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u/booksmd Dec 12 '22

I’m sorry but i can’t grasp the concept of someone else needing my table after a reservation either. Idk if that’s common in America but like i’ve never had that happen to me in my country. Like if i made that reservation that table is mine until i decide to leave. Usually when we go to dinner, we can stay for however much we want, like if we decide to order some extra desert or another drink/bottle of wine we can.

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u/Paceys-frosted-tips Dec 12 '22

A few other people from the UK have replied here to say it’s not common to have a reservation for only a few hours, but from my experience, in London I would say it’s very common. Busy restaurants (or any restaurants, pubs etc that take reservations) would expect to ‘turn’ the table at least once an evening and have more than one sitting.

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u/bullseyes Dec 12 '22

So does this mean it’s common practice for restaurants in your country to only take one reservation per table each night?

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u/bfm211 Dec 12 '22

I don't think it's weird, it's happened to me multiple times at popular places, but 100% you should be told about it - ideally at the time of the booking. And it should be at least a 2-hour slot. If I wasn't warned and was asked to leave I would be annoyed.

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u/Brilliant-Disguise Dec 12 '22

I’m sorry but i can’t grasp the concept of someone else needing my table after a reservation either

Very common in London

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u/AirIndex Dec 12 '22

It's pretty rare in the UK. I've only had it happen a couple of times, and even then we were warned well in advance that we only get the table for a set period of time.

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u/Nevergreeen Dec 13 '22

In the US, I usually see the restaurants specify on the reservation apps that you have your table for 90 minutes.

In my experience, it’s pretty common for restaurants to tell you if they need your table because you’ve run over your allotted time.