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Originally Posted by Regulator75
Restaurants that don't take dinner reservations on the weekends.
I'll gladly take my friends and family to another establishment.
Perhaps someone who is in the "biz" can explain this to me, as I don't get it.
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I know this is a few pages back, but the main reason a lot of places don't take reservations is due to the amount of time a table sits un-used. Let's say you factor in the average party staying for 90 minutes. It's now 7:30 and there is a reservation for 8:00, so that table has to sit vacant for 30 minutes. Each reservation will typically waste some time between when the table is ready, and when the party arrives. Even if it is only 10 minutes, multiply that by 30 tables and now you have 3 more parties that could have gone through the restaurant in that time.
Add to that the fact that often with reservations you will have some people arrive on time, and others arrive 15 or 20 minutes later. Now your table is being used for 110 minutes instead of 90.
As a customer, I get how it can be frustrating; especially if you have small kids with you as well. However from a business perspective it means getting fewer customers served.