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How to be a great supper club guest

Coming to a table where you know nobody is a small act of nerve, and most people arrive with at least one nervous thought on the way in — including whether it's weird to attend a supper club alone. It isn't. Here's what we've noticed makes the difference between a good night and a great one.

Arrive hungry, and mean it. This isn't a place to nurse one course and call it a night. Show up ready to actually eat, since the whole rhythm of the evening is built around courses landing when the table's ready for them.

Ask the obvious question. \"So what do you do\" is a fine opener, but the nights that go best are the ones where someone asks a slightly odder question first — favourite thing they've cooked badly, worst travel story, what they'd order if this were their last meal. Strangers open up faster over a strange question than a normal one.

Talk to the person across from you, not just beside you. Ten seats means the table is small enough to hear everyone — use it.

And come back. The best version of this whole thing is the version where you've been to three tables and half the room already knows your name.

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