Comments on: Top 10 Restaurant Gripes

By: Gourmantic

Gourmantic — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:36:09 +0000

Jen - They keep you standing while the table is empty? That sounds rude to keep people waiting until the whole party arrives. I can't say I've had that happen to me. But I've had waiters hassle us for placing our order when clearly the others haven't arrived.

By: Jen Laceda

Jen Laceda — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:22:40 +0000

Hi,
This list hits them all in the right spots! I totally agree with your points! I’d also like to add another a personal pet peeve to yours. I don’t like it when, even with a reservation, restaurants refuse to sit you down unless your whole party has arrived (this usually applies for a big group). Really, what’s the problem? I’ve made the reservations, but you can’t possibly expect everyone to arrive at the same minute. I just wish restaurants would put a little faith on their customers that we are not there to rip them off their tables :)

By: Gourmantic

Gourmantic — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:11:10 +0000

Geoffrey - Yes! Loud mobile phone users irk me, particularly when the conversation is never ending chit chat. What I find entertaining though is watching couples on a date. The minute one of them goes to the amenities, the other reaches for their phone and starts texting.

By: Geoffrey

Geoffrey — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:07:42 +0000

Quite a pertinent list. My pet hate:
Patrons who use their mobile phones at the table to the annoyance of other diners. If you’’re dining with another person, it is obvious that he or she doen’t mean much to you. Unless you are a surgeon, on call to save lives or a negotiator of world peace, I’m sorry to say you’re not that important. If you need to make or take a call, excuse yourself to your dining companion(s) and go to the bar, the foyer or outside to make that all important call. If at the bar or foyer, speak in a volume that can’t be heard in outer Mongolia because your conversation is of no value to anyone in the restaurant.