Toddler gets drunk at Applebees

[Mustang]

Originally Posted by Logan

Geez. I'm all for fine dining and everything, but people on here either have ridiculously high standards when it comes to eating out, or you have the worst possible Applebees in your respective areas.

C'Mon.. it's the FOFC way that as soon as you post anything related about music, movies, restaurants, games or books.. within 3 posts someone will post about how you are an idiot because (insert item) sucks and then proceed to come up with how they prefer (insert obscure object that 5 people in the world know about)

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by BrianD

Restaurants that take reservations (and book solid) won't have anyone waiting in the wings to take over a table if the customers get cleared out early.

You're just wrong about that. Trust me.

[flere-imsaho]

Well, OK, but I have a hard time believing that places like Trotter's and French Laundry have maximizing throughput as their #1 priority.

[BrianD]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

You're just wrong about that. Trust me.

Would you at least agree that the degree to which the customer can feel the desire for quick table turn-over will alter their perception of the service they receive?

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by BrianD

Would you at least agree that the degree to which the customer can feel the desire for quick table turn-over will alter their perception of the service they receive?

Absolutely, I'm just trying to point that your gripe is not with the business model, but with the level of service.

[BrianD]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Absolutely, I'm just trying to point that your gripe is not with the business model, but with the level of service.

I'm not sure the two aren't related. The servers and cooks aren't necessarily bad or uncaring, but they can't possibly give much of any personal attention to one table without losing all of the others. This could be a matter of not having enough people working there, but I think it is a conscious business decision to push the throughput levels high enough to cause what they consider an acceptable loss in service.

[JeeberD]

Applebee's is decent for post-work drinking thanks to their specials, but aside from that I'm not much of a fan.

My wife likes the Weight Watches menu they have, though.

[molson]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

This is the goal of every restaurant, anywhere.

There's gotta be certain finesse to it though. No one likes to be rushed through a meal. Some places do it better than others.

And I love Applebees. But I have absolutely no taste in good food, it's all good to me. Which helps in the wallet.