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Same in Poland. Unfortunately, getting a table is far from guaranteed, because lots of people just hoard it for the duration of their entire journey.

As a tourist, despite the pretty poor food I love the novelty of the DBahn restaurant carts. Something about having a sit down meal whistling along silently through the countryside at 200kph just seems cool.

Yeah the restaurant car is a great choice, there's something really lovely about chilling out with friends and a beer while the European countryside whizzes past.

In the UK I think the Pullman carriage still operates mon-fri 6pm leaving Paddington travelling west. Silver service dining, and is pretty good fun.

Switzerland also. Although you can also just BYO and drink anywhere on the train.