How Many Courses Do You Have in a Restaurant?

Main courser only. I am not a fan of desserts.

I always look up the menu on line before eating out. I can then take my time choosing.
When I last went for a family meal, at a smokehouse, to celebrate my 80th, I chose to have two starters with fries as a side, which was more than enough for my good appetite.

I don't like alcohol or sweets desserts very much. Generally the starters are what tempts me.
On one recent occasion I saw the pudding menu and spotted a real favourite that I hadn't had for years. So I held back. Had a tiny starter then the pudding. Well it was awful. I was so disappointed (and hungry!)

Mostly 3 courses, but we do either have just 2. Either starter or Pud with main.
Lot depends where we eat.

If on my own (quite a lot these days owing to circs) then just a main.

If dining with others a first and second course. Never pudding I don’t have a sweet tooth probably because wine has all the sugars I need.

I often find those who don’t drink alcohol enjoy cake/desserts.

I do wish restaurants, not all, wouldn't withhold the pudding menu, only bringing it along almost as an afterthought after the mains. Then I feel I could make an informed choice. If there is something really delectable on that, I'd rein in what I'm having first. If we agree on a pudding and there is a smidgen of room left, then we'll ask for two spoons, that's quite a common practice I do believe, in fact some restaurants will automatically bring two if only one orders on the assumption it is to be shared........not always

Similarly at home, I often used to make a pudding when we had a Sunday roast, but again there isn't room. I just have a well stocked freezer for ice creams, Magnum style the Aldi alternatives are just as appreciated by the grandchildren these days......and £££ cheaper when accumulating quite a few.

Depends on the restaurant.

High end - all courses on offer.

Reasonable - maybe starter and main.

Cheap and cheerful - one - maybe main or starter.

Cheap and not so cheerful - I avoid like the plague.

It seems that the less you may the bigger the portions😄😄

I can't eat a lot these days for health reasons, so it would often just be one course, or if it's a smaller portion, perhaps a dessert too. Like HelterSkelter1, I do like when they offer a coffee and tiny dessert too.

I prefer having lunch out to having an evening meal. And I like the coffee and tiny dessert some restaurants serve.
Normally I would have a main and often share a dessert if a tiny one is not offered.

I eat much less over the day than I did in my 20s and 30s. And can quite happily miss a main meal or just have a sandwich occasionally. Cave man would not have eaten 3 meals every day.

Aveline

Quite often I have two starters then, maybe a pudding. Three courses absolutely floor me these days.

Same! I often fancy the starters more, and main courses are often just too much.

Usually just starter and main.

It really does depend on the restaurant and the portion sizes tbh. If it’s a new place to us we generally swerve the starters, have mains and depending on the size might have a dessert if we’re still ‘hungry’.

I either order just a main or a starter and a pudding.
Have never really been a 3 course diner unless is a set menu and then I choose my options carefully because I have GERD. Usually end up giving the dessert to someone else.

We went out for a meal at the weekend, no-one in our group had a starter. The main courses were substantial, I couldn't finish mine but everyone ordered a pudding.
Then I couldn't sleep because I had terrible indigestion.

One course would definitely have been enough. Unless it was the extra glass of wine which was bought for me, I didn't want it but it would have been rude not to drink it.

A friend of mine often has a starter and a pudding with no main. I do like a starter, but these days tend to go straight to the main and see if there's room for the pudding when I've eaten it.

Quite often I have two starters then, maybe a pudding. Three courses absolutely floor me these days.

Just the main course for me. If I have a starter I wouldn’t be able to finish the main meal. Haven’t ordered a sweet in a restaurant for many years, I don’t have a sweet tooth.