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I had a meeting nearby the other day, so I decided to stop here for a weekday lunch. I arrived at 11:50 and found the restaurant about half full. I was by myself, and I felt like the whole time I was there they were trying to rush me out. I did notice that other tables were also "processed" (I wouldn't even use the word "served") extremely quickly, so it's not necessarily discrimination against odd numbers of diners, but it just wasn't that enjoyable. While there was an occasional group or two waiting at the door during my meal it was always because a free table had not yet been cleaned, NOT because there were no free tables.
As I sat down the server asked if I wanted coffee. I asked for a minute to check the menu and felt like I'd disappointed her by not just having coffee. Noticing nothing especially "Dutch" on the beverage menu I did go for coffee; it arrived about thirty seconds later with a request for my food order. I NEED MORE TIME! After skimming the menu I chose a potato-onion-cheese pancake, which arrived at my table less than five minutes later. While it was good, and certainly wide in diameter, I didn't find the pancake on its own particularly filling. I expected to be hungry two hours later, and I was.
I left a pretty big tip because I knew I was occupying a table that might have otherwise seated two paying customers, and the server seemed quite taken aback. The politeness that she showed at that time would have been appreciated from the moment I walked in. Rather than treat customers brusquely I would encourage this restaurant to accept its popularity and embrace the line (a la Coras), rather than possibly drive people away.
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