Where do you put your coat at a fancy restaurant?

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Fancy Restaurant's will have a coat checking room that you will stop at, as soon as you walk through the door. They also will have a Coat Check person who will smile, greet and welcome you and takes the coat, hat if you have one, and umbrella if you used one.

You will take off your coat and hand it to them. In return, they will give you a coat check tag which you will hand back to them when you leave the restaurant.

It is proper and expected for you to tip the Coat Checker. She is doing a service to you.

If a good restaurant has no coat checking facility, it is perfectly acceptable to slide your coat onto the back of your chair: your waiter may help you with this or, if you are a woman dining in mixed company, it would be considered polite for the nearest man - or your male companion - to assist you.