I’d like to speak to the manager!!!

We open the restaurant every day we’re open at 5:00.

And on busy days we get several tables in the lobby at the same time. This continues every fifteen minutes until we get everyone in for the first turn.

We often tell people we’ll get them seated in just a few minutes and they can have a seat if they like.

And the people can start to pile up until we start seating the next time slot.

Sometimes, people get very, very, very angry if we seat someone before them, when they arrived first.

I’ve had people shout at me over this.

Fun fact:

When you made your reservation you gave us very pertinent information.

How many are in your party.

What time you want to be seated.

Where you’d like to be seated.

What kind of table you’d like.

So.

When we take someone in before you it might be that:

Their reservation was actually before your reservation.

They are two. Being seated at a 2-top.

That they are being seated in the bar.

That they are part of a larger group.

That they requested a booth, you requested a high top.

That it’s chef’s mom and she never has to wait.

There are a million reasons why they are getting seated first.

Patience. Is. A. Virtue.