Can I show up to my reservation with an extra person? Or book two restaurants so I have a backup plan? Here's everything to know.
Can I send a dish back just because I didn’t like it? How do we split the check without causing a fight in the group chat? In Code of Conduct, our restaurant etiquette column, we explore the do’s and don’ts and IDKs of being a good diner. When Trevor Chauvin-DeCaro started to feel sick ahead of a trip to Boston in early January, he canceled his dinner reservation at Table, a communal dining experience in the city’s North End.
” So before you chew out your busy host for enforcing a $20 cancellation fee, remember that “it’s not a machine that you’re buying dinner from,” says Pablo Rivero, CEO of Resy. “It’s people, and they’re trying to run a business.” If I know I’m going to be late for my reservation, at what point should I call to let the restaurant know? You only live 10 minutes from the restaurant, but somehow got caught up in a solid half hour of traffic.