Young students at the restaurant: important reviews and online menus
Survey on the behaviour and choices of young people eating out by TheFork and thefaculty: growing attention to inclusive menus that take into account dietary habits, intolerances and religion
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44% of 18-22 year olds go out to eat at a restaurant more than once a month and 63% choose to try a particular restaurant on the recommendation of friends and relatives, thus relying on word of mouth from people close to them.
This is what emerges from the survey, carried out byTheFork, and thefaculty, a national university orientation tool, on the habits of young people related to the world of catering, when returning to school and university.
Reviews and ratings of the venue are also crucial in the young people's decision: for 74% an average positive rating (4.5 and up and between 8.5 and 10), or a good review (76%) count more, for example, than the possibility of a discount (39%).
Indispensable, on the other hand, for 35% of the respondents, is the possibility of consulting the menu online, preferably enriched with photos of the individual dishes (18%).
The most popular type of restaurant among young people seems to be the pizzeria (78%), followed by trattorias (60%) and sushi restaurants (55%). Down the podium we find hamburgers and steak-houses (43%), ethnic restaurants (28%), increasingly in vogue, and fish restaurants (24%).
