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| - We all have those nights. You know the ones, when you're out late, maybe the nightclub lets out at 4am, or the bar lets out at 2am and you have some trouble corralling all your friends again to the car in one piece. You just missed closing time of your favorite late night taqueria, or maybe you're just not in the mood for Mexican food, or that certain someone needs to eat, chill out and sober up so they can eventually get home safely, that's usually when I end up at this 24 hour IHOP. That, and 24 hour food joints in Las Vegas close to home are hard to come by.
There's a select few waiters and waitresses that are very hard working (often the only ones on duty) and friendly (smiles and salutations) who always ask if we need water or juice to begin with (they see some of our party is still clearly inebriated and/or dehydrated) and promptly ask us to order. Usually we aren't prepared as soon as they think and we ask them to come back in a few. On more than one occasion that "few" has turned into 10, 15, even 20 minute separations. Yes, I understand that there's not going to be 8 waiters on duty at that hour, but sometimes there's only 2-3 tables dining in the restaurant at that time, so how could we be forgotten that easily?
Once ordered, the food usually comes out quicker than the wait between our waiter's first than our eventual second visit where they took our order. Orders are accurate, food is warm enough, and eating the food is usually the quickest stage of the restaurant experience. Waiting for the bill is more often than not another lengthy process, but if you're assertive, just go walk up to the front counter; you're more likely to be noticed there.
Thanks IHOP for making those nights just a little more manageable.
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