I travel a lot for work. As such, I eat out a lot. As such such, I look at a lot of places’ menus without physically being there (since I don’t know the area, I don’t know where to eat, so I look at the reviews and images posted online).
A restaurant’s soup selection will likely not be the thing that decides if I eat there or somewhere else, but sometimes soup is the only side dish that sounds appetizing, and if I don’t know what kind of soup the restaurant serves I’ll probably just pick somewhere else.
This is what I love in Germany, they have soup and salad everywhere, even in the most unlikely of restaurants.
Salad sure that’s just a Dönerteller without meat, but I’ve never seen a Döner that offered soup.
Most restaurants here have soup and salad as well, I just have no idea what kind