How to Make a Restaurant Table

A table setting is more than just an arrangement of cutlery and glasses; rather it provides a cohesive, put-together look for the entire dining setting. This atmosphere is especially crucial in a restaurant, where the appearance of the table has a great affect on the diner's experience and his enjoyment of the meal. Even you do not run a restaurant or work in one, knowing how to make a restaurant table is a great skill that you can utilize at any party or meal you are hosting, to bring a touch of class. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

1

Set a dinner plate directly in front of the chair for each seat and put a salad plate on top of the dinner plate. Every person's setting will revolve around the dinner plate, so make sure they are placed exactly where you want them before proceeding with the rest of the setting.

2

Place a dinner fork to the left of the dinner plate with a salad fork to the left of the dinner one and a dessert fork to the right. Alternately you can place the salad fork on the right with a fish fork to the left of the dinner fork if you will be serving a fish course.

3

Lay the dinner knife to the right of the dinner plate, with the blade facing in towards the plate. Set a fish knife to the right of the dinner fork, with the blade facing in towards the dinner fork.

4

Set a teaspoon to the right of fish knife, followed by a soup spoon to the right of the teaspoon. End the right side of cutlery with a cocktail fork on the far right, next to the soup spoon.

5

Position a bread plate above the forks to the left of the dinner plate. Lay a butter knife horizontally across the plate, with the blade facing down and pointing to the left.

6

Arrange the three glasses in a downward triangle above the knives and spoons. The glasses should be in line with the bread plate. Place the water glass in the left corner, the white wine glass in the right corner and the red wine glass in the downward, lower corner.

7

Place a saucer with a cup on top to the right of the glasses. The saucer should be positioned between the glasses and the spoons. Fold a cloth napkin into a triangle and lay it to the left of the forks, with the main point facing the left.