Restaurants in Beijing welcome customers back

On June 6, most restaurants in Beijing capital (China) has begun to reopen to welcome guests after a period of moderate operation, only allowed to sell take-out food, due to room blockade measures. COVID-19 epidemic.

Outside the restaurants in Beijing, many diners showed up quite early, waiting in line to get in to dine in person. All were required to scan a medical code and provide COVID-19 test results within the previous 72 hours. However, everyone feels satisfied.

The most excited are probably the restaurant owners. Mr. Chen – manager of a lobster restaurant said that the restaurant’s revenue in recent years has decreased by 70% compared to before the outbreak.

However, being allowed to welcome guests back has opened up new hopes. Within the first 2 hours of June 6, his restaurant received 350 customers, who had reserved their seats since Sunday night.

“From 9:40 pm on Sunday, customers started coming here and by 11 pm, all tables were fully booked. By midnight, there were 60 – 70 tables waiting for their turn. The last customers waited until 2 am. “, said Mr. Chen.

In general, the number of customers returning to restaurants in Beijing on the first day is still not too large, in the context that many people are still afraid of the epidemic and are not ready to resume eating out.

Mr. Zhang Yin – bartender said: “I thought that on the first day of reopening, there would be many customers, so I prepared a lot of ingredients. But surprisingly, there were not many customers. goods as I expected”.

In May, the service industry in China recorded a stronger-than-expected decline due to the impact of the blockade measures to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic.

Therefore, allowing restaurants in Beijing and before that in Shanghai to welcome customers back is expected to create a boost, helping the service industry to gradually recover in the near future.

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