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What is your max time you will wait for a table?
Posted on 3/18/17 at 6:35 pm
Posted on 3/18/17 at 6:35 pm
We just left Sammy's (got there before the rush), the wait when we left was one hour.
If I'm eating with my family, 15-20 mins is max I will wait.
If it's just me and the MsAntique, one hour if we can sit at the bar, enjoy a drink. This is only at nicer restaurants.
If I'm eating with my family, 15-20 mins is max I will wait.
If it's just me and the MsAntique, one hour if we can sit at the bar, enjoy a drink. This is only at nicer restaurants.
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Posted on 3/18/17 at 6:36 pm to theantiquetiger
15 minutes... I also have no problem sitting at the bar and eating
Posted on 3/18/17 at 6:37 pm to theantiquetiger
Pretty much zero. If they have a bar I am willing to hang out there.
Mostly though, I'm not waiting.
Mostly though, I'm not waiting.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 6:38 pm to theantiquetiger
Depends.
45 for a place that the wife is hot to go to.
45 for a place that the wife is hot to go to.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 6:39 pm to theantiquetiger
Do you get mad when they have a wait but have a whole section with open tables?
Posted on 3/18/17 at 6:41 pm to fightin tigers
Really depends on location, most places I use OpenTable, if I get there at my reservation time and I'm told there is a wait, I'll leave
Posted on 3/18/17 at 6:45 pm to mouton
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Do you get mad when they have a wait but have a whole section with open tables?
No, because as a former restaurant manager, it is better to let a customer wait in the lobby than wait at a table.
I managed a fairly nice steak house in Atlanta 20 years ago. We had a rule that a table must be greeted within 2 minutes and served drinks within 5 minutes after that. The hostess had to know what was going on, not just sit people at any open table. A server shouldn't be sat more than one table within 10 minutes.
Diners sitting at a table not being greeted quickly was a No-No.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 6:46 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:
We just left Sammy's (got there before the rush), the wait when we left was one hour.
"A two hour wait time is not uncommon at Sammy's." - Louisiana resident Kaneitra Johnson
Posted on 3/18/17 at 6:50 pm to Will Cover
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A two hour wait time is not uncommon at Sammy's." - Louisiana resident Kaneitra Johnson
Different Sammy's. We were at Prairieville. That place stays packed.
BTW, the have the best fried catfish in Louisiana.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:04 pm to theantiquetiger
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Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:06 pm to theantiquetiger
Not waiting an hour anywhere to many other restaurants nowadays
Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:22 pm to theantiquetiger
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Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:27 pm to theantiquetiger
It depends on how nice the bar is. I will wait in a nice bar for up to an hour. But the wait has to be worth it such as at Galatoire's.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 8:41 pm to theantiquetiger
15-20 without a bar
25-30 with a bar
40-45 min wait- it better be a damn good restaurant with a bar that is worth waiting.
25-30 with a bar
40-45 min wait- it better be a damn good restaurant with a bar that is worth waiting.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 8:49 pm to Scooba
depends on the place but 45min is my max
Posted on 3/18/17 at 9:36 pm to Scooba
25-30 mins
Posted on 3/19/17 at 1:01 am to theantiquetiger
If it's a place worth waiting for, is a place worth making a reservation in advance or at least calling ahead to see if there's a wait. If it's a place that doesn't take reservations then it's not with waiting for.
Unfortunately my SO feels differently so the longest she and I will wait is 15 minutes.
Unfortunately my SO feels differently so the longest she and I will wait is 15 minutes.
Posted on 3/19/17 at 10:19 am to theantiquetiger
Zero. There's too many restaurants out there
Posted on 3/19/17 at 10:53 am to lsubuddy
Even though there is usually another place I can find without a wait, my time leaving and looking for that place is worth something, so I usually wait 20 minutes.
Posted on 3/19/17 at 10:58 am to mouton
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Do you get mad when they have a wait but have a whole section with open tables?
A lot of people don't realize this, but several factors could go into this. When I was waiting tables at a nice Steakhouse in college, we would go on a wait to allow the kitchen staff to keep their heads above water. Nobody likes to wait 45 minutes for their food to arrive after they order. Sometimes going on a wait with empty tables is necessary for everyone's benefit - including the guests'.
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