Met a friend for lunch at this Mimi's. They sat us in a back booth in an empty section of the restaurant. What they didn't tell us is that they planned to seat about 20-25 women in a long table less than three feet from us. The women even apologized as they knew they were so loud. We left earlier than planned because my friend and I couldn't talk as we could not even hear each other. No apology from the server or even an offer to re-seat us (be aware that, even at this point, we were still the only people in that room besides the party of women and there were plenty of other tables available in the other sections of the restaurant). I approached the manager before we left to politely tell him that, perhaps in the future, they should be aware of this when seating small parties of diners next to large groups. His reaction was apathy bordering on contempt and his response was (I kid you not), 'that's the way they do it and there was nothing that was going to change in the future'. I used to come here often but this is my last visit.