Danny Meyer’s Setting the Table is available on Audible as a 5 hrs 33 mins unabridged audiobook, narrated by Danny Meyer.
Publisher’s Summary
The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack
Seventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he was 27, with a good idea and hopeful investors. He is now the co-owner of a restaurant empire. How did he do it? How did he beat the odds in one of the toughest trades around? In this landmark book, Danny shares the lessons he learned developing the dynamic philosophy he calls Enlightened Hospitality. The tenets of that philosophy, which emphasize strong in-house relationships as well as customer satisfaction, are applicable to anyone who works in any business. Whether you are a manager, an executive, or a waiter, Danny’s story and philosophy will help you become more effective and productive, while deepening your understanding and appreciation of a job well done.
Setting the Table is landmark a motivational work from one of our era’s most gifted and insightful business leaders.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Danny Meyer
- Length: 5 hrs 33 mins
- Publisher: Ecco
- Release year: 2006
- Audible category: Biographies & Memoirs / Professionals & Academics / Culinary
Listener Ratings
Setting the Table holds an average listener rating of 4.5/5 from 2283 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.6/5
- Story: 4.5/5
- 5-star ratings: 68% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “Excellent and insightful!”
As a member of the hospitality and business communities, I sincerely feel a 5-star review is totally appropriate. <br/><br/>This book was well written, well spoken, and very insightful from both a business and hospitality standpoint. It was great getting to know Danny AND his companies. <br/><br/>It made me want to work for his company! <br/><br/>Keep it up!— Ben Moss, Audible listener
4/5 stars — “inspirational but lacking technicality.”
i found this book more like a story with theory, but not having much of pratical guidence- wich i was hoping for.<br/>still, a good book with solid theory.— Amazon Customer, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “A fantastic way to approach business!”
Yes! Danny Meyer’s voice allows you to hear the words delivered with power and finesse! His deeply personal stories that allow the reader to connect with him as the author & narrator! With his descriptions and candor he makes you want to not only be a better employee… but to have your good employees be great & that the reader can follow his same principles to create those great employees in ALL points of the biz world! I have not. His realization that it was time to let go of Eleven Madison Park… a restaurant that he loved dearly after all of the time it took to get it off the ground. Although he was selling it to (essentially) the exec chef, he knew he had to do it & that he could continue to build & create amazing restaurants in the future! Amazing book & great read!— Edward, Audible listener
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