Results: Solo Dining is On the Rise
Published on 07/26/2025
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A recent report shows more people are choosing to eat out alone as they find it peaceful or empowering. How do you feel about dining alone in public?
I enjoy it and do it regularly
13%
369 votes
I'm comfortable with it but don't do it often
43%
1205 votes
I feel self-conscious or awkward
17%
463 votes
I would never do it
12%
344 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
28 votes
Not Applicable
14%
391 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.25% | 6 | |
| do it only once and a while | 0.04% | 1 |
| not much of an opinion | 0.04% | 1 |
| Depends on the restaurant and if they have Wi-Fi | 0.04% | 1 |
| family | 0.04% | 1 |
| Don t do it | 0.04% | 1 |
| I might eat a cookie and coffee alone at Tim Hortons occasionally | 0.04% | 1 |
| Only when hungry and not able to go home. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't eat out very often. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I never have but I would do it. | 0.04% | 1 |
| When single, I ate out by myself all the time. Waiters always put me beside a window, to give me something to do, I guess! | 0.04% | 1 |
| I would do it, no problem, if there was not another option. | 0.04% | 1 |
| only if I have a book to read | 0.04% | 1 |
| only if I was travelling | 0.04% | 1 |
| I do not dine at restaurants | 0.04% | 1 |
| I rarely eat out. | 0.04% | 1 |
| If I m alone, then I d dine alone, who cares | 0.04% | 1 |
| Moot because I cannot afford to eat out. | 0.04% | 1 |
| my husband and esa eat out together allways | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't like eating out anyway let alone by myself. | 0.04% | 1 |
| do not know | 0.04% | 1 |
| Sounds like a Democrat Liberal dining experience | 0.04% | 1 |
| I eone when I do eat out | 0.04% | 1 |
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What's your biggest barrier to dining alone? Feeling judged
10%
287 votes
Boredom
11%
303 votes
Safety concerns
8%
211 votes
Prefer to eat with others
23%
651 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
31 votes
Not Applicable
14%
378 votes
I have no concerns
34%
939 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Money | 0.08% | 2 |
| Eating alone at home is fine by me. But why would I spend money in a restaurant when I quite enjoy my own cooking. | 0.04% | 1 |
| This isn't a part of life for me. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Mental illness | 0.04% | 1 |
| Cost. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't drive | 0.04% | 1 |
| High Prices | 0.04% | 1 |
| Good conversation and company | 0.04% | 1 |
| financial reasons | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't have the money | 0.04% | 1 |
| Can't afford to eat out | 0.04% | 1 |
| Money! | 0.04% | 1 |
| Thank God I no longer have to eat alone, I now have a hubby of 40 years! | 0.04% | 1 |
| cost of dinners | 0.04% | 1 |
| Lack of funds | 0.04% | 1 |
| transportation | 0.04% | 1 |
| DEciding what to eat when I have so many additional options | 0.04% | 1 |
| they clear the table when you go to the bathroom | 0.04% | 1 |
| I am disabled and uncomfortable eating as I make a mess. I just order to go and take home to eat. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I have a WIFE | 0.04% | 1 |
| no to converse with | 0.04% | 1 |
| I prefer to eat at home or outdoors | 0.04% | 1 |
| The cost | 0.04% | 1 |
| 0.04% | 1 | |
| Moot because I cannot afford to dine out. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Sometimes folks can get intrusive as they think I'm lonely, when eating by myself. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I am not interested enough in eating that I would u l | 0.04% | 1 |
| I'm a social eater so for me eating alone is very liney and probably wouldn't eat | 0.04% | 1 |
| I do not like the restaurants of today. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Sit down restaurants are usually too pricey for me. | 0.04% | 1 |
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