No customers coming into our restaurant: We have a good idea to bring them in, what do you think?

Question

This is my plan.

Since no one is coming into your restaurant, we want to do something UNIQUE! lol

Alright, we want to make it a fun place. I have been thinking about adding guitar hero in our restaurant. I want a person from each table (only 2 tables) and they battle each other on a song for a free 50 dollar voucher.

Limit one family per day.

-Requirements are that you need to spend 50+ or more on dinner.

So what you think? Will you come back and recommended to friends. It's a family place.

Answer 1

Great idea hope it works for you!

Answer 2

if it were me...

i would just play at home!

i want to go to a restaurant and enjoy food, not guitar hero! :(

maybe your marketing techniques could be a little better!

put an ad in the local paper... hand out flyers or do something!

and maybe you should work on the appearence and style of your restaurant and cuisine.

Answer 3

You need to find the real reason why you don't have customers... my guess is your food, and/or prices? Guitar hero is not going to make bad food a good experience. Fix that, then go from there.

Answer 4

Dude if your gonna do guitar hero do all games.  Madden alone would bring a lot of people.  IF you have a bar it would work.  not family oriented.  You would sell so much alcohol.  But I think your emphasis should be the food.  what if it gets real busy

Answer 5

What family will enjoy watching guitarists? Families want something to amuse children so the elders can eat in peace. It also seems quite expensive to charge $50. Families with children are often on a lower budget. First find out what the customers think of the food/menu/staff/ surroundings. If any negatives are indicated, improve on them. Secondly, decide who you want to appeal to. If you're charging $50 for a meal, maybe you should market towards those celebrating something, to make it a special occasion for them. A family restaurant with 'guitar heros' would not fall into that category.

Check that the food etc is fine, and then decide on what ambience you want to create. Good luck!

Answer 6

Sure, everybody likes guitar hero!!! But why do you only have two tables in a restaurant?

Answer 7

I am a paid mercenary in the consulting industry, and I do, among other things, reviews of restaurants.  Sight and sound unseen, I will offer you for free, what I would get paid for- my opinion of your idea.  

If I walked into a restaurant and encountered such an exhibit, I would turn around and walk out.  I would not pay for food there, and I would inform my clients that this was not a restaurant.  

Further, I would probably publish a newspaper review of the place anyway, and suggest that the owners need to return to basics- food preperation, service, cleanliness, ambience, and give up any idea of being talant (or lack of talant) scouts.

If you have a "family " place, I suspect you would do well to focus your program on kid friendly decor, a play area, and the childrens menu.  People do not bring kids into a family restaurant unless it is kid friendly.

Answer 8

that might be good if you have a lot of little kids coming in. but a guitar hero does not fit into that kind of atmosphere

Answer 9

How come no one is going to your restaurant ? First you have to find out why. People would drive long distances to go to a restaurant where the food is good. So, you need to me sure the food you have there is good. I wish you luck. There's nothing I hate like when I see someones' business struggling. I also want to say that $50 is too much for dinner, but I don't know how many people that's for.

Answer 10

I am thinking, which family member decided to put their 20 year old in charge of marketing for their failing restaurant. I mean, who else would come up with an idea like this.

I agree with everyone else - if you don't have customers, there's a good reason, and "lack of Guitar Hero" is not a good reason. Good reasons would include bad food, overpriced, poor service, uninviting atmosphere, poor location, or some combination of those.

Answer 11

Sure, why not?  I love to watch my kids play that game...might make for a rather rowdy restaurant, though.

Answer 12

no, it's a rubbish idea