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LadyScozz | Report | 30 May 2016 05:50 |
I should have said.......... there were twenty+ people in our group, two tables of 10 or 12. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 30 May 2016 06:56 |
I think your behaviour was not totally appropriate and I can well sympathise with the attitude of the host. I would have felt a bit peeved if someone I had invited to share a meal with me chose to sit at the bar instead. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 30 May 2016 08:23 |
When we were told during the week that a booking had been made for 20+ people, we reminded the birthday girl & her husband that I usually have a problem with that restuarant. I said I would check out the menu on Friday night. She said .. no problem. |
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supercrutch | Report | 30 May 2016 11:13 |
Well I hope you have rated them on Trip Advisor.. I always do... good or bad. |
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Janet | Report | 30 May 2016 11:58 |
I have had a fad about food all my life, not an allergy or anything serious, but I hate not knowing what food I am about to eat. I won't queue at a carvery because it reminds me of school dinners, which made me cry ( at night when I went to bed) as a child because I hated them so much. I had to start school dinners again when went to high school. The next five years I swirled the gravy around the plate to give the impression I had finished my meal. So what would I have done.? At my best friends wedding I ate the prawn cocktail, but I couldn't queue at the carvery for the rest of the meal, so I simply said I felt unwell. In later years I was invited to a meal by a lovely man who was really looking forward to our evening but the thought of this restaurant, yet another carvery, upset me to the point I had to say I would have to change the venue. I went with some new friends about six months ago and simply sat with a drink and made a good excuse whilst they ate and I joined in the conversation. We all had a good night. If an invitation was sent to me and I didn't like the restaurant, or anywhere where I would have to justify why I didn't want to eat, I would say that I was pleased to receive the invite but say I was really sorry that I was already going out and could we meet up as soon as possible to catch up on how their evening went. |
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Island | Report | 30 May 2016 12:13 |
Birthday or no birthday, if I knew there was nothing on the menu that I could eat I wouldn't have gone. Turning up late with a bunch of flowers and a little white lie for the birthday girl might have been a saving face all round option but hey, too late now lol. I wouldn't have gone along and sat at the bar away from the party. |
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MargaretM | Report | 30 May 2016 12:35 |
I find it hard to believe that there was absolutely nothing on the menu that you could eat. A bowl of soup? Small salad with no dressing? Even just a bread bun. I think that you should have sat at the table with your friends and made conversation even if you just played with the food. I think it was in very poor taste for you to sit at the bar alone |
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Tenerife Sun | Report | 30 May 2016 18:20 |
I would have asked for a salad, omelette, or something simple that I could eat. If this wasn't possible I would stay at the table and make sure I was part of the conversation. I wouldn't have left my husband there on his own to celebrate with the friends as I don't think this would have been polite or fair on him. I also think that leaving the table would make more of a fuss of the situation. |
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JoyLouise | Report | 30 May 2016 18:36 |
Scozz, perhaps the birthday girl walked past you because you had propped up the bar all night rather than sitting with them. |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 30 May 2016 19:51 |
I would of sat at the table drinking my Diet Pepsi |
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Island | Report | 30 May 2016 20:04 |
In that case JoyBoro, you're very welcome at my birthday bash LOL ;-) :-D |
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