It’s only acceptable if the restaurant is booked to capacity at a certain time i.e. you ask to book at 7.30 and they say “we can accommodate you but at 9pm we need the table for another booking”
Pizza 500 in Brighton do this by bringing you free shots of Limoncello and the bill (before you’ve asked for it) - the classy approach / free booze always wins
Fair enough so long as they tell you when you book ain’t it. You can then make your own decision about whether or not the allotted time is long enough.
I mean I don’t like it but if a popular restaurant has to ration table time to meet demand then so be it.
A big smile across japes’s face as he unwraps his reduced Tesco Value sandwiches while the waiter works their way around the table taking everyone’s order.
I think it’s absolutely fine for restaurants to impose time limits. 2 hours is plenty of time to have a relaxed meal in my opinion. Then again I’m a proper gannet.
However, if the restaurant is taking an age to take the order and bring the food out and THEN they try and shove me out the door then my god do we have a problem and I’ll certainly consider writing a 3 star TripAdvisor review of the establishment