‘renounce technology’ for a free bottle of wine

Prospects on the Al Condominio restaurant in Verona, Italy can money in on a free bottle of wine. All they need to do is hand over their telephones.

Angelo Lella, the proprietor of Al Condominio, opened the restaurant within the Northern Italian metropolis of Verona in March.

He stated he needed to mark the restaurant out as being “totally different from the others”, and determined to push for purchasers to go away their smartphones on the door.

“We picked this format – prospects can select to resign know-how whereas having fun with a convivial second collectively,” he stated, in response to The Guardian. “Know-how is changing into an issue – there isn’t any want to take a look at your cellphone each 5 seconds, however for many individuals it is sort of a drug … This fashion they’ve a possibility to place it apart and drink some good wine.”

Prospects will, in fact, be capable to get their telephones again once they go away. On coming into the positioning, anybody keen to half with know-how for the size of their meal will hand of their telephones, that are positioned beneath lock and key on the entrance to the restaurant.

As soon as seated, they are going to be requested to point out their key to the waiter, who will current them with a bottle of wine. In response to one Tripadvisor evaluation, the wines on provide as a part of the commerce embody a bottle of Prosecco or a rosé.

Punters have taken to the scheme nicely, Lella stated, noting that the response has been “very optimistic”.

He claims that 90% of consumers have opted to go away their telephones apart in alternate for a free bottle of wine. “It truly is a wonderful factor to see individuals embracing it – they’re speaking to one another quite than pictures or responding to messages on their cellphone,” he stated.