A review by stephconnor1026
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

3.0

At its best, this was a riveting look into the world of the upscale NYC restaurant dining complete with name dropping, sex, drugs, alcohol, and rich people behaving badly. At its worst, it was an egotistical perspective complete with filler stories that made it impossibly to differentiate between the different restaurants and roles that the author assumed at each. The storyline got tighter and more captivating as the novel went on, but I did consider DNFing at about the 30% mark. My biggest takeaway will be how smart and hardworking those in the restaurant world need to be to succeed and how I will never take good service for granted again.