Didn't like your table guests?

[mhmcduff]

Have you ever sat with another family or person at a WDW restaurant and not like them? It happened to us recently at Tempan Edo- 4 of them and 4 of us they all where clearly Diseyed out (how I do not know!) BUt they were all really misarable which set certain tone which was not totally Disney- anyone else>

 

[ammo]

We were placed at a Biergarten table with a family that was coughing their heads off. I didn't notice until after we had already been through the buffet line and the restaurant was packed (Christmas season), so I didn't ask to be moved.

That's not exactly the same thing as disliking somebody, but I was offended that they would expose others to their illness. I spent the meal with my back half-turned toward them -- who knows, maybe they will post about how rude I was!

 

[RMulieri]

nope. I always found everyone to be very nice.

 

[wdwmom0f3]

My sister and her family had a bad experience at Chef Mickeys. They were sitting next to a family with very bad table manners. They said that it grossed them out so bad that it turned them against going back to Chef Mickeys.

It's never happened to us, knock on wood.

 

[heather214]

We were placed at a Biergarten table with a family that was coughing their heads off. I didn't notice until after we had already been through the buffet line and the restaurant was packed (Christmas season), so I didn't ask to be moved.

That's not exactly the same thing as disliking somebody, but I was offended that they would expose others to their illness. I spent the meal with my back half-turned toward them -- who knows, maybe they will post about how rude I was!

We (myself and DD 11 at the time) went May of 2007 and got seated with a group of drunk, loud and scarey people. We didn't stay long....The guy was trying to ride his scooter into the building and would not listen to the CM's. He clearly didn't need the scooter or should have been driving one to begin with...maybe they should have some type of "cop" stopping drunk people for driving under the influence.

 

[JMD]

nope. I always found everyone to be very nice.

Same here. Never had an issue with anyone at our table.

 

[bleeps]

Last October we (DH, DS 10, and myself) were seated at Teppan Edo (one of our favorites!) with 2 moms and their 3 kids (1 mom had 1 kid, the other had 2). We were seated at one "end" of the table -- DH and DS on the short end, then me -- and the moms very carefully put themselves together at the other short end and put the youngest child (a totally out of control boy of about 6) next to me, and the two girls who were older and slightly better behaved in between themselves and the little boy.

The two moms then proceeded to drink fairly heavily (for people with 3 children to tend) and ignore the kids completely. The little boy was all over me -- I had to repeatedly move him back over into his seat, etc.

When we find ourselves in situations like this, it's so hard to know what to do -- we're polite, we're not interested in getting into an argument with anyone, and we just want to enjoy our meal or whatever. I think that if I had it to do over again, I would have spoken up right at the beginning and said something like, "he really needs to come and sit next to you; I'm afraid he's having a really hard time way down here" or something like that. But it escapes me how people can be so unconcerned about their children or about their impact on others.

It won't keep us from returning to Teppan Edo, though!

 

[blondemom]

We've been lucky. A few times at Biergarten, we've had table-mates who kept to themselves, and that's fine. It is a little awkward when there is tension at the table.

 

[Chloesmom]

We had an issue three years ago at Biergarten. The guy was drunk and getting drunker and kept flinging the f word. I didnt want a scene but got tired fast of the situation so I went to the hostess and explained the problem. We promptly got moved AND a free meal. We werent after the free meal but took it. You are paying good money to eat and why should your meal be ruined by someone else?

 

[tiggerunner]

Biergarten was where we had issues. We ordered beer and the rest of the table gave us looks for the rest of the meal and a comment was made that we drank the pitcher between the 2 of us-less than 2 glasses really. Made it uncomfortable at first, but we were on the end nearer the show, so just turned a bit and had fun. We were polite and said goodbye when they left.

 

[TakeMe2Disney]

I'm often stuck at a table with people who are either grumpy, picking on eachother, have way too laxed table manners or just complain about everything....oh wait, those are my in-laws.

 

[catne]

Biergarten was where we had issues. We ordered beer and the rest of the table gave us looks for the rest of the meal and a comment was made that we drank the pitcher between the 2 of us-less than 2 glasses really. Made it uncomfortable at first, but we were on the end nearer the show, so just turned a bit and had fun. We were polite and said goodbye when they left.

