Originally Posted by JS
Brendamc, it sounds like you made things even worse by leaving early. You missed out on the dessert for which the restaurant is famous, and you waited for a taxi back to the hotel rather than the pre-arranged car service. If I were you I would have waited it out.
According to your description of them, a dress code would have solved this problem. No need to punish innocent customers with well-behaved children.
It gets to a point where you just can't take it anymore & they were showing no signs of leaving, no matter how much the server was trying to rush them. How many upscale restaurants really enforce dress codes anymore - especially in more casual cities like SFO? I know a very few in LA do, or they provide you with an ill-fitting jacket & tie, but we're not talking Paris or NY here.