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| - I'm a bit torn about this review, because there are some excellent things about it, and not-so excellent things about my experience.
Specifically, in terms of the customer experience, I felt that there was a line being walked, and it wasn't a good one. I had a large party and I knew that the restaurant doesn't take reservations. I stopped by in person several weeks beforehand to inquire how to go about getting a big group into the restaurant, and was advised to use NoWait and/or call ahead. When we arrived to check in, we were told that we likely had a 45 minute wait and advised to go somewhere nearby to have a drink and wait it out. I wasn't surprised and had already managed the expectations of the group. So, we did exactly that, and by some miracle a table freed up within minutes. A friend and I returned immediately to claim our spot, and as soon as we sat down I texted back to my friends to let everyone else know to come back quickly as soon as they were finished with their drinks (that they had just ordered) at the other location. In the several moments that followed, I was approached by both a hostess and the manager one after the other, and was informed that if the rest of my party didn't show up asap, others could get seated in their place because they didn't like to leave seats empty. I understand the economics of having empty seats in a restaurant that can't sell alcohol, but frankly, that shouldn't have been made my issue when I complied with everything that was asked of me, and circumstances beyond either of our control made for a delay in seating the whole party.
That said...our server took really excellent care of us, and the food was absolutely delicious. She was even willing to try and work with us to sort out the check because apparently they will not split checks for large parties. Unfortunately, the split that was offered was to do it equally 5 ways between the 10 of us, which would have been very unfair to some people in the group. So we did go with the one check and sorted out money exchange among ourselves. Again, I understand the economics of that from the business side, but all in all, I don't think this restaurant is friendly to large parties, and I wouldn't try to bring one here again.
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