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Restaurant Reservations

MarkeieMark — Fri, 20 May 2016 04:04:09 GMT

It crossed my mind that I can't remember the last time I made dinner reservations at a restaurant.

Are people still doing this as much these days?

Re: Restaurant Reservations

ECBG — Fri, 20 May 2016 04:10:18 GMT

Yes they do. I've found the more expensive resturants do. Bone Fish for example. A few resturants do call ahead.

Generally, resturants that put out coupons don't take resurvations. Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Outback.

Re: Restaurant Reservations

panda1234 — Fri, 20 May 2016 04:40:59 GMT

Some places ask for your credit card number when you make the reservation. If you don't show up you get charged a fee. this is told to you at the time when you are making the reservation.

Re: Restaurant Reservations

AngelPuppy1 — Fri, 20 May 2016 09:21:12 GMT

We make them once a year at Christmas. It's only because it's a very busy time when we go and we know this place get so busy with parties, etc.

As a rule, we don't go any where that expensive and we don't go out to eat that much any more any way.

Re: Restaurant Reservations

Desertdi — Fri, 20 May 2016 09:45:33 GMT

Phoenix: Chain restaurants (Outback, Oregano's, etc) are only taking reservations for large groups (party of 8 or more). "Gourmet" places" -- the $75 per entré kind, prefer reservations.

Re: Restaurant Reservations

Katrin B — Fri, 20 May 2016 13:28:13 GMT

Depends on the restaurant, not necessarily on the pricepoint of the food.

I like to call ahead when I'm meeting others at a restaurant, or if a long waittime would make me choose a different place.

Re: Restaurant Reservations

Bhvbum — Fri, 20 May 2016 13:46:12 GMT

Yes! Met a friend for lunch yesterday in our small town and could not get seated, they asked if we had resv. So if restaurant is popular, call ahead. We just thought on a Thursday.....

Re: Restaurant Reservations

Peaches McPhee — Fri, 20 May 2016 14:35:01 GMT

Yes! Anything nicer than, say, Applebee's, I always make a reservation.

Re: Restaurant Reservations

kelsey17 — Fri, 20 May 2016 19:04:49 GMT

Most restaurants we don't make reservations....but there are two i can think of that are always so popular we HAVE to call a reservation in. Its a great restaurant and always worth it!!

Re: Restaurant Reservations

Vivian — Sat, 21 May 2016 16:38:33 GMT

Yes, of course I still make dinner reservations. We do have a restaurant owner who has two very popular dining establishments in our town. He refuses to take reservations. Two nights ago my husband and Intook our grandson to dinner at one of those restaurants. We had to get there early or else we'd be closed out. We arrived before 6 and got one of the last tables left. If we missed out, Imwpuld have left. Nobody should have to wait for endless amounts of time just for arriving at regular dinner tine St a restaurant that refuses to honor reservations.

Re: Restaurant Reservations

hckynut — Fri, 20 May 2016 20:35:46 GMT

never have and never will eat out by reservation. too many good restaurants around where i can walk in and be quickly seated. after my years in the US Army, waiting in a Mess Hall line? no cafeteria style eating out/no waiting in lines, and no reservations. eating out for me is a luxury and i treat it as such.

hnj

Re: Restaurant Reservations

RainyDayGal — Fri, 20 May 2016 22:33:42 GMT

The restaurants we go to most don't take reservations, they aren't needed. One of our favorite restaurants does take reservations and you really should have one before going as they are popular. That's a special occassion restaurant. Some restaurants are hard to get into during lunch hour during the week, so again reservations are encouraged though not required. But when you only have so much time for lunch, you don't want to be standing around for 20-30 minutes waiting for a table to open up.

Re: Restaurant Reservations

Tinkrbl44 — Sun, 22 May 2016 16:41:28 GMT

@MarkeieMark wrote:
It crossed my mind that I can't remember the last time I made dinner reservations at a restaurant.

Are people still doing this as much these days?

@MarkeieMark

Obviously, it pretty much depends on the type of restaurant you're going to .... but if you want to have dinner at 8pm on a Saturday night, you should call and ask if you need them. JMO

Re: Restaurant Reservations

sunshine45 — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:22:42 GMT

i prefer to make reservations, if available. i also like using the site OPEN TABLE if the restaurant is on that site. i get points for each reservation i make and can earn dining out checks.

if a restaurant doesnt have reservations then i will use the call ahead seating if that is available.

i like knowing that i will be seated at the time i want to be seated.

Re: Restaurant Reservations

Stray — Thu, 26 May 2016 00:31:01 GMT

Most of the restaurants in my area require reservations but I use Open Table.

Re: Restaurant Reservations

Moonchilde — Thu, 26 May 2016 17:32:07 GMT

The occasional place I dine at pretty much requires reservations because they're very popular. Because I enjoy going to these few, I use Open Table where offered, or call, or use the restaurant's online reservation system. In general, though, unless a place has an excellent rep and much online chatter about how incredible it is and WHY, I wouldn't bother with either reservations or a 45+ minute wait.

Re: Restaurant Reservations

JustJazzmom — Fri, 27 May 2016 12:12:23 GMT

@Stray wrote:
Most of the restaurants in my area require reservations but I use Open Table.

It's very convenient to use Open Table; we use that App too here and most restaurants except the chain ones require reservations.