Originally Posted by
plunet
It's still not as common in the UK as it is it is in North America for dine-in to take home leftovers in a "doggy bag".
Many restaurants during the pandemic pivoted during the pandemic to do takeaway, many have continued to offer takeaways as an additional revenue stream post pandemic. So most should have a ready supply of the necessary containers to allow left overs to be taken away.
Whether they will collect up the food for you or you are expected to do it yourself at the table probably is something that is a restaurant by restaurant policy but I would personally favour doing it myself so the food remains in my sight.
Very high establishments might be a bit sniffly about such a request, but would their portions be big enough in the first place. I can't see an issue with no midrange places, and the worst they can do is say no. I would think the obvious exclusion would be an all you can eat buffet style establishment.
Agree. You're unlikely to be proactively offered it like you might be in America, but you should definitely ask rather than let food go to waste. We have done it fairly often in the past - though mostly to be fair in restaurants (like Indian restaurants) which also do takeaway. If a restaurant isn't set up for takeaway you may not be successful, but no harm asking.