Do you suggest?

If I had time to fill out one I would fill it out for either good service or if I had a complaint too. I have done it a couple of times for good service and only one occasion where our food was very late.

If the staff deserved it... I'll leave a compliment... I also discovered that these days is vary hard for someone to make a compliment... and sometimes is harder for one to accept a compliment... we live strange times:) so yes... if the waiter is nice and not arrogant I'm ready to make a written compliment:P

Yes, there are times when I leave suggestions - especially when the suggestion form is placed on my table. But I don't really see a point since I doubt they will read it and use it. Customer service is too pathetic around here and they don't care whether you threaten to boycott their restaurants or not. I am just saving it or up so that when I get real p*ssed off, I will just buy over the restaurant and close it down.

Hi tmlnmr, Usually I would leave it alone ,I don't like to complain. If I were to fill out the paper, I would probably complain. I've never thought about the option of complementing, I like to give a compliment, when it is needed. Thanks for the tip! Peace, Totty

if at my country there's a restaurant like that I will fill the suggestion for sure but unfortunatelly

No, I usually don't, But if I did it would most defanitely be a compliment because everyone needs a compliment every once in a while, and I bet after all of those complaints they probably feel good about their work when they get a compliment. I know I would.

if i am happy with the food and the service i live a compliment but if i am so mad i don't right any thing to prevent the bad words that i feel .

Yes i usually write comments and suggestions if i locate a suggestion box. Its a chance for me to rate the system, food and the overall facility. it will not only benefit me but them as well.

I would never leave a negative comment at a restaurant, tmlnmr, unless the service was truly terrible. I respect the workers in this business too much for that. We used to own a restaurant(which I worked in sometimes), when I was a youth. I completely understand how helter-skelter things can get when you have a rush of people come in. My compliments go out to all food service workers.

I never see those in restaurants here. But I were to see one, I suppose I would only take the time to write something if I was really pleased with the service (leave a compliment) or very displeased. But even if I wasn't happy with service I'm not really the sort of person to write negatively about a person or a service. Though I suppose it might help the restaurant in the future if it's a real biggie, but if my waitress/waiter was in a bad mood it's not really something to complain about, you know? So yeah, I would only fill one of those out if I was extremely happy with the restaurant or extremely displeased.

hey.. i usually leave a comment if the service is excellent especially if the staff who waited on us is very polite and pleasant..i just want to make it a point that his or her efforts are recognized in my own way...i also leave a suggestion esp if i eat in my fave restaurant and a staff or waitress is rude (but not too harsh to get her into trouble) so that proper actions or improvements may be made so that the next time i eat in the same restaurant id at least get a different service.. of course i do all that if there are survey sheets available..lol

I would leave a suggestion especially if the service was good. I don't ask for suggestion box but if I am giving the chance I definitely would. Sometimes where there's bad service I think they should be told so they could improve and make things better next time.

I remember when I was little (bear with me a little) my family and I were vacationing, and came upon this restaurant that lined their tables with paper. We had a great day, and were in a great mood. The food and service were good, so my sister and I grabbed our crayons and drew smily faced people on the paper, and wrote comments like, we love your food! You have a great restaurant! We left, and continued with our vacation. On our last night, we decided to go back to that restaurant. My sister and I sat there, and started to draw and write nice comments while waiting for the food we were sure would be good. One of the waiters saw it, and ran to get the owner from the back. He came out, saw us drawing, came out with a paper table liner, and asked if we were the ones who left the drawings and comments a few nights ago. My sister and I said yes, and his face just lit up! He had kept that piece of paper since seeing it, and looking at it would lift his spirits. Such a small gesture from two little girls had made not only the day, but the whole week of that one frazzled owner of that tiny restaurant. So, yes. If you have something good to say, say it. Don't ever let a chance to make someone happy go by. It's a cliche, I know, but there are enough bad things in the world, and everyone should be just a little kinder to each other whenever possible.

I have a tendency to leave compliments more than complaints. I've left complaints in the past and nothing really came of them. So if I have a bad experience, I just don't patronize that place anymore. If it was a HORRENDOUS situation then I'd leave my comments. I don't think enough people comment on the good stuff that happens.

When I was younger, I use to leave a comment everytime I was going to a restaurant and evertime there was a paper on the table to do it. Now, I don't know why, I just don,t do it, even if I think that the food is horrible. I know that can help improve the restaurent, but most of the time, I just don,t think about it.

i only fill those suggestion sheets out when i have not been satisfied by the restaurant which is pretty rare lol. i guess i am a fairly easy customer to please lol!

I really only fill those out if they are already on the table. I usually only have nice things to say, too :) I imagine that the waitstaff is working hard and I wouldn't want to jeapordize their job just because my food didn't come out as fast as I would have liked, or something. It's a waste of time to spend all that energy trying to make others feel bad, I think. Unless the service was absolutely terrible! I don't seem to have that problem, though. =]

I seldom come across suggestion boxes or notes for you to pen something at restaurants. I do come across this at hotels all the time though. In the past years, I have only filled up suggestions or comments (good ones) a couple of times at restaurants. I normally don't fill in complaints, only compliments. I know of one restaurant which had a different approach to receiving compliments. They set up a kind of gong near the entrance. If any customer enjoys the meal or the service there, they are encouraged to hit the gong on their way out. Now that is a very visible (or audible rather) way of complimenting the restaurant. Of course, this can be abused and people can just hit the gong for the fun of it.

I used to do that. Now most of the times we go with the kids, so it's kind of Family restaurant, i'm not really bother to fill those suggestion paper stuff. But you know these days they have it on the receipt that you call the 800 number to do very quick survey, i love that! I call quick either they enter you to a drawing or just give you code for discount.

If I have a real complaint, I tend to seek out a manager right then and there. Having to wait and such...those sorts of things can be annoying but it happens especially if the place is hopping. Now if I experienced excellent service and great food, I would make a comment to my hostess and also put it in writing. It takes team work to make an establishment run that well....they all should get kudos!