Middle aged men shouting in restaurants

Yellow pack crisps · 09-12-2016 08:24AM

You kinda picked the worse time of year to complain about noise in restaurants. Anyway a buzzing restaurant is better than a quiet, formal and boring one.

steddyeddy · 09-12-2016 11:59AM

PucaMama wrote: »

Op, AH isn't the place for criticism of men. Look at this thread. Half of it is "WOMEN DO IT TOO" .

I think what you mean is AH is not the place for generalisations.

PucaMama · 09-12-2016 12:27PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

I think what you mean is AH is not the place for generalisations.

Have you been in AH before?

Stonedpilot · 09-12-2016 12:40PM

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

Am I the only person who notices/gets annoyed by this?

Three of us went out last night for a very special occasion to the Trocadero on St Andrew Street.

Service was great, food plentiful, but the night ruined by the presence of ten men aged 30s-60s, booming out expletives the whole evening adjacent to our table. We could barely speak nor think.

Do restaurant managers have any protocol on dealing with this? If you complain you run the risk of causing a very nasty drunken row. And the atmosphere in all honesty lost from the outset.

Should you request to be moved? Or just leave?

In Summary I was in a very fancy restaurant (name plug!!) eating a very expensive meal and was inconvenienced by a few drunk guys enjoying themselves. The World is a cruel and unyielding place for little ould me.

midnight city · 09-12-2016 03:24PM

Yellow pack crisps wrote: »

You kinda picked the worse time of year to complain about noise in restaurants. Anyway a buzzing restaurant is better than a quiet, formal and boring one.

A quiet restaurant can be worse. I was in one about a year ago and as we arrived in there was only two tables taken. Both sat side by side. The waitress lead us up to the table right next to the other 2. There was 3 in our group and other two groups were couples. Music was on but was very low. Every time someone spoke the other tables could hear every word. It was a very strange uncomfortable meal.

steddyeddy · 09-12-2016 03:30PM

PucaMama wrote: »

Have you been in AH before?

Yes, hence the reason I don't take it seriously.

Day Lewin · 09-12-2016 05:09PM

midnight city wrote: »

A quiet restaurant can be worse. I was in one about a year ago and as we arrived in there was only two tables taken. Both sat side by side. The waitress lead us up to the table right next to the other 2. There was 3 in our group and other two groups were couples. Music was on but was very low. Every time someone spoke the other tables could hear every word. It was a very strange uncomfortable meal.

I think we can remind ourselves "I am paying!!" and ask for the kind of service we want.
"Excuse me, could you turn down the music a little, please?"
"Please could we have a table a little further away so that it's more private?"

I mean, it's not a crime to have requirements or preferences...especially when you are paying restaurant prices...they want you to have a good experience because that is how they make their living!! Ask!!

Mrs Shuttleworth · 10-12-2016 03:56AM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

In Summary I was in a very fancy restaurant (name plug!!) eating a very expensive meal and was inconvenienced by a few drunk guys enjoying themselves. The World is a cruel and unyielding place for little ould me.

Sounds like you have form in what I'm complaining about.

Was out tonight in the Red Cow of in all places, never been before, definitely not my usual scene but communal office Christmas party.

Hundreds of people drinking since 5pm, great buzz and boisterous but no one trying to dominate the territory like the other night in town.

Surreptitious · 10-12-2016 04:17AM

midnight city wrote: »

A quiet restaurant can be worse. I was in one about a year ago and as we arrived in there was only two tables taken. Both sat side by side. The waitress lead us up to the table right next to the other 2. There was 3 in our group and other two groups were couples. Music was on but was very low. Every time someone spoke the other tables could hear every word. It was a very strange uncomfortable meal.

I remember going on a first date and the restaurant only had the two of us in it. I said, oh it's very quiet tonight, and he said, oh but that's romantic, isn't it? Cue awkward silence. It was dreadful.

Realt Dearg Sec · 10-12-2016 05:10AM

Surreptitious wrote: »

midnight city wrote: »

A quiet restaurant can be worse. I was in one about a year ago and as we arrived in there was only two tables taken. Both sat side by side. The waitress lead us up to the table right next to the other 2. There was 3 in our group and other two groups were couples. Music was on but was very low. Every time someone spoke the other tables could hear every word. It was a very strange uncomfortable meal.

I remember going on a first date and the restaurant only had the two of us in it. I said, oh it's very quiet tonight, and he said, oh but that's romantic, isn't it? Cue awkward silence. It was dreadful.

You should have said "yeah but that's gonna make this break up really weird"

Middle aged men shouting in restaurants

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