Servers and bartenders are among the most outgoing and social people you'll ever meet, but when they're replaced with these crazy creative servers, suddenly they're not so charismatic -- sometimes, they aren't even people.
A restaurant's growth and income depend on their food as much as their customer service. Servers are a huge component in any successful restaurant business, which would explain why some restaurants have gone above and beyond to make their servers more memorable. For instance, a restaurant in Japan has its guests being served up by monkeys while a diner in Germany leaves its serving up to technology and requires customers to order their food via a touchscreen pad embedded into their table.
These crazy creative ways to serve are definitely a fun change of pace while revolutionizing the restaurant game.
12 Creative Ways to Serve
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Touch-Screen Menus
Restaurants & Bars with Interactive Tabletops
11
Waiterless Restaurant
Fully Automated Dining At Bagger's
10
MotoMan RoboBar
Robotic Bartender
9
Cyber Goth Waitresses
Nurse Cakehead's in London
8
Self Serve Nightclubs
Amsterdam's Bartenderless MiniBar is World's First
7
Asahi Robot Bartender Chills and Pours Beer
6
Flair Bartending
Performance Bartenders Delight Guests Around the World
5
Robotic Bartenders
Robomoji, Asahi and RoboBar
4
Robot Bartenders Get Digital
MyFountain Smartini Cocktail Mixer
3
Monkeys As Waiters
Primate Restaurant in Japan
2
Tear-Shaped Robot Waitresses
'Majestique' by 'Izzat Hisham Will Keep You Company
1
Branded Bartender Robots
Mr. Asahi (UPDATE)
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