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| - I left without eating. We dropped into Rodney's on the way to a show after studying their reviews. On the way in, we passed the fenced in outdoor seating area, which seemed lively. Upon entering we were greeted by the hostess and asked if we would prefer outdoor or indoor seating. We expressed a preference for outdoor, because it was a warm, sunny afternoon. We were advised that a table should be opening in a few minutes, and sat in the chairs in front of the hostess station. A couple who arrived just after us sat to our right in the waiting area.
Within minutes, a young woman strolls in off the street and asks the hostess if she can sit on the patio, and the waitress says no problem and waves her on. Then the couple to our right is escorted to the patio. Without being asked, the waitress volunteers that they arrived after us but had a reservation, and it should only be a few more minutes.
This is where things started to get weird. We were moved from in front of the hostess station to an indoor table by the kitchen. When we are brought water, a bread basket and menus, I politely inform the host (a guy with a moustache and knitted skull cap) that we're waiting on an outdoor table. The host then walks away and returns within seconds to inform us that there won't be any seating available for quite some time. He then proceeds to aggressively hover, not providing us the basic courtesy of 2 minutes to decide whether to say, particularly as we had already had 15 minutes of our time wasted.
I'm not sure why these folks were being so dodgy. If there wasn't any outdoor seating, it should have been disclosed from the start. No one wants to spend money in an established where they're made to feel uncomfortable.
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