How Many Courses Do You Have in a Restaurant?

Usually just one. But sometimes starter and main OR main and pudding. Never all three .

A lot of my friends ask for the starter as their mains. Then they may or may not have a dessert.

Just a main meal

Two - main and afters

I can’t manage a main course, a big plate of food puts me off eating altogether, so I have a starter and sometimes a pudding ( or share one with DH).

I read recently that some restaurants are introducing a minimum charge for food, They are saying people are not spending enough and also more people are not drinking alcohol so less profit on that.
I personally can only manage a main course, like puddings but tend to avoid.

Astitchintime

It really does depend on the restaurant and the portion sizes tbh. If it’s a new place to us we generally swerve the starters, have mains and depending on the size might have a dessert if we’re still ‘hungry’.

I visited a posh restaurant ( it was a gift to me) and had three courses and a coffee, got home still hungry and made cheese on toast, so yes it hugely depends on the restaurant.
Normally I have a main and then a coffee only.

I would like to see more restaurants offering smaller portions for those without big appetites. It is so wasteful when food is returned uneaten, and many won't allow over 12s to order from the children's menu.

I do understand that smaller portions still have to be prepared and cooked, so the discount can't necessarily be proportionate to the portion size, but even a small discount would be good.

They might find that more people ordered starters and puddings if the portions were smaller, particularly at lunchtime.