Have you ever sat in a restaurant by yourself? Did you enjoy it?

i ate at a cheeburger cheeburger by myself once when i was like 15. i always see shows and movies where people go and eat out alone or see a movie alone.

ive always wanted to try it but im too self conscious people will be like why the fuck is this creep alone? its easier to do uber eats and watch a movie on my laptop.

buy a tv for fucks sake

agreed.
I've had several lunches in a sit-down restaurant alone, often times the restaurant isn't even that busy. I also ejoy eating a nice meal all alone a couple times a year like that.

tfw no friends so if I wanna eat out it is alone :(

I'm speaking purely from my own experience, but anyone who would make my day a little easier was good in my books.

Don't get me wrong, I've had bad experiences but on the whole it is a positive.

Dude literally nobody cares, besides why should you care for the opinions of others who have no meaning in your life?

going to a restaurant alone is one of my favorite things to do. I like having time to myself to enjoy a meal at my own pace and some peace and quiet.

I have no problem eating lunch alone in a restaurant but for some reason I have a real mental block when it comes to dinner. I guess because lots of working people eat lunch alone so it's not that weird.

waiters hate single diners at dinner time because they know they will take as much work as a table of 4 while yielding 1/4 the tip

>Have you ever sat in a restaurant by yourself?

Many times. Both on work trips and when I just fancy getting something to eat without making or ordering takeout.

I promise you: The waitress is not going to condescend to you, she sees loads of people eating alone.

>they will take as much work as a table of 4 while
How?

>why the fuck is this creep alone?

Jesus Christ put on a shirt and dark trousers and they'll think you're a high-flying consultant getting his dinner on while in town.

Except they won't because they *don't give a fuck*

The only person judging you is yourself.

>waiters hate single diners at dinner time because they know they will take as much work as a table of 4 while yielding 1/4 the tip

You think people would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?

>waiters hate single diners at dinner time because they know they will take as much work as a table of 4 while yielding 1/4 the tip
>tip
There's you problem

you're kidding, right? have you ever waited tables? 1-tops are the bomb because they're always friendly, never too needy and are in and out quickly. it's a guaranteed easy tip, and they're basically an afterthought all throughout service.

>have you ever waited tables?

He hasn't, he's just trying to start shit.

i have one but i can put the laptop on my coffee table and the screen is closer

bc when i notice people are noticing me i start to spill spaghetti

>put on a shirt and dark trousers and they'll think you're a high-flying consultant getting his dinner on while in town
i live in a very high income city not kansas. everyone here looks like a high flying consultant. id just be the well dressed creep in the corner by himself.

this. if im eating alone, which is frequent because i have no one that cares about me in my life, i end up sitting at the bar, if they don't have a bar, i wont dine there. sitting at a bar, having a couple drinks and eating while browsing on phone or talking to the other solo people near you is pretty nice

Probably 1 or 2 years ago. I was doing laundry, and got hungry. There was some little pizza restaurant across the street. I ordered 2 slices to stay, and got a fresca. I only felt slightly weird. But some of the people there were giving me the stink eye. I should probably start doing this more, but I'd rather cook at home.

This

>everyone in a high income city is high income
this doesn't mean YOU dress well

i used to travel for work, eating alone is perfectly acceptable. I have learned through experience that if you sit at the bar and order your food, you get far fewer funny looks. it also helps to be pretty drunk

i make a decent enough income to live there and drive a new x5. i dress fairly well and dont look weird but i always feel like people are staring at me.

>i always feel like people are staring at me
You have a terrible faggot disease called narcissism.

Never to a fancy restaurant, but I go to small dine-in places around my campus and bring a book. I have plenty of friends they're just in class. Literally that it what everyone assumes when you're eating alone and no one thinks you're a loser unless they're a fucking loser themselves.

not to fancy place, but casual places or order at counter and then sit type places, of course

>Have you ever sat in a restaurant by yourself?
Sure, all the time. In fact, I eat on my own far more than I eat with company, due to having few friends and not having overlapping schedules with those that I do have. Ain't no shame in eating on your own, waiters don't give a fuck as long as you're not a dick to them.

