Have you ever been asked to leave a restaurant?

[luvsJack]

I’ve followed this thread this week so I paid attention to our brunch time this Morning.

We were a group of six- DH and I, DD22 and her boyfriend, and boyfriend’s parents. We took the last available inside table at 11:15. We immediately ordered coffee. When he brought the coffee, we ordered our food.

Dd and her bf were here for a wedding that his parents also attended so they filled DH and I in on all the wedding festivities. The bf’s parents told us all about their recent vacation. So there was a decent amount of conversation.

At 12:20, DH (who isn’t on the Dis and I haven’t mentioned this thread too) says, people are waiting, I think we should go. We did and stood outside and finished our conversations for about 10 minutes.

I didn’t feel rushed so apparently we can brunch in 60-75 minutes and some people do notice if others are waiting.

Which proves the point that the op and her family were not there an unreasonable amount of time, as they were there for 75 minutes. Keep in mind that their group also included an elderly man who had to get up from the table for health reasons so would add some time and one member of the party wasn’t there the entire of time.

 

[jrmasm]

Which proves the point that the op and her family were not there an unreasonable amount of time, as they were there for 75 minutes. Keep in mind that their group also included an elderly man who had to get up from the table for health reasons so would add some time and one member of the party wasn’t there the entire of time.

Oh stop. One person’s story proves nothing.

And the poster stated a member of her party felt it was time to move on. Seems like the opposite of proof to me.

 

[luvsJack]

Oh stop. One person’s story proves nothing.

So why post it? If saying it took them 60-75 minutes to eat a meal, how does it not also say that it is a reasonable expected amount of time? Should the op have eaten faster? Not talked during their meal? Had other stipulations?

 

[EveDallas]

What I can't get over is an incomplete party being seated during a busy time. That would absolutely not happen here. On the weekends every restaurant I've been to asks you to have your whole party there before you are seated.

 

[jrmasm]

So why post it? If saying it took them 60-75 minutes to eat a meal, how does it not also say that it is a reasonable expected amount of time? Should the op have eaten faster? Not talked during their meal? Had other stipulations?

And a member of her party said it was time to move on. Read the whole post.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Which proves the point that the op and her family were not there an unreasonable amount of time, as they were there for 75 minutes. Keep in mind that their group also included an elderly man who had to get up from the table for health reasons so would add some time and one member of the party wasn’t there the entire of time.

OP was seated at 11:05, no issues with service, server came by with check at 12:10 and "anything else?" hint. 65 minutes.
sk!mom was seated with entire party at 11:15. Member of her party suggested at 12:20 that they free up the table. 65 minutes.

OP was nudged again ten minutes later - by the way, not having indicated anywhere in this thread that, despite again declining anything else, anyone had made a move to pay the check.

 

[DeniseJH]

Eh, they didn't know - still rude to ask them to leave.

 

[Imzadi]

And a member of her party said it was time to move on. Read the whole post.

That same poster flamed me a few weeks ago for not reading through her post. TRUE, I have never made it all the way through one of her long meandering posts in the 11 years she's been here.

Maybe it's time for her to follow her own criticism on this thread.

Either read or get off the high horse.

 

[jrmasm]

That same poster flamed me a few weeks ago for not reading through her post. TRUE, I have never made it all the way through one of her long meandering posts in the 11 years she's been here.

Maybe it's time for her to get off her own high horse on this thread.

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Well yeah.

 

[sk!mom]

Which proves the point that the op and her family were not there an unreasonable amount of time, as they were there for 75 minutes. Keep in mind that their group also included an elderly man who had to get up from the table for health reasons so would add some time and one member of the party wasn’t there the entire of time.

Actually that was me fat fingering. I should have said 60-65. We were there 65 minutes and didn’t feel rushed. We ate, visited and caught up, and someone in our group, who was unaware of this convo, recognized that good manners made it time to go.

 

[mom to minnie&mickey]

I managed a restaurant for several years when I was younger and asking any paying patron to leave (aside from bad behaviour) is just a bad business decision. An hour and 15 minutes for 6 people to eat/talk is definitely not long. Any server knows that a larger party takes longer to finish. So 10 minutes passed after the bill was given and they said they did not want anything else. Nowhere long enough to warrant embarrassing the family and losing the customers for good. Even with a line at the door. The server should have been a little more patient. Five of the six ordered full/expensive meals and the son a cinnamon roll. It's not like they ordered 3 coffees, 2 pastries and free water to share. I live in a fairly expensive large Canadian city and $80 for breakfast for such a group is above the norm so they more than ordered appropriately. A restaurant's success is based on repeat customers and I would not be stepping foot in this establishment again.

 

[DeniseJH]

I managed a restaurant for several years when I was younger and asking any paying patron to leave (aside from bad behaviour) is just a bad business decision. An hour and 15 minutes for 6 people to eat/talk is definitely not long. Any server knows that a larger party takes longer to finish. So 10 minutes passed after the bill was given and they said they did not want anything else. Nowhere long enough to warrant embarrassing the family and losing the customers for good. Even with a line at the door. The server should have been a little more patient. Five of the six ordered full/expensive meals and the son a cinnamon roll. It's not like they ordered 3 coffees, 2 pastries and free water to share. I live in a fairly expensive large Canadian city and $80 for breakfast for such a group is above the norm so they more than ordered appropriately. A restaurant's success is based on repeat customers and I would not be stepping foot in this establishment again.

