I just moved to Salt Lake City in Utah with my family. We are excited and looking for a nice Italian restaurant to have dinner. Our preferences are for a beautiful restaurant to dine in, with a welcoming but elegant environment to enjoy delicious food and celebrate the new change of surroundings. We are planning to split the bill, and didn’t mind if the place was a little expensive as we hoped to get a higher level experience. 

Since we don’t know the area or people to help us find a good place, we have decided to start searching places on Google. I clicked on one of the first links that I saw after typing “Italian restaurants.” The first option that captivated our attention is Valter’s Osteria because it has the best ratings on the website and it seemed it could provide us with a cozy but fancy atmosphere. However, a few people in the reviews were complaining about it being over priced. We’re looking for something fancy and would be willing to pay a little more than what we usually would for a regular dinner, as long as we are satisfied with the experience at the best price, of course. So we are going to save that one as a good option and keep searching for a few more restaurants. The next one is Settebello Pizzeria. We quickly realized that this wasn’t a good option for us because, not only people claimed it to be overpriced in the reviews, but also they didn’t have many food options and we weren’t very fond of the appearance of the establishment. As I noticed that the options in the list were not as accurate with our preferences, I finally proceeded to search “Italian restaurants to dine in,” and it looked like I found the options that were more popular, with good ratings and aligning with the type of place we were looking for. After scrolling down we saw some incredible choices we liked, but ended up choosing Caffe Molise immediately. This place showed the best quality food, at a reasonable price, that you wouldn’t get to taste in the daily and the pictures of the place showed such a warm, eccentric and luxurious environment we couldn’t resist to disregard the other options. 

After the decision-making process, I realized that it is easier to find what you are looking for if you have well defined requirements of what you want and need. Once you have a clear idea of what is important and what are only preferences, making comparisons and taking into account the reviews of other people that have experienced the service, as well as the pictures and ratings of the place, can help you decide more accurately without risking your chances. In this particular case, my preferences were for an aesthetically pleasing and fancy food restaurant to dine in with family. I wasn’t caring as much for the price, but it did influence my decision, since I was looking for quality experience and, as we probably know, expensive is not always worth the price.