>Did you enjoy it?
Sure? It's exactly the same as doing anything else alone. We spend much of our lives alone (and philosophically speaking we are always alone), better be alright with it or you'll go totally nuts. If you can't even get food on your own, then you've got troubles man.

Is this really a thing people get anxious about?

new generation is fucked

Yes though it wasnt a fancy restaurant, everyone stared at me the entire time and the staff acted weird too. This was at lunch time, I imangine its worse at dinner.
Never again.

Society heals with men and women marrying around age 18. staying married, and reproducing above replacement.

Desperate 56%er detected.

It's because you don't tip and you probably stink to high heaven, user.

t. lives near at least one no-go zone

Yeah, you're right - MS. We're so backwater you guys don't even flyover us.

I only eat alone if it's a place that has bar seating available. Just too self conscious to be the only one sitting at a table.

Maybe I'm overthinking it.

>Maybe I'm overthinking it.
You are, man. Literally no one but you cares what you do at your table. And honestly, if someone *did* hypothetically give you a hard time, you're rightfully able to tell them to step off and leave you be. Don't put your self-image in the hands of other people.

It's easier now that we have cell phones so you can pretend to be texting your friends

Reminder that this restaurant has been closed down for a while.

I actually find that sad. I like the OP image, it's a cute thing of them to do. I hope that Waddle Dee found a nice life keeping someone company.

I used to go to this little pho place in a strip mall after work and browse chans on my phone, shit was comfy

get out of my state
I'm supposed to be the only MS resident on Veeky Forums

>me time
>socialising with the bartender
If I want some me time, I'm not making any fucking small talk.

>the only user in MS showdown
Hurry up and start making out

I always choose to eat alone, i fucking hate having to eat with people. I will even take my takeout to a deserted park if i have to.

Eating with friends
>"Can i have a bite of yours?"
>"DOES THIS COME WID UR NUMBER HUEHUEHUE"
>Some cunt trying to cheap out on the bill
>"Your round next!"
>"Did you leave a tip?" (What cunt? we live in Australia there is no tipping here, the waitress is on $20 an hour minimum)
>"Wow that looks nice" (expecting me to offer some to them)
>"I'm not hungry" *I recieve my order* "Can i have some?"
>"Tries to be funny again but clearly insults the waitress

Yeah i think i'll continue to eat alone , thanks.

this, you should consider being less of a faggot

If I win big playing video poker and keno, I'll drunkenly stumble into a "fancy" steakhouse across the street and get a big fat porterhouse and pig out alone

The ego and shitty grammar sums up four Chan nicely.
Get over your self nigger.

I eat alone at lunch all the time. I have a significant other so I never have to eat alone at dinner, but when I do I would generally rather take my food home so I can smoke weed and watch TV than sit in a restaurant. My girlfriend is a great dining partner, I'd much rather go to nice restaurants with her than by myself.

Yesterday I went to the fish-and-chips place by my neighborhood by myself and had a bowl of poutine.

I used to go there often when I was in HS and I always preferred going alone; having people with me meant I couldn't enjoy my food in silence. So yes, I did enjoy it

>My girlfriend is a great dining partner, I'd much rather go to nice restaurants with her than by myself
What do you mean by a great dining partner?

We eat each other whenever we at the dinner table

we're both proffesional cooks, and she's got a great palette. if i'm blowing a quarter of my paycheck on dinner, i'm going to want to seriously analyze the food and wine, and it's awesome to have someone there who's equally passionate to discuss and share the experience with. she gets that it's an event, the focus should be on the food, she knows i don't want to hear her talk about work for twenty minutes while i'm trying to focus on what's in front of me. both of us eat everything, so i get to try twice as many things when we go out. it's not like our relationship is particularly ideal, we both just really like good food.

