the food does.”
“It is better to prepare a few delicacies with perfection than to exaggerate after having a big menu.”
“The founder has the privilege to implement a combination of practical and philosophical choices while starting a new business.”
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Carol T. Mahaffey is a certified American Author And a creator of Theleaderboy. Carol is a Self-Taught Marketer with 10+ Years of Experience. She brings her decade of experience to her current role, where she is dedicated to writing books, blogs, and articles, inspiring the world on how to become a better Leader.