Restaurant Rubric

In true teacher form, I'll be using a rubric to evaluate the restaurants I "review" here. So, below I'm providing a copy of my little rubric.

At the end of each review, I'll give the restaurant's total score. Following this in paretheses are the scores in individual categories -- ambience, then food, then price.


Ambiance
5 - May not be luxurious and white-table-clothed, but tastefully decorated, cloth napkins, nice place settings, soft lighting, etc.
3 - Not a palace, but not fast food, either.
1 - Somehow sadly lacking in atmosphere, perhaps in cleanliness. Think “fast food” (or a take-out joint). (Note: a 1 is not an insult for a take-out place -- they aren't supposed to have ambiance. . . .)

Food
5- Excellent, exquisite, delicious, even tasty – and attractively presented, too.
3 - Good food – nothing fancy, but good, plain, old-fashioned food. (Or superb but ugly food.)
1 - Why did we come here, again?

Price
5 - A steal! Are you sure they rang everything up?
3 - Reasonable price for the food.
1 - Overpriced!