To be annoyed at my seat in restaurant?

Imagine being sizeable and being dumped there, I’m envisaging a korma up your cardigan

I think it’s a suitable topic of conversation to start a thread about. Restaurants who don’t care about your comfort but make it difficult for you to just up and leave because they have your card details, so either way they win, is worth talking about and £100 is not the cheap price bracket where you expect this, it isn’t McDonalds. Why do you not think it’s worth a forum discussion?

Yeah i wouldn’t have stayed. We don’t like being sat close like that with other people. From the pic it doesn’t even look like you have elbow space!

I once went to a pho restaurant like this with a friend. The couple next to us were on a first date and so poorly matched! We had a great evening listening in and the debriefing once they left !

You’d have to be 5 inches wide to access the benched side lol.
Nothing worse than being seated too close to strangers - you can’t talk about anything let alone private stuff as the people on the next table (who are also too scared to speak) are bound to hear every word. It’s embarrassing, and nobody wants to sit mute all evening !
I do understand that hospitality businesses are struggling and need to maximize floor space but that’s just ridiculous.

Yes 100%!

Well exactly. That’s why I didn’t understand why anyone thought the OP was unreasonable.

I’d have hated that too and have been seated in a similar manner. As someone else booked I had to put up with it otherwise I’d have left. If I want to eat so close to strangers I’d go to Wagamama’s!

We have has this is the past and politely but firmly stated we are not sitting there until another table is found, pure and simple. Or walk!

I can’t eat at tables like that. Might as well be an animal in a zoo.

I'm done with being treated like crap by an industry that is apparently "on it's knees"
Value my custom or I'll not be back. Treat me like shit and I'll leave reviews.

Treat me well and I'll recommend and come back!

What a stupid thing to say

They did want her custom

That's why they took her in, sat her down and served her food

I’ve been in a couple of restaurants like that. It’s not great having someone’s arse in your dinner when they are trying to get out.

I just hope your people pleasing partner took that inside seat!

You can't get out for a wee. I wouldn't have stayed I would have left

Me too.
And I have. If i ask to be moved and you refuse, I'll leave and eat somewhere more comfortable

Some things about Covid were good.

It’s an absolute pisstake and I’m quite annoyed that you didn’t put your foot down.

Hiw many times did you all have to stand up to let people in and out? You’ve said you did it to let the table on the right out, but then presumably you did it again after new people came in? And then toilet visits? Absolutely awful to make their customers feel so uncomfortable about needing the toilet.

I think I’d have had a coughing fit to demonstrate how shit the set up is. Somebody needed to take a stand.

I think YABU about being watched and unable to talk, no one cares enough to watch or listen to you even if they are sat right next to you.

I think YANBU about the size of the table for that sort of meal, it would be fine size wise as a single plated meal and drink but if its the type of food that comes in lots of little plates/bowls then it needs space for those to be placed.

Curious how do you get into the bench seat? Seems it would be better as 2 tables of 4 with a entry gap than 4 tables of 2 with like 15cm between them.

We went to a Marco Pierre White restaurant and they seated us exactly like this! We were on a Groupon voucher so all the voucher people got the crap seats.

I ended up knocking a large glass of wine over the lady next to me!

Looks like typical set up for London restaurants.

many years ago i used to subscribe to a travel/gourmet magazine. One of the columnists once said that to ensure good service every time, the first thing to do is ask not to have the table they allocate you and to pick another one.

You are immediately marked down as a bit fussy and any good restaurant will want that to be your last complaint.

I remember years ago for valentines night we went to a local Thai restaurant. Obviously places are reasonably full but our table, pre booked, was stuck virtually on the end of another table..I mean literally with about 2-3 inches space.
we felt as if we had joined complete strangers for their meal. They looked as awkward as we felt. Anyway whilst ordering we noticed another table leaving and asked to have theirs, staff were a bit put out as it meant relaying it etc but we said this table wasn’t appropriate. As we moved the people we were imposed upon whispered a thankyou…so everyone was happy in the end.
sometimes I do wonder if restaurants actually think sometimes - although I understand needing to max the earrings…….

If all the tables were full the. It is what it is and that’s the ambiance you’re paying for. If there were three tables at the other side all empty then they were being unreasonable sitting you all together.

How did you go to the toilet??? That’s mad!🤣🤣🤣

Hmmm.... Not comfortable at all! As many others have posted, I would have left and gone somewhere else....