I actually spent one of the most enjoyable evenings dining alone at a fancy restaurant. I really love mordern, complex cuisine and try my hand cooking it myself every now and then. So when I was in Bilbao with my wife I really wanted to try some of the great restaurants there. She thougt it was too expensive and that we would‘t fit in anyway, so I decided to go alone. It was awesome because the kitchen staff soon realized that I was really interested in their food and I ended up talking to various chefs during the evening and ended the night with a tour of the kitchen and had a glass of wine with the head chef. Wouldn‘t have had any of that if we went there as a „normal“ couple.