A woman at a restaurant reading the menu.
67% of people in the UK have had "menu anxiety" when ordering at a restaurant, a survey found.
  • An overwhelming 86% of Gen Zers have struggled with "menu anxiety" when ordering at a restaurant. 
  • This is according to a new survey by Prezzo Italian Restaurant which polled 2,000 people in the UK. 
  • The younger generation said they wouldn't go to a restaurant if they hadn't looked at a menu beforehand. 

Gen Z's struggles with anxiety are affecting their dining habits with most admitting to dealing with "menu anxiety" in restaurants, a new survey finds. 

British restaurant chain Prezzo, which serves Italian cuisine, surveyed over 2,000 people in the UK about how at ease they felt when they ate out and it found that 86% of Gen Z had been impacted by "menu anxiety" when dining in restaurants compared to 67% of all respondents.