Restaurants with Dress Codes: Take Back The Night!

[Metlin]

Originally Posted by RSS

Having lived in France ... "douchey" just doesn't do it for me. Showery?
If you're in France, just call them English and be done with it. That will do enough for insults. And if you must really get nasty, ask them if they are Americans.

 

[George]

Originally Posted by RSS

I can recall a time when getting into the right club was all about beauty and physical attractiveness. But that was back when most people still dressed well when going out for an evening.
I didn't take you for being a Studio 54 regular, RSS?

 

[CouttsClient]

Dress codes? Behold The End:
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[Beaune Head]

Originally Posted by CouttsClient

Dress codes? Behold The End:

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People go out of doors in this. Don't miss the flaps in both front and back to use "when duty calls!".

This garb is de rigueur for those trips to Walmart...

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by George

I didn't take you for being a Studio 54 regular, RSS?
I wasn't so much ... but my younger sister was. Even at 50+ -- uhhh ... I mean 39 -- she is still quite attractive ... but back then she was stunning.

We always arrived by car with a driver ... and she was always dressed to the nines. As she emerged ... she'd pause briefly ... basking is the gaze of the throngs in that eternal que. Then she'd toss her head back and make a b-line for the door ... never pausing for a moment ... never worring about the possibility she might not be allowed in. No one dared stop her.

I'd tag along. At least I was well dressed.

 

[Bounder]

First, my apologies for having been away from this thread so long. The last few weeks have been like that. I have updated the OP with all of your suggestions. If I missed some, please let me know! While I take the point about private clubs, I did not list them as they are private. I encourage other people to offer listings, especially people who know of places in cities not yet mentioned. I am particularly suprised that there's nothing for Boston . . . I'm looking at you, F. Corbera, if that is your real name. BTW, does anyone know if Picholine near the Met in NY has a dress code? I kind of have the impression that it does but I'm not really sure. A couple of people brought up the Wolseley in London. It does not have a dress code but I really want to like this place but for some reason, it doesn't quite work for me. Maybe it is a little too see-and-be-seen. A lot of people have commented that they would much rather be seated next to a well-behaved guy wearing very nice jeans and a well-fitting, high-quality polo shirt than some guy wearing an ugly, black polyester suit who spent the entire evening standing on his chair making chimp noises and hurling bread sticks like doughy, sesame-covered javelins. No doubt. But this is kind of a false dichotomy. My experience -- and I vaguely recall seeing some actual research backing this up -- is that people are more likely to be better behaved when dressed-up.

Originally Posted by George

I didn't take you for being a Studio 54 regular, RSS?
That's nothing. Get him to tell you about Prince Dimitri.

 

[cold war painter]

Originally Posted by Bounder

I am particularly suprised that there's nothing for Boston . . . I'm looking at you, F. Corbera, if that is your real name.

Señor Corbera is currently researching parallel programming models in Malaga. Perhaps there are restaurants there with dress codes he can inform us of.

Originally Posted by Bounder

A lot of people have commented that they would much rather be seated next to a well-behaved guy wearing very nice jeans and a well-fitting, high-quality polo shirt than some guy wearing an ugly, black polyester suit who spent the entire evening standing on his chair making chimp noises and hurling bread sticks like doughy, sesame-covered javelins.

You've dined with the Bullingdon Club?

 

[tj100]

Originally Posted by Bounder

I am particularly suprised that there's nothing for Boston . . .
I don't believe there is a coat-and-tie required dress code at any Boston restaurant. Excluding private clubs (harvard club etc.), I think we're down to jacket and tie 'recommended' at a few places (L'Espalier, Locke Ober) and fully business casual everywhere else. I believe the last two holdouts were the dining room at the Ritz (now the Taj) and Aujourd'hui at the Four Seasons. Both have closed and exist only as private function space now.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Not really on topic, but I find it off that the restaurant Commerce in New York ONLY accepts credit cards. Why would a business want to create such a paper trail?

My father ate there with my mother and girlfriend and he said something along the line of "**** you guys this is America, you're taking my money. Cash is king. I don't need change." They gladly obliged.

Apparently they said that is their policy because they don't like giving change, so yeah, don't need change...

 

[Geoffrey Firmin]

The last time I encountered a dress code was at Kables about 16 years ago. Gentlemen had to wear a jacket to gain admittance you could take if off as you were being seated and no shirt sleeves.

But times have changed I don't know any of the top hated restaurants in Sydney which actually impose dress standards. I took the wife to Rookpool for her 50th birthday and both went well dressed but the a lot of the punters were in business casual on a Saturday night.

 

[Bounder]

I was going to go back and edit the OP to add additional restaurants. I can't see an edit button, however. Is there some time-limit on editing posts? If so, too bad, as it kind of torpedos the idea behind this thread.

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by Bounder

I was going to go back and edit the OP to add additional restaurants. I can't see an edit button, however. Is there some time-limit on editing posts? If so, too bad, as it kind of torpedos the idea behind this thread.
Write to the powers that be.

 

[comrade]

Here's where the revival of correct attire begins:

 

[MikeDT]

I didn't even realise that such places still existed. Where one has to dress to the nines just to eat? Fortunately the restaurants I use concentrate on the important things, namely the food and service and NOT what their paying customers are dressed like.

 

[bringusingoodale]

Eating now has become a leisure activity.

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