Things in Restaurants that annoy me. When the restaurant has lots of tables with no diners

[Pat Vegas]

and they stick you right in the middle on a small table between 2 other couples so you have to listen to their nonsense.

I know there is some sort of restaurant logic to these things but I'll never understand it. Even when I worked in one I never was told the reason why I have to bunch everyone together.

I assume it's too make it look busy.

I also dislike if I have a chair facing the window. I am not experiencing the restaurant just what's going on outside. (the opposite rule applies in Coffee shops as I like observing in that situation )

[Snin]

possible laid out in rows and columns , too close together , no plants, walls, room breaks, anything,..horrible. I refuse to eat in those or drink...greedy unaesthetic f**king landlord can shove it up his brewery

[Monty91]

[Brentwood]

or veg :fuming:

[Pat Vegas]

is coming or when it will stop. Thus not being able to pace myself correctly for the food.

[Berni]

don't have to walk miles between tables.

You can ask to be re-seated, though, you know?

[Pat Vegas]

my wife on the other hand will ask mid meal :hehe:

The typical reply is no sorry those tables are all reserved. Works in Italian restaurants though.

[Monty91]

the illusion that people enjoy in a strip club.

It's all fantasy, though I concede that in a restaurant there is a more tangible pay-back.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

restaurant.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Just don't order it.

[Rich]

looking for.

Even with an older vintage, smelling the cork doesn't really tell you a great deal at all. You can tell more from taking in the bouquet directly from the glass.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

You absolute bozo.

[Rich]

sniff out a corked wine after a couple of swirls in the glass, fyi.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

You are to be congratulated not only for achieving this level of stupidity, but for showing it off with such great enthusiasm.

[Berni]

the bottling process. Unless you're drinking wine that's over 20 years old, it's extremely unlikely to be corked.

The sniffing is mostly theatre these days.

[Rich]

perfect.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I recently sent back 3 bottles in a row. Same batch, all corked. It took no more than the sniff of the cork to tell in each case.

[Rich]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Go and talk to a sommelier.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]