Foodies' Poll: How Long Should You Wait for Service?
What's the longest amount of time you'll wait to be served in a restaurant after you've placed your order?
How long will you wait for food to come to your table at a restaurant?
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You've taken a seat in a restaurant.
You've ordered and gotten your drink.
How long after that are you willing to wait for your food to arrive? How long should you wait?
Let's get this conversation started. Please respond in the comments, and take the poll.
Hans Unland
6:30 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012
But it really also involves What type of restaurant, and definitely the company you are with..... If I am hungry i would like to eat fairly quickly, although if I am with a Wonderful Person, and enjoying the conversation, or have ordered say Peking Duck, i would expect to wait a lil more than 20 minutes....
Janet Metzner
12:34 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
I agree. How long you wait for your food to arrive does depend on the situation, the restaurant and the dish.
Jill Dudley Cohen
6:36 am on Friday, September 21, 2012
I think that waiting to pay is worse than waiting for food.
Janet Metzner
12:35 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
Jill, True! Waiting to pay your bill at a restaurant can take a long time. If it's taking too long, I often just go right up to the register or manager and ask to pay.
Lynne O.
6:10 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
I can't think of a dish in a restaurant that should take 30 mins to prepare, so 30 mins from order. How long it takes to first visit the table, to come back, to take order firgures into the equation, too. I think a had and fast rule is that if there isn't a meal at my table within 1 hr of when I first sat down, I am saying something politely and leaving.
Lynne O.
6:14 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
Oh... unless I take a terribly long time chattering and trying to decide. Then, that's on me, of course!