Romantic Dining Out Ideas

Dine out at your favorite romantic restaurant and add extra touches to heighten the wow factor. Most restaurants will be happy to accommodate your request, as these romantic gestures create inspiring word-of-mouth stories about dining at their venue.

Consult with the manager or maitre d' beforehand and say that you're celebrating your anniversary. Even tell them which anniversary year you're celebrating and let them know the theme. Check our anniversary by year section to find ideas for the year you're celebrating. Discuss what you want to do and see if it is doable so you can come up with an alternate if it isn't. Don't make assumptions, you don't want to be disappointed.

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• Write a series of romantic notes to be delivered with each course. If you have a surprise, such as theater or concert tickets, have them delivered with dessert. Buy a keepsake or music box to present your gift and have it delivered with a single exquisite bloom or small bouquet. For several romantic gifts, have one delivered with each course and save the best for last!
• If you plan to arrive separately, arrange for a limo to pick up your wife and be waiting at the restaurant entrance with a bouquet of roses.
• Surprise her with an elegant, real 24k gold-dipped rose. Or if you're a playful couple, buy their giant paper rose. Imagine her expression as she nears the restaurant and sees that it's you waiting for her with the biggest rose ever!
• Write your own "romantic menu" insert or a love note, have the waiter slip it in your spouse's menu.
• If you're sentimental and have several favorite restaurants, plan drinks and appetizers at one place, hop to the next for the main course and finish up at a third for dessert. Go down Memory Lane and relive your love affair.
• Romantic dining doesn't always have to be at a restaurant. If you're nature lovers, plan a picnic at your favorite park or botanical garden. Pack beautiful tableware and a gourmet-filled picnic basket.

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