Do you dress up to go out to restaurants? Gordon Ramsay is...

[KateDelRick]

.. bemoaning the standards of dress at his restaurants. He's complaining that people wear casual clothing, joggers, hoodies etc. I like to dress up to go out to dine, but what do others think?.

I wouldn't go to any cafe wearing gym or dog walking clothes, and dress up a bit more for restaurants, especially in town.

Watch him on Masterchef junior. You will see a totally different GR.

On Kitchen Nightmares etc, he’s playing a caricature - sweary, demanding chef. I’m sure he is rather different outside of TV, just as I’m sure Nigella makes toast without caressing the bread of a Tuesday morning and Mary Berry says “oh shit” when she drops a bowl full of batter.

Separately, he may be an arse, but I wouldn’t go by the TV persona to decide.

It all depends on the restaurant. Nandos, absolutely not...The Ritz, definitely yes.
I like getting dressed up. I'm slightly resentful of the fact that I only get to wear sparkly things at Christmas parties now.

Wear something sparkly to Nandos! Don't just save it for Christmas!

Three star and two star Michelin restaurants not high calibre!?

The most successful TV personalities have a bit of the real person in there, I think. It is too dissonant to be pretending all the time to be someone that you completely are not.

I wouldn't feel comfortable in a restaurant with any kind of enforced dress code.
I did go to a Michelin place once, this french restaurant. Really snotty waiters etc. I was wearing UGG boots which might have put them off me, lol.

The article was about his three Michelin starred restaurant. Some of his other offerings are not high calibre, but it’s a stretch to say that this one isn’t.

Whenever we go out for lunch or dinner I try and freshen up, put on a bit of make-up, wear something nice. It's part of the experience I think, you go out with your partner or friends, choose a nice place to eat, anticipate. And yes I do this even if and when we go to a rather simple neighbourhood restaurant, not overdressing but not going there in my gardening clothes either 😊

My motto is "it is better to be looked over than overlooked "😁
For me this means dressing like a 1950s housewife complete with pearls,heels and handbag wherever possible !
So absolutely ,I would dress up !
On the flip side I do have to spend some of my life in PPE ,and I work in a very male dominated industry ,so maybe that's why I enjoy dressing up so much .

Always make some effort, never hoody or trainers. If evening meal in a nice restaurant then more glamorous, if a local beefeater then smart but casual. Xx

The restaurant he’s talking about has three Michelin stars. I doubt you’d get away with less than £350 ph.

I like to be comfortable, and if I'm going out to eat I definitely don't want to be restricted by my clothes. I'd not wear pyjamas, or seriously scruffy clothes, but I don't see the problem with jeans & t-shirt

Petrus is definitely high end

Unless it's 'spoons' or a burger joint, I think one should make an effort.
Proper

I wear dresses all the time anyway but I'm not putting on heels, make up and a fancy hair do for weather spoons (unless it's a birthday, son always chooses there)
But if I'm going out to a restaurant then yes I'll dress appropriately for the occasion

No. I would feel I should dress up if I was going to an especially fancy restaurant but then I wouldn't feel particularly comfortable in that sort of environment.

I’ve been to Restaurant Gordon Ramsay which is his 2 or 3 Michelin star place in Chelsea. OH’s birthday, most expensive dinner we had ever (and still have ever) had, very much An Occasion. It feels a bit like a large swish living room - it’s probably 40 covers and you can see every single person in there whilst sat at your table, so very intimate and the service is insanely OTT, they rush to pull your chair out as you stand up and by the time you make it to the bathroom, someone has appeared to make sure you don’t open the door yourself.

Middle of the room is a large circular table for 8-10. 20 minutes into our meal, that party turned up and I’d guess at very very very ultra high net worth international students, all looked in their early 20s, leggings, hoodies, trainers, treated it like they’d popped into the local pub on the way home which to them I suspect it had that level of significance to. One girl pulled out her laptop the second they sat down! Strong words were had between her and the maitre’d and she was sent out to the bar if she wouldn’t put her laptop away. It is very odd when you’re doing something that feels extremely special and once in a lifetime to you, and the next table is THAT relaxed.

I would never look like I have rolled off the street, like to take of my body, my looks, my attire and my life in general.
Basically if you look sloppy you act sloppy

I wouldn’t be see dead in leggings and a hoodie outside my house. I would make some sort of effort if I was planning to go anywhere.

I don’t really dress up to go to dinner, I am usually wearing something I feel good in - over dressing in London feels a bit try hard. I try to avoid restaurants with dress codes - I tend to prefer a more relaxed atmosphere when I eat - thankfully we rarely come across it, although with fine dining we always check when we book.

I long ago reached the point in life where if I can't go in shorts, a t-shirt and trainers, I don't go.

Sure, I lived in Asia a long time but even in the UK, I'm in shorts from about March to November.

LOL!
This is such a silly thing to say.

It completely depends on where I’ve been before and, if I’m honest, my mood.

I’d never go into a restaurant stinking, or really scruffy, out of respect for other diners, but if I’m clean and covered, I don’t see a problem.