Server dress code?

Even for very casual restaurants, I think a line should be drawn somewhere.

Example: The few occasions I've eaten at Karma Cafe, I was served by this same girl who was heavyset overall, but carried most of it "up top". Anyway, every time, she was wearing an obscenely low-cut top which showed off her assets much more than I cared to see. Even my male friend agreed it was too much.

I think it is agreed- there is a time and place for every kind of dress. I agree with Madi- it should compliment not distract- PT's is nice for that business lunch where you really have to impress the client with your urban savvy. Good place to look at flesh if that is what you are into but if you are out to have a nice dinner or lunch and you have a guy or a girl server showing to much it distracts from the moment you are sharing with you dinning partner. No matter how much really want to stare you can’t or din and now you are in trouble.

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I must say that I think women servers in tuxedos are actually very sexy



Will ........i agree

I agree about the muffin top thing. Ew. I don't have a problem with camis or that kind of thing as long as it is tastefully done. There is a fine line between classy and not-so-classy. Speaking of not-so-classy, you could not pay me enough to eat at PT's. It just seems....obscene.

I agree about the muffin top thing. Ew. I don't have a problem with camis or that kind of thing as long as it is tastefully done. There is a fine line between classy and not-so-classy. Speaking of not-so-classy, you could not pay me enough to eat at PT's. It just seems....obscene.

Of course it's obscene. That's why people go there. Have to admit, when I was working, it was one of my favorite stops.

By the way, the cooks are fully dressed and the food wasn't bad.

Okay, I've actually put a ton of thought into this one, because I have had to decide on many occasions when it is necessary to insist that a server's attire is inappropriate or realize that I'm just trying to dress them the way I would dress myself if I were them. The fact is, some of us have good sense about fashion, clothing fit, and the impression we emit with our exterior but lots o' people try to stretch the rim with their own expression. There is room for that in the indy restaurant business much more than the corporate world and I soooo... much prefer that. I opened a hotel as a supervisor and had to herd my staff in a file to be "fitted" for pants, shirts, ties, and shoes that were deducted from their checks at a fairly high mark-up, and felt so relieved to have more liberty with my own dress code, until...the day I was questioned about not wearing a blazer everyday - At A RESTAURANT! How am I supposed to be any help in a tight jacket that I would probably rip the shoulder seams from when I stretch to clear a table cause that's what helps a restaurant run smoothly - co working. That said in a rather long breath, clothing should accomodate your work habits, and I'm all for expression - after all, most people in the industry are artists. There are also alot of indigents with not alot of $ or understanding of the image they portray, but a spot cannot afford to pay a better wage and tips are not great enough to replace them with a better candidate. ALSO, times are a-changin and the examples given here about piercings, low-riders, thongs, and especially (cause they're my fave new craze!) low cut blouses (even grandmas are wearing them) seem a tad nit-picky. Live and let live, variety is the spice! I really do love (and I am a female hetero Jackie) boob-baring blouses, I think they're contemporary and show profound confidence, at least that's what I think of the females that I know who are donning those sexy articles. I may even wear them from time to time, but I do steer away from thongs peering from my low-riders. I'm sure that the issue has more to do with the wrong body shape and mismatched clothing, but some girls just don't realize they lost their figure and need to get more excercise than the traipsing about at their fruitless place of employment (was that harsh, it was meant only to be an observation).

Interesting that you bring this up; I had a similar recent experience at a bar. The young female bartender had on a gravity-defying skirt worn very (very) low on the hips and a top that exposed much of her middle. She had a tattoo of a lightning bolt etched on the small of her back, and the business end of the bolt went down the skirt to parts unseen.

She had the bod to pull all of this off and it was an outside bar (though at a somewhat classy place), so we'll cut her some slack.