That’s right! Presentable look must be given special attention before meeting your date. Plus, just always be yourself and be natural as you show care and respect to your date.

Best of luck daters!

That said, James Bond does it in Casino Royale, so I don’t see any reason why it shouldn’t be part of our culture today.

my rule is when I pre-bus the table is to just reset the salt/pepper and other stuff on the table, put my silverware on my plate and gather up paper garbage (if there is any, such as empty sugar packets, napkins, napkin bolos, etc). This also is dependent on where we are going. If it is a casual date, I tend to pre-bus more than if we go to a nice steakhouse or something like that. The other trick is to pre-bus just before leaving.

I was always under the impression that a man should enter a restauraunt before the lady. Thus ensuring the lady doesn’t have all of the gazes of the other diners directed onto her at once.

Ritalin la….

1. an anal control freak who can’t just let the waiters do their job
2. an impatient creep who can’t wait for your date to stop eating (if you get busy stacking your plates while she’s still eating)
3. someone who’s never been in a nice restaurant before

This is the important thing to remember about being served: let it happen graciously. Don’t thank your waiter every single time he/she gives you something. Don’t do anything. Seriously, the most respectful and classiest things you can do in a fine dining situation involve allowing service to happen to you:

1. In general, don’t let your conversation or your body impede service. Don’t keep a waiter standing around while you finish your conversation. Don’t hunch over your empty plate. Allow the backwaiter to take it by sitting back in your chair. When it’s time for new silverware, take your hands off the table and allow the new course to be set for you. In fact, just sit back in your chair whenever someone comes to your table. That and a good tip are the single most respectful things you can do for a waiter.
2. Unless this is deep inside your personality, don’t try to befriend a waiter, and don’t go asking a waiter’s name and then using it all the time! This is one of those man-of-the-people tactics that backfire, big time! I
3. Say thank you twice, max. After orders are taken is a great time to say thank you. At the end of the meal, in addition to a tip is a great time to say thank you. Say thank you again if someone does something nice for you–gets you a coat, retrieves something that you dropped on the floor. But saying thank you every time you get your water topped off is a distraction from the actual date.
4. Have a really great time. Be there with your date. That’s what a restaurant is for. That’s what service is for. Fine dining is about allowing things to happen, about being given an experience. It’s not a time for showing people how well you get on with working folks (who, in a nice restaurant may be making more than you do…), it’s not a time to be helpful. You’re paying handsomely for a service and should just let the service happen.