Perfectly put!

 

[luvsJack]

And a member of her party said it was time to move on. Read the whole post.

I read the whole post, thanks. I saw that she said her husband mentioned that others were waiting. I saw what she said.

The time was the thing I was pointing out. The TIME was not unreasonable.

As I have already said, customers taking note of others waiting and moving on is not what I ever was talking about.

I am always amazed that no one can get more than one point. It’s fine for customers to notice others are waiting and leave and AT THE SAME TIME, it’s not ok for a server to tell them to leave.

 

[luvsJack]

That same poster flamed me a few weeks ago for not reading through her post. TRUE, I have never made it all the way through one of her long meandering posts in the 11 years she's been here.

Maybe it's time for her to follow her own criticism on this thread.

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You are just sooo hilarious. Except I DID read the whole post. I wasn’t commenting on the fact that she noticed those waiting because there is this HUGE difference between a customer seeing it and making the decision to leave and a server telling them to leave. Is it really that hard to understand?

Since you do not like reading my posts. How about you stop responding to them and we will both be happy. Thanks.

 

[luvsJack]

Actually that was me fat fingering. I should have said 60-65. We were there 65 minutes and didn’t feel rushed. We ate, visited and caught up, and someone in our group, who was unaware of this convo, recognized that good manners made it time to go.

Again, I wouldn’t have a problem with my own family seeing other’s waiting and leaving. That really isn’t the point. The server should not have told them to leave.

 

[Skellingtonj]

What I can't get over is an incomplete party being seated during a busy time. That would absolutely not happen here. On the weekends every restaurant I've been to asks you to have your whole party there before you are seated.

Same. And never over a half an hour late.

 

[sk!mom]

I managed a restaurant for several years when I was younger and asking any paying patron to leave (aside from bad behaviour) is just a bad business decision. An hour and 15 minutes for 6 people to eat/talk is definitely not long. Any server knows that a larger party takes longer to finish. So 10 minutes passed after the bill was given and they said they did not want anything else. Nowhere long enough to warrant embarrassing the family and losing the customers for good. Even with a line at the door. The server should have been a little more patient. Five of the six ordered full/expensive meals and the son a cinnamon roll. It's not like they ordered 3 coffees, 2 pastries and free water to share. I live in a fairly expensive large Canadian city and $80 for breakfast for such a group is above the norm so they more than ordered appropriately. A restaurant's success is based on repeat customers and I would not be stepping foot in this establishment again.

$80 for 6 people seems really inexpensive to me. DD and her bf are recent college grads and feel very proud of paying their own way. Two weeks ago when they were here for the last wedding, they actually picked up the check- a really new thing for DH and I. Today, we just all got our own checks and on the way home, DH said, "that's the first time we've ever brunched there for under $100. Cheers, to DD and BF having jobs!"

So under $100 only because we only paid for 2. It was probably about $20-25 per person with food and drink.

 

[mom to minnie&mickey]

$80 for 6 people seems really inexpensive to me. DD and her bf are recent college grads and feel very proud of paying their own way. Two weeks ago when they were here for the last wedding, they actually picked up the check- a really new thing for DH and I. Today, we just all got our own checks and on the way home, DH said, "that's the first time we've ever brunched there for under $100. Cheers, to DD and BF having jobs!"

So under $100 only because we only paid for 2. It was probably about $20-25 per person with food and drink.

What a nice treat from your dd! To be clear my response was based on breakfast prices which usually always include coffee. Juice would usually be extra. They start at around $9 per plate for eggs/bacon/potatoes and toast up to around $18 for eggs with steak. Many breakfast places serve it the whole day. Brunch costs more as more expensive food is served as an in between breakfast and lunch. The op said they went for breakfast in her first post.

 

[Imzadi]

Is it really that hard to understand?

Since you do not like reading my posts. How about you stop responding to them and we will both be happy. Thanks.

I didn't respond to YOU. I was talking to another poster, who then responded back to me. Sorry that was so hard for you to understand.

THREE other people responded back to your post. I'm apparently not the only one who doesn't "understand" you.

Oh stop. One person’s story proves nothing.

And the poster stated a member of her party felt it was time to move on. Seems like the opposite of proof to me.

OP was seated at 11:05, no issues with service, server came by with check at 12:10 and "anything else?" hint. 65 minutes.
sk!mom was seated with entire party at 11:15. Member of her party suggested at 12:20 that they free up the table. 65 minutes.

OP was nudged again ten minutes later - by the way, not having indicated anywhere in this thread that, despite again declining anything else, anyone had made a move to pay the check.

Actually that was me fat fingering. I should have said 60-65. We were there 65 minutes and didn’t feel rushed. We ate, visited and caught up, and someone in our group, who was unaware of this convo, recognized that good manners made it time to go.

 

[msjprincess]

The fact that they were only there for 75 minutes doesn't even matter. What matters is how long they were there after they were done eating. If they all ordered coffee and pastries and were done eating in 10 minutes would it be all right to sit there for an additional hour because it's only 70 minutes?