Diners have eaten more than 35million Eat Out To Help Out meals in Rishi Sunak’s half-price scheme

Diners using the Eat Out to Help Out scheme have been slammed as ‘rude’ by over-worked staff as the number of half-price meals sold under Rishi Sunak’s plan hits 35million. Seaside restaurant the Paddock Inn near Tenby, Pembrokeshire, says revellers taking advantage of the widely-popular scheme have shown ‘extreme levels of rudeness’ and caused staff ‘nothing … Read more

Eat Out feast brings in more diners than pre-lockdown

Restaurants more than a quarter busier than they were before lockdown on back of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:05 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 00:05 BST, 17 August 2020 Restaurants have been more than a quarter busier than they were before … Read more

Scammers target diners at the Ritz by posing as staff to steal their payment card details

Ritz diners targeted by scammers posing as staff to steal their payment card details before trying to spend thousands of pounds at Argos Fraudsters phoned people with details of bookings and asked for card details  The Ritz has confirmed it’s investigating a ‘potential data breach’ on Thursday Fraudsters used customer card details to make transactions … Read more

Peri good news! Nando’s announces plans to reopen 10 restaurants for diners to eat in

Peri good news! Nando’s announces plans to reopen 10 restaurants across the country for diners to eat in from Wednesday Nando’s is reopening 10 restaurants across the UK for diners to eat in this week Safety measures include ‘virtually queuing’, ordering and paying at the table  Restaurant chain announced in May they would open for takeaway … Read more

Is this the future of eating out in the UK? Diners at pop up restaurant sit in family bubbles

Diners at pop-up restaurants will sit in family bubbles in separate pods and have individual serving hatches as businesses gear up for Super Saturday. The St Moritz Hotel & Spa, at Trebetherick, Cornwall, was the first purpose-built socially-distanced restaurant and outlined its plan to maintain social distancing. The resort, which has nicknamed itself The Anti-Social Club, will have … Read more

Diners sit in individual GREENHOUSES to ensure social distancing

That’s one way to get the economy growing! Diners sit in individual GREENHOUSES to ensure social distancing at Dutch restaurant The Mediamatic Biotoop eatery erected five dining pods along a canal on the island of Oosterdok, Amsterdam Restaurant hopes greenhouses – currently undergoing trials – will allow diners to eat safely amid pandemic Firm says pods … Read more

Restaurant boss begs diners to keep eating out as restaurants face virus crisis

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Restaurant boss begs diners to keep eating out as restaurants face virus crisis

The 2015 MasterChef winner Simon Wood (pictured) fears for his restaurant and the wider industry as coronavirus panic sweeps the country Businesses fear they are on the brink as a restaurant boss begs his diners to keep eating out after takings plummeted 75 per cent and bookmakers warn of lost profits thanks to sports ban.   … Read more