Maybe not sitting, but...yeah.

Wow. I'm going to make all of my restaurant decisions based on how the waiters feel from now on. Thanks for the heads up.

Sounds nice. I hope I get a gf whose equally as into good food as I am

me too user! good luck.

I go out alone all the time, my friends live about forty miles away and I'm not altogether sure they still like me. there's nothing wrong or awkward about going out alone unless you're an awkward person, and even then you just gotta get over yourself

>be me
>be tonight
>go to bar alone at 7 pm
>order a whiskey sour
>start reading book
>order another whiskey sour at 730
>continue to read book
>get a beer at 8 pm
>local uni chads begin to show up
>they have literally never had a guinness before
>"bro that is so smooth, best beer ever"
>they pass the beer between the 4 of them
>get my first beer
>hear chad bros say "yeah we are going to get fireball shots"
>get a second beer
>read book
>get a third beer and a coffee
>band is playing
>listen to stacies enjoying their dates
>get sad, ask for tab, barkeep shakes my hand
>return home

why am i so jaded Veeky Forums

same here. unless the place has some small tables then it feels a bit weird taking up a four person table just for me, especially if they're busy

i used to do this all the time during my prime alkie years, i found it super comfy honestly
then it turned into genuine depression and the WDs

i love drinking alone at a bar and reading a book
super comfy

I don't read, I write

you have a drinking problem, user

only waiting for takeout. even then I prefer standing outside the store

why do you think this

Why do you give money to the states jewish slot machines

I do this too, from time to time. Don't have a comfy bar right now though, which is sadness. All the places convenient to me are trashy shitholes. Curse living in a town with a major college.

never, just get takeaway for home/work if you're alone

>whiskey sour
>whiskey sour
>beer
>beer
>beer
>beer
>fucking coffee at the end of it all

i'm number three MS resident in this thread then lol

it was all good too. i'm not even drunk

youtube.com/watch?v=oYg8WQdLDlY&index=7&list=PLBuONjFfipZPol8QxtMWhlDV5kLHbfGUJ

user...honey :(

I feel like it would almost make MORE sense with a fancier place. If I'm spending that much on a restaurant, I'm doing it because I either want to really try it out and experience it for myself or because I want to impress a girl. If it's the latter, doesn't it make sense to scout it out and try it out on your own first?

you're an idiot

Please elaborate.

not him but nobody...and im fairly confident it's literally NOBODY... "scouts out a restaurant" before a date, just look at a pic of the dining room and read a couple reviews

I eat alone all the time, and I have no idea why people think it's weird. I enjoy dining alone and enjoying my food in peace. I also enjoy dining with company.

Its not like a bartender is going to talk your ear off.

I would go there alone just to sit with Waddle Dee.

People eat with others?
That must be nice,

I do this often, both restaurants and bars. I usually bring a book or do some sketches.

I don't know why I would ever go with another person. They keep talking when I want to concentrate on my meal, and around 80% of them have disgusting table manners that make me lose my appetite. Then there's the annoying argument over who gets to pay the check when I just want to pay for what I ate and leave it at that.

An all around terrible experience.

Yes, I mean I mostly eat at American style Diners, which generally have a bar for people to dine lone on single stools

This, my favorite local joint is one of these and it's inevitable that no matter what time of day, if you go in alone, you will be see at least one or two people you know (usually more) by the time your food arrives. There's no such thing as "eating alone" here.

If you think there's something I *won't* get anxious about, you've never met somebody with anxiety.

Those don't sound like friends, user. I'd recommend trying to meet some new people, I promise there are plenty of us out there who aren't like that.

Nobody cares when it's a cute grill reading a book and eating alone
But everyone thinks it's weird when it's a dude eating on his own.

why

We're undesirable

At this point I've learned to accept it

Nip places have one too. Izakaya, menya, whatever, it's all good.