The kitchen is a mess
Speaking of bathrooms, these are often located near the kitchens, which makes it pretty easy to discreetly check how clean it is inside and get a sneak peek at how your food is being prepared. If the kitchen is in a state of total disarray, there’s leftover food all over the place and used dishes everywhere, it might be better to head to the front door instead of your table.
No one says a restaurant kitchen should look 100 percent pristine. But if chaos rules and there’s no sign whatsoever of any organization and cleanliness, it might be an indication that the management does not put much emphasis on the health and wellbeing of their clients.
There are no other people in the restaurant
If you’re an early bird, dining in an empty or almost empty restaurant is not that unusual. After all, not everybody can wake up and have breakfast at seven in the morning. However, if it’s peak meal hour and there’s no one but you in the establishment, there’s probably a serious reason behind this lack of customers.
According to Kenny Colvin, owner of a food and drink branding, design, and consulting agency, customers, or lack thereof, is the first indication of a good or bad business. Why is there no one eating there? Is it overpriced? Does it have bad customer services or bad food? There’s gotta be a reason and it’s best that you don’t find out about it personally.
