Originally Posted by
BamaVol
I have no idea what's normal. I have no patience whatsoever and will not stand in a lobby or outside a restaurant door behind dozens of other would-be diners. I thnk 20 minutes is the longest I've ever waited although I've driven around longer than that looking for a restaurant that didn't appear too busy.
I guess I'm okay as long as I'm moving.
That's my wife's strategy too. We've wasted an hour looking for other options to avoid a 20 minute wait.
Originally Posted by
paule123
Bahama Breeze (I-Drive, Orlando
) shortly after it opened. Probably waited 45 mins to an hour for that one. Now we've got one here in Cleveland, with a lovely view of the interstate. Same deal, always jam packed.
I went there with some out of town co-workers a couple of years ago, it hasn't changed much, we waited over an hour.
Originally Posted by
Eastbay1K
I've seen waits of 3 hours for Pee Eff Changs. IM(nsh)O, it isn't worth a 15 minute wait.
I'd be with the poster above ordering pizza delivery with that kind of wait.
I could see waiting maybe an hour for a really special place, but none of the chains fit that bill. Unfortunately, in a lot of places, on Friday and Saturday evenings, any sit down place without at least an hour wait is probably that way for a reason. In those cases, Panera, or Chipotle, or any number of similar places are fine with me.