Originally Posted by
mtofell
Yeah, I don't know how much the pandemic has played a role as much as higher min. wage in areas. Back in my other home (Portland, OR) a lot of places have gone to having guests order at the counter rather than having servers come to tables. Maui Brewing is setup that way. If it's done right it can be okay but waiting in line for 10+ minutes every time you want something gets old in a hurry (unfortunately, that was the case at Maui Brewing last time I was there).
In some cases, you would wait 10 minutes for the server to come to your table when you wanted to order something.
I was at a restaurant recently where we ordered an appetizer, which was delivered quickly, but by someone other than our server, and we waited another half hour to order entrees, simply because our server just disappeared for much of that time. The manager was told of that and measures were taken, but still.