Board 8 > What's the longest you'll wait at a restaurant to be seated?

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Waiting 25 minutes at Friday's for Endless Apps to celebrate a friend's new job, got me thinking.

If there's a deal or something special going on, I'll wait around 20-25 minutes.

Otherwise, I want to be seated right away or I go somewhere else.
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45 give or take if it's somewhere good

If I'm by myself though then yeah I would probably not wait anywhere
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10 minutes tops
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I would not willingly wait more than 20 minutes unless the deal was really good
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anywhere between 20 and 45 depending on place, but I don't really mind waiting that much. most people I eat with don't like waiting that long
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like an hour
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If they take your name/number and let you leave and do something else it could be quite a while

If it's one of those ones where you literally have to be standing there the whole time I'm going to say 30-40 minutes of ours the best place on earth, give or take depending on the weather and company
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I usually won't even get out of the car if the parking lot is full. Even without a wait, eating among a crowd of people and feeling rushed by the waiter is not worth it.
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I can take about a half hour before getting frustrated. I will walk out if the hostess ignores me and goes on to somebody who came in behind me with a larger group. (This has happened.)

I literally waited an hour two days ago to get seated at a new restaurant.
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if i already decided i wanna eat at the place and i bothered to drive there and and s*** im waiting indefinitely

I've waited a couple of hours before at some nice places. But for like normal places like say Olive Garden no longer than like 45 minutes.
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How far away is the next good alternative and how long am I going to have to wait once I get there?
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Also, if the restaurant has a bar, I will happily wait all night.
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10-20 minutes
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30 minutes.
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Usually when I go somewhere it's because I want to eat there specifically, so i'm willing to wait. If it's over an hour, though, I'll likely leave if something else is nearby that I like.
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like 20 or 30, depending on how badly my party (or myself) wants to eat there
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Terastodon posted...

Also, if the restaurant has a bar, I will happily wait all night.

Hell I'd probably sit at the bar tbqh
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Uglyface2 posted...

I will walk out if the hostess ignores me and goes on to somebody who came in behind me with a larger group. (This has happened.)

This is pretty normal practice, actually. Sometimes seating meant for larger parties opens up first, and so they'll seat the larger party instead of seating a party of 1-2 in a place meant for 6.
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depends on the restaurant

I would wait exactly 0 minutes at Friday's
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Generally 20-30 minutes, but I've waited three hours for some premiere pizza before so I guess it depends.
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20 tops
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