Dining Out Dilemmas: Concerns about Kitchen Cleanliness

I always go in the place to check it out for myself. I never go by reviews a lot. people sometimes put stuff if they don't like the place but that may be there opinion

No one is allowed to inspect the kitchen of a restaurant, unless you are one of the hygiene inspectors. I always consider cleanliness as first requisite to eat in a reastaurant.

In my country, if you tried to go into the kitchen to check the cleanliness of the restaurant you would be kicked out of the restaurant. I mean you could ask them to look, but they would politely tell you no. I don’t know if they have a website that does this where you live, but here, you can usually look up if the restaurant had any violations with the health department. And that would pretty much guarantee you would be able to figure out how clean their kitchen is.

I wish I could do that too, but since I can't, I observe the waiters and see if their nails are clean, or if they are wearing protective gear, and so forth. I also observe how food is served and how they serve it. If I find these dirty and unbecoming, I would never return to that restaurant and I will just order soda.

I do not even want to think about it Fortunately I have enough immunity to withstand whatever goes on in those kitchens (lol)

I do not dine out any longer because of this and also cost. I am too worried about clean.

I do consider these aspects. And because of that, I stay home and cook the majority of the time. A shame actually as I enjoy dining out. But I have to know the place and be able to trust the employees.