<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dgolds:
Sorry, I disagree. There are plenty of restaurants in the world that are as busy, but I've never heard of anything like the way they make you get a reservation at French Laundry.
For those of you who are not familiar with the policy, they only take reservations a month in advance. So, for example, for March 3, they open the phone lines the morning of February 3 and start taking calls. You can dial and dial and dial, and the line's always busy. By the the time you finally get in, there are no more bookings.
I've tried to get a reservation at French Laundry a number of times and never been able to get through to make a reservation. The place might be great, but they are arrogant in the way they do business. I'm through with their silly reservation game.</font>
You ACTUALLY HAVE TO CALL TWO MONTHS in advance, not one month. It's not a game, they are in that much demand.
However, some people at my firm thought that we should try the same strategy and tell prospective clients that our next opening is 2 or 3 months out. We thought it could improve our image!