What's the longest you'd wait for a restaurant table?

sorry to hear that, some restaurant can really be negligent when it comes to their customers. however, I think as far as I remember any restaurant I'd go to, and I don't go to many, I'd have my ordered food served in about ten minutes, so I think if I'd have to wait longer, 20 minutes tops. They don't deserve us to wait longer since it's their duty to please us and take care of the customers and serve the food in a short amount of time.

Hiya p3ks, Not long back we were so hungry and we stopped at what seemed like a good Restaurant and we asked if there was Dinner being served. You have to ask here sometimes just in case. Well we sat there and time was going by and all the others were getting served before us and they had come in after. This was not a Restaurant where you had to book a Table by the way. Right from the minute we went in there the Waiter and Barman were staring and not giving very welcome looks. I just passed the attitude over and because I was really hungry. Not only did we have to wait ages the Food had been reheated and yet it was practically stone cold. I tried to hide my disgust as the Food was quite disgusting even the Bread tasted two Days old. We chose the wrong place obviously as they were only used to serving their regular clients who were willing to put up with anything they put on the Table. If they don´t want to serve you then they should say so and not try to lead you on. The Food was really disgusting and if I had been in another mood I would have let him know it too but I can tell they are pretty hard faced and would not care much what you said to them either. We did not tip them either for their terrible attitude apart from the horrible food. At least we know for the next time where not to go (grin).

So you mean if we are already seated at the table and have already ordered. In that case I would probably wait as long as it took, but I would start to get a little anxious around the 20 minute mark unless I have ordered soemthing that takes extra time in which case the server should have told me that when I ordered it. By a half hour I would start asking what is going on, after that I would probably start to get angry. Food that takes a long time is not always the fault of the server though, sometimes it is the cooks issue. I would never not tip a server unless they were rude or nasty. As long as they let us know what is going on and why the food is taking so long and apologize then I don't blame the server. If they don't keep us informed and don't apologize for the wait then they will get a 10% tip rather than the 20% we normally tip. My husband would probably also speak to the manager.

I am really picky about this, having worked behind the scenes in the Restaurant industry for many years, if it seems to me like there is to be a big wait for food, I go elsewhere. When a restaurant is busy enough to create those kinds of waits, I know the Cooks are stressed, and the servers are stressed, and the chances of mistakes, mishaps, and "rushed" food increases dramatically, though, not all the time, and not every where you go, and it could be different of Friday, then on Monday, even if the wait is the same, the variables are astounding. So, in short, I don't wait for tables, I leave. Cheers.

The longest time I waited for the food to serve was like only 10-15 minutes. The server told us that the food will be served 20 minutes but it's faster than what they said. Especially for the steak and pizza.

My ex-boyfriend and I went to Chef Donatello's in SM North Edsa. We know that it's normal to wait a few moments for the food. There were no other customers then, so we thought their service would be a bit fast. When we were already waiting for 20 minutes, we inquired about our order. My boyfriend was outraged by the waiter's response: "umabot na po ba sa 30 minutes paghihintay nyo?" (have you already waited for 30 minutes?) as if trying to tell us that we have to wait for 30 minutes and we cannot complain yet. We asked him to call his manager, who admonished him right in front of us.

I forgot what restaurant but I waited for like 30-45 minutes. And me any friends are really hungry so always follow up to the waiter. It was nice I'm with my friends. We kill such time by laughing a lot at things. We never went back to the restaurant after.

Hi, well its sad to see how people have to wait so long at a restaurant. personally i think it shows that the place is unorganized, and don't take the customers seriously. I work at restaurant/cafe myself, and we pride ourselves of delivering the food to our customers without the wait. maybe 5-10 minutes, and we serve. it really frustrates me to wait a long time for my food.

More than an hour! It was the opening day of Mandarin Deli in Gateway and my friend and I wanted to watch a movie. We went to Mandarin to eat dinner before watching a movie. The staff was so unprepared that it even took us more than thirty minutes just asking for our bill. I got tired of waiting and just marched over the counter to pay. I was not even grateful when they waived payment. I just rolled my eyes going out.

I dont remember but it's usually okay with me to wait as long as the ambiance is great and that I am comfortable with the place. But if I am really hungry or the people I am with are desperately hungry, then that's when I think about going somewhere else. :D

I actually sometimes do not notice that we wait a long time for the waiters to serve us most especially if we (my husband and I) are engrossed in a topic or something like that. However, there are times when I am soooo hungry. What I usually do is order as soon as we are seated and look at the other customers who are being asked of their menu. In case I do see that they are being served first than us that's the time I ask (weird huh). In case that does happen, I do not give any tip. I mean tips are given when you are satisfied with the service right?

whooaaa!!! I won't mention the name of the restaurant but I had the worst experience dining there.., I waited for my an hour for my order to arrive.., imagine!? and I was really patient at first because a lot of people had been dining at that rush hour.., I kept on following up my order and they keep on saying that it is coming.., and I was really hungry.., I didn't want to lost my temper at them because I wanted to understand that It wasn't easy to work in such an environment.., but the customer satisfaction level was really going down..lower than zero.., and I will definitely not dine again on that fast food chain..=(

The longest about 40 more minutes.That is really mad at me,me and a friend went to a restaurant to eat at noon,probably bacause of time reasons,the shop's business is busy,we count the food has been sitting chatting after 15 minutes when I am a bit anxious,and had wanted to reminder about the waiter,when the thought of the time now, restaurants should be busy also,so we choose to continue and so on.But 40 minutes later,we still do not serve food.I am eager to ask the waiter how it was.Dad was out of the store apologized to us, and also add a dish for us to express regret.This thing is over.

HELOW! 30min is really too long. May be that restaurant had many customer and few waiters to entertaine them. Hopefully they have a suggestion or comment box so they will know the feedback of their customers. Well i dont have yet that kind of experience to wait that long. At most if i recall its arouind 15min. not bad!^^

it's irritating to wait for a table in a restaurant. If i have to wait any longer than 45 minutes, i will be out the door. Waiting in line to be seated for a meal is such a waste of time. it can change your whole dining attitude quickly. If i'm waiting, I'm looking for another place to go.

I don't remember waiting that long for the waiters to serve our food. I think the longest time is 15 minutes. I think I can still wait until 20 minutes. Beyond that I'll already call the manager. But what I really hate most in a restaurant is not the waiting for the food to be served but the service. I really hate it when the waiters/waitress are not friendly and will give you an "irritating" face rather than always smile at you.

that happened to me too! it was so pissed! and the worst is. the table got their food first but we ordered before them. i hate it when they do that.

Hello p3ks626, It depends. If I am on a time schedule, then 15 min. is my max for the order to be placed. If I see that the staff is slow deliberately (standing around talking), I will leave within 5 min. Lastly, if I am on a date, and we have reservations, the food is really good, and the staff is working, we will wait 30 min. That will give us time to talk and enjoy the atmosphere.

We always eat at this restaurant with my girl, and there are other branches, we just get pissed with those branches because aside from unfriendly expressions from the people that serve you, you get the lowest class service, not to mention you'd have to wait very long for your food to be served! Funny thing is, we love their food! tsk tsk!

The longest time was about 45 minutes then after that we canceled the reservation and left. (^_^)