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Not everybody coming to your restaurant will scrutinize every little detail about your place but there are guests who spot every sprinkle on the tablecloth, every wrinkle on the menu, and those are the guests who will tell their friends about everything they find. A pleased customer tells three friends about their experience. An unsatisfied tells nine or more about their experience. This is a good reason why you should treat your menu covers accordingly. They may not be the thing which drives people visit your establishment, but they’re for sure the first thing people sitting at your tables touch. They are one of the first important impressions your customers will remember.

A menu cover has to protect the menu, that’s its first and most important purpose. The menu is the appetizer to the mind, and it sells your dishes. Be sure to treat it with due respect, and protect it against damage. A damaged menu needs to be replaced, and every replaced menu hinders return of investment. If you’re having a handful of people sitting at each table every day, your menus will show wear and tear in a day or two. Menu holders need to be cheap as well. Replacing them is inevitable, and cheap menu covers help you concentrate on your foods better.

Menu covers need to draw attention. Their second priority of existence is to make sure your guests notice where the menu is, and that it is the menu of a professional restaurant. A professional restaurant will not put cheap looking, wipe-able plastic covers on its tables. If you’re aiming to please all five senses, think about contacting local artists or design studios to make these for you. A few dollars of investment goes a long way if it’s spent on perfecting the details.

The menu holder needs to be in harmony with the restaurant’s overall theme and design to be most effective. Whatever small part of the big picture it may be of the whole experience, it only takes a small seed of doubt for the crawling feeling to grow in the mind of your guests saying ‘Something is not right’. You want to avoid that feeling beginning to emerge in anyone sitting at your tables at all costs, and this means getting the menu covers right is part of that process.

Menu holders are important and should be given a second thought. You may have noticed them before while eating out, but as a restaurant owner, you should be fully aware of them. They may be more crucial than you think.