Sep 26 2007
Waiter-less restaurants… Who do you tip?
Looking for a totally impersonal dining experience? Head to Nuremberg, Germany, and try Baggers bistro, which is being billed as the world’s first waiter-less sit-down restaurant.
You order by typing on a touch screen, and an elaborate “gravity feed rail system” takes care of the rest, sending your dinner down a complicated metal spiral and right to your table. Not a waiter in sight…
Owner Michael Mack claims: “The principle is so charming because of its simplicity.”
Whether patrons find the system charming or merely clinical is up for debate. The bistro is apparently getting very mixed reviews.
Mack, however, is confident it will be a hit. He reports that he has already patented his dinner delivery device in Germany and hopes to license it to other countries.
I guess it saves the hassle of deciding on the appropriate tip to leave.
