Sorry in advance for this long post! When I made a reservation for my husband's birthday dinner at The Annette Food Market I asked if we could have 16 people in their private room in the back (Harvest Room) and they wrote me an email saying '16 we can squeeze'. Which was not an issue for us. When we got to the restaurant our server was busy (I understand that) but treated us like we were in his way. When I counted the seats there were only 14 so I told him our reso was for 16 and he said something along the lines of nope can't do that. 14 max. So I told him that there's nothing I can do now because all 16 of us are at the restaurant and he was so irritated and kept saying 14 is the Max. So at this point all our friends feel the tension and I pull out the email that I got from the restaurant saying they can take 16 people. Then he leaves without saying anything and comes back with 2 more chairs and says it's going to be uncomfortable. So I said 'that's ok.' And he says 'maybe for you guys but I'm the one who has to serve you guys in this small space'. And leaves again. We contemplated leaving because he created such a nasty atmosphere. However, we were all there already and didn't know of a place that could take 16 people at last minute notice.
It's unfortunate because we live down the street but there are also a whole bunch of great restaurants in the Junction with good customer service which is very important to me.