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Ever been to restaurants that offer great food in a great ambiance, but you didn’t enjoy a bit of it due to sour service? Restaurants are a part of the hospitality industry. Food is no doubt the main reason for a restaurants existence. But there is more to them than food – quick, pleasant service and comfortable and great ambiance. A restaurant might serve great food, but if the service is bad, that would be a competitive disadvantage. To have an increased future patronage, increased customer satisfaction is a necessity.

The first thing you see before you get to eat the dishes you ordered for is the people at your service. “A smiling face is half the meal”. If the waiter or waitress is cool and pleasant enough, you might not give too much of importance to the minor taste differences in what you are eating. And what fun is it, if you get great tasting food but cold due to delayed service.

That’s probably why people got down to writing restaurant reviews . Searches are getting simpler for diners & foodies as they can find out what others are saying about a restaurant before they choose to eat there. With the web full of restaurant recommendations and reviews based on the diner’s experience – hunting for local restaurant reviews has surely become the first step while choosing a restaurant.

Good food in a perfect ambiance is one thing that can set your Father’s Day party right. Partying is an essential ingredient in one’s social life. Every occasion in life calls for a celebration – Birthday, Graduation Day, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day and more. Choosing a good restaurant is very important to enjoy your party to the max.

Get to know your Dad’s preferences and the favorite dishes. Giving an added thought to research the preferences will go a long way towards making it a day. You know it would be a bad idea to treat your Dad to a Mexican delicacy, while it’s the sushi that he drools for. Always choose food that’s easy to eat and avoid struggling with lobsters - never forget you are there to celebrate and not out there to explore delicacies.

You can go through some restaurant guide like BooRah to find a range of restaurant and food services that deliver to your specifications in your preferred location. Best is to look out for San Francisco restaurants for special occasions or whatever place you belong to. So give your dad a day to remember.

Avoiding traffic jams is top on every commuters list this year. Real time traffic information often requires an extra device to receive the data sent on FM, cellular, or satellite signals. You'll also often have to pay a monthly, annual, or lifetime fee. MSN Direct, bundled with some units like the Garmin nuvi 680 is available for 120 cities and not only gives you traffic info but adds gas prices, weather, and movie times. Some GPS devices like the Navigon 7100 include free lifetime traffic.

Text-to-speech (TTS) lets the GPS device give you audible street names, directions, and points of interest (POI) information. This feature is sometimes called spoken street names and is pretty standard in most high-end devices. The Navigon 2100 is a new low price GPS device that offers TTS.