When are restaurants the most/least busy?

[demon42]

I never picked up the answer to this question in common-knowledge school:

When are restaurants the least busy?

I understand that Friday and Saturday nights are the busiest times of the week... but what are the least busy nights? What time is the "dinner rush"? or the "lunch rush"?

And how do those times change when the restaurant in question is also a bar (open late, near a college campus)?

 

[imported_vr6]

Lunch rushes are m-f 11:30 - 1:30

Dinner rushes are 6-7:30ish on weekdays.

slowest days where i used to work was tuesdays

 

[FoBoT]

mon-thur 2 pm to 5 pm should be not busy

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
mon-thur 2 pm to 5 pm should be not busy

3-5pm usually slowest.

 

[demon42]

Originally posted by: cavemanmoron
3-5pm usually slowest.

Even on weekends? Or are popular restaurants usually busy all day

 

[spidey07]

Even on weekends. That's when older people eat. They have figured out long ago that that's when you go to the restaurant. It takes about 40 years to learn this common sense. Now thanks to ATOT, you have it as well.

 

[xospec1alk]

6-7 on a primetime nite thurs-sat

anytime sun-wed shoudln't be too busy

 

[ChaoZ]

Originally posted by: demon42

Originally posted by: cavemanmoron
3-5pm usually slowest.

Even on weekends? Or are popular restaurants usually busy all day

Generally for all restaurants. That's usually when they close and have lunch.