5 Ways to Enjoy Restaurant Dining – Solo

Before I started this blog, I did a survey on the ever-valuable surveymonkey.com.

I asked:

What do you like most about solo travel? See “The Top Ten Reasons You Love to Travel Solo” for the answers to that.
What do you like least about traveling solo? Dining alone in a restaurant tied with the single travel supplement.

The supplement issue was discussed in the last post. Now, five ways to deal with dinner alone.

Eat at the bar while reading a very funny book. One that makes you laugh out loud. You’ll be talking to people in no time.
Choose a casual restaurant. The tables are more likely to be communal or very close together — conversation will happen naturally.
Ask the host/hostess whether there is another solo diner who they think would like company. They can check and make the introductions.
Scan the restaurant for the most likely people to invite you to join them and come up with a good question to ask them. If you’re in a foreign country, it may be a translation of a menu item.
If all else fails, there is the classic — read a book

Do you have other ideas? Please share them in the comments.

Keep smiling. Keep traveling.