Internet has changed our lunchtime


Today we want to explain how the Internet has changed the way to go and eat in a restaurant.

From the point of view of the restaurants, there has been a great evolution and change with the advent of the Internet. Currently restaurants have websites, used as a communication channel social networking, … For example, La Gritta Cala Fornells has Facebook page, a web where you can purchase online menus and an account on TripAdvisor.

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But the change we have lived restaurants are also associated with the change that consumers have lived. Here we select several changes that we believe are currently evident and we think that many of you will feel identified:

  • Before going to restaurants, things are already different: the online presence of restaurants makes the consumer before visiting the place and know prices, how is the place, the menu and even reviews from other customers of the place. In addition, there are now many channels of information of restaurants (home shopping, restaurants by zones, etc.)
  • «I’m here eating at …»: now social networks let you indicate where you are. This has meant that there is a tendency to go eat at a restaurant and inform others who are eating there.
  • Live attached to the smartphone: everyone lives with the mobile in their hand and it moves to the table of any restaurant. This has made to become a more experienced: pictures of the place, of the dishes or even restaurants that leave to use the phone while it is on the table.
  • We all become food critics: with the advent of online site like Tripadvisor, everyone can give their opinion on a place or how the food is. This has made the opinions to expand and has much more quantity and variety.

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Do you feel identified with the changes we have mentioned? Internet has become a new way to live a gastronomic experience. The online world has made that restaurants have to adapt changes and has also made the client live an experience that often starts from your smartphone.