I like less frilly.
on the above , Id prefer the fork on the L
that bing said , as the flatware get ' better ' the more it will cost the restaurant.
Id also say , the ' better ' the food is , without wasting time on what ' better ' means
the heftier the flatware should be , but still simple.
Im going to the restaurant for the food and the flatware can't be a distraction either way :
artisy ? cheap feel ? no thanks.
P. S. : thinking back to the various restaurants ive been in , at all levels ,
I can't recall any of the flatware.
I take that as a good sign that it ' matched ' the food and did not distract from it.
of course , Plastic does not count.