What do people think "Biergarten" means, anyway!!! Nearly same thing happened to us - Our seat mates - a dad & two grown daughters were fairly friendly until our beer mugs arrived (not even a pitcher, just one mug each) and then the look of horror on their faces! And thank heavens we were on the end near the dance floor so we could just enjoy the show when they turned frostier than our mugs. Then we almost burst out laughing when the final two seats at our table were seated - was an elderly man & woman. The woman was plainly aghast at being seated with strangers I guess she had ignored the explanation about the seating they give everyone at the check in desk - she tried to question the hostess but quickly gave up. But then she pulled their chairs to the end of the table to get as far as possible from the other guests at the table - that lasted until the waitress came to take their beverage orders - waitress told them they couldn't sit on the end because it blocked the aisle for that whole section of the restaurant (which it did) So the woman, with a real prune face on, moved their silverware as close to the edge as possible to make sure they had maximum space between them & the anti-beer family in the middle. Then even though waitress told them to go help themselves, they did not go get their first plate of food until they had their iced tea -- and then, they took their tea & silverware with them every time they went to the buffet line. Guess they thought we were going to lick their folks and spit in their tea while they were gone or something. We laughed about both sets of tablemates for the rest of the night.

 

[ChristaDeVil]

We had a similar experience with Biergarten as a PP. We (party of 3) were seated with an awesome older couple. We immediately clicked with them and had a blast. 4 out of 5 of us ordered beer. The party of 3 that was later seated with us were not as friendly. You could tell that the beer drinking bothered them (not that we were out of hand in anyway), mainly because they kept making little comments. We just spoke, smiled, and returned to our conversations and the show. They ate their meal and left. It totally didn't ruin our good time, but I can see how it would bother some people.

 

[AmberHeartsDisney]

Never at a restaurant but i did have a kid behind me on lights camera action show spill his drink on me not once but twice. The first time it was a little splash the second was a down pour, thank goodness it was water. But i did turn around the second time and talked to his parents. She just got up in left, much easier then correcting him i guess

 

[luvpooh]

Biergarten was where we had issues. We ordered beer and the rest of the table gave us looks for the rest of the meal and a comment was made that we drank the pitcher between the 2 of us-less than 2 glasses really. Made it uncomfortable at first, but we were on the end nearer the show, so just turned a bit and had fun. We were polite and said goodbye when they left.

I'd hate to be seated next to them if DH and I were out to watch football on a Sunday!!!

As much as I would like to eat at Biergarten, I don't think I would unless I was with a big group of people. I don't want to have other people's drama at my dinner, or worse, get stuck with Cousin Eddie from the Vacation movies! I'm sure there are plenty of lovely families we can be sat with, but as the saying goes in DH's family 'without bad luck we would have no luck at all!'

 

[Dawn68PA]

Never at Disney. We've always had pleasant people near us.

Once here at home though, we went to the local Japanese restaurant and shared a hibachi station with a family that was terrible. It was 3 adults and 2 kids. The one adult was loaded and they all let the kids run all over the restaurant. The kids even jumped up and down on the seating platform.

Best part of the night?

I was there with my 17 year old daughter. She looks at me and says "thank you for raising me the way you did".

 

[ElizabethB]

We've not had this happen at Disney -- even at the Food & Wine dinners where people are seated 8 or 10 to a table. Happily, the very expensive wine dinners only get a certain pretty high class clientele.

However, we have had it happen a couple of times on cruises. For that reason, we haven't booked Teppan Edo or Biergarten.

 

[Racknack]

For that reason, we haven't booked Teppan Edo or Biergarten.

I have enjoyed both of those restaurants several times, and never had any problem with folks at our table. However I would be a bit out of sorts if someone at my table objected to my habit of having a beer with dinner. Some people are just too quick to judge others methinks. I have never been drunk at WDW, and am not likely to do so in the future, but I will always order a beer if it's on the menu.

Karnak

 

[disnut8]

Only once at the Biergarten (we've eaten there several times, it's a favorite). The groups were two older women sitting across from each other, another older couple who pushed past me outside to check in without a reservation, my husband and me, and a single guy. The pushing people sat down, ordered their ice teas, got up for their buffet, came back and ate, then left without a single word to each other or to anyone except the server for their iced teas! Their entire meal took about fifteen minutes.

After they left, the five of us had such a great time, we almost missed Illuminations!!

 

[harpinjean]

I'm often stuck at a table with people who are either grumpy, picking on eachother, have way too laxed table manners or just complain about everything....oh wait, those are my in-laws.