What is better at first date: to sit at a table facing one another or sit next to each other?

Well, if we are sitting on the bar so there is no choice, sitting side by side, a chair by chair. But if there is a small square table, then here too the choice is to sit facing one another. But there are restaurants that have comfortable armchairs and can sit next to each other. What is most preferable and why?

In my opinion, sitting side by side is better for status of closeness and not distance. Facing one another is sometimes like a job interview but may be better for getting to know the person on the other side of the table, giving him a space.