Dinner reservations

[deleted875186]

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I’m in the northeast, and it’s becoming a pain in the a** to eat anywhere. Everywhere is full, have to book a reservation way ahead to get anything. Many restaraunts have started to hold a credit card on file for reservation and charge fees for cancelation, seems to have made it better.

Is this how it was pretty pandemic, I can’t remember?

Is it this annoying other parts of the country?

I will also add, I only sit down at a restaraunt with my spouse maybe once or twice a month.

 

[callmeanesthesia]

Supply/demand mismatch? Did your area lose a lot of restaurants during the pandemic?

 

[DODOCSS]

folded benny = no issue

 

[NJPAIN]

I’m in the northeast, and it’s becoming a pain in the a** to eat anywhere. Everywhere is full, have to book a reservation way ahead to get anything. Many restaraunts have started to hold a credit card on file for reservation and charge fees for cancelation, seems to have made it better.

Is this how it was pretty pandemic, I can’t remember?

Is it this annoying other parts of the country?

I will also add, I only sit down at a restaraunt with my spouse maybe once or twice a month.

I’m in northeast as well. Many more restaurants using Resy which requires CC. Previously I only recall seeing this in areas like New Orleans.

 

[Agast]

Have you tried OpenTable to see what’s available the day you want to go out?

 

[deleted875186]

Have you tried OpenTable to see what’s available the day you want to go out?

Open table stinks …. Never find a table.

Resy seems to be better, putting down a credit card really helps limit reservations.

 

[TIVAndy]

i've seen restaurants understaffed and some restaurants don't open to full capacity

 

[Orin]

Your reps aren't making dinner reservations for you?

It's definitely been a thing pre-pandemic, but likely worsened with worker shortages. Here's an article from 2017 about it.

OpenTable Began a Revolution. Now It’s a Power Under Siege. (Published 2017)

Nearly 20 years after it changed the way we make restaurant reservations, the company and the new sector it created are still struggling.

www.nytimes.com

We struggle more with babysitting right now than restaurants.

I do think it helps to be a regular somewhere and if I did more business/work dinner's, I would steer them where I would normally eat without the work, as it helps build a relationship with the restaurant manager/staff. Many restaurants will spoil you if you're there every week or two.

 

[myrandom2003]

Patients will leave credit card on file for restaurants and everything else but they scream bloody murder when I request it for their office visits.

 

[geauxg8rs]

Patients will leave credit card on file for restaurants and everything else but they scream bloody murder when I request it for their office visits.

What do you mean I have to pay the specialist rate?
I respond with your pcp can write your tramadol. I have no problem with that.

 

[deleted875186]

Patients will leave credit card on file for restaurants and everything else but they scream bloody murder when I request it for their office visits.

The number of now shows I get is astonishing. There should be a cpt code to bill for no shows, especially since I start reviewing the chart before they no shows.

 

[geauxg8rs]

The number of now shows I get is astonishing. There should be a cpt code to bill for no shows, especially since I start reviewing the chart before they no shows.

You do charge for no shows right? I don’t want a cpt code. I want the patient to pay not the insurance

 

[deleted875186]

You do charge for no shows right? I don’t want a cpt code. I want the patient to pay not the insurance

I don’t believe the group Im with charges. How much do you charge for a no show? How much notice do Yoj require to cancel?

 

[myrandom2003]

We charge $50 for no show.
Need 24 to cancel but let it slide once depending on reason and if they reschedule.

Medicaid that don’t show, get put on a do not schedule list and note in the chart that is shared with their pcp.

 

[geauxg8rs]

We charge $50 for no show.
Need 24 to cancel but let it slide once depending on reason and if they reschedule.

Medicaid that don’t show, get put on a do not schedule list and note in the chart that is shared with their pcp.

Same. I get one a week who contest it and I let it slide. It’s not the 50 bucks I want, but more to know we are serious.

 

[robellis]

folded benny = no issue

Does this actually work? How much you give them?

 

[gaspasser127]

Does this actually work? How much you give them?

This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when they’re waiting to get a seat at the Chinese restaurant before catching a movie.

 

[wendalltwolf]

Does this actually work? How much you give them?

Also heard it helps with upgrading your room when checking in to a hotel

 

[SSdoc33]

This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when they’re waiting to get a seat at the Chinese restaurant before catching a movie.

Cartwright?

Burger King doesn't take reservations

 

[NJPAIN]

There is no restaurant that I want to eat in so desperately that I’m going to add $50 (from my own pocket) on to the already inflated 2021 prices. That is unless I really need to impress someone. But I don’t drive a fancy car, wear pointy shoes or wear a royal blue suit so I may just be frugal.

 

[cowboydoc]

There is no restaurant that I want to eat in so desperately that I’m going to add $50 (from my own pocket) on to the already inflated 2021 prices. That is unless I really need to impress someone. But I don’t drive a fancy car, wear pointy shoes or wear a royal blue suit so I may just be frugal.

Exactly, except my wife calls me a “cheap @$$.”

 

[Agast]

Exactly, except my wife calls me a “cheap @$$.”

Out of curiosity, when you're not going to a restaurant - who is the one doing the cooking and grocery shopping, meal planning? If it's not 50-50, take your wife out to eat.

 

[cowboydoc]

Out of curiosity, when you're not going to a restaurant - who is the one doing the cooking and grocery shopping, meal planning? If it's not 50-50, take your wife out to eat.

My wife does the overwhelming majority of the cooking, she hasn’t stepped foot in a grocery store in almost 2 years to my knowledge; we do delivery or I go. We’re not going out like we did before Covid.

Point taken, I’m ok with eating out or picking up take out on the way home. I’m mostly just not seeing the value in spending more than $30/plate in most instances.

 

[robellis]

My wife does the overwhelming majority of the cooking, she hasn’t stepped foot in a grocery store in almost 2 years to my knowledge; we do delivery or I go. We’re not going out like we did before Covid.

Point taken, I’m ok with eating out or picking up take out on the way home. I’m mostly just not seeing the value in spending more than $30/plate in most instances.

Is your wife a doc? She better not be a SAHM…

 

[Iamnew2]

My wife does the overwhelming majority of the cooking, she hasn’t stepped foot in a grocery store in almost 2 years to my knowledge; we do delivery or I go. We’re not going out like we did before Covid.

Point taken, I’m ok with eating out or picking up take out on the way home. I’m mostly just not seeing the value in spending more than $30/plate in most instances.

I think that's a man thing. I think men tend to be *cheaper when it comes to eating food out. My ex husband had the same *concern* - in his words, *we eat too much steak.* lol. sorry. I think the OP's issue is area specific, plenty of places to eat here with no need for CC reservation, but I have noticed that dudes tend to prefer cheaper meals than women who in my experience tend to want to maybe eat more high end meals. Also a man thing to go pick up take out 🙂 I have sent both my former and current husband for pick up as well 🙂

 

[cowboydoc]

Is your wife a doc? She better not be a SAHM…

She is not a doc, has a masters. She does stay home, does part-time consulting work while temporarily homeschooling our 3 kids and doing all the work a “full-time” nurse typically handles when my special-needs kid is in school. Why??

I’ll drop a few hundred on good steak dinners here and there. I won’t order a steak when out except from a top notch steak house. I’d take a mom and pop authentic place over a pretentious popular spot any day.

 

[SSdoc33]

the "mom" job is way harder than what we do. how often do your patients tell you to "eff off", piss on your walls, or make your other patients cry?

also, "pro tip" : dont tell your wife what she can and cant order in a restaurant.

i think that men appreciate fine dining as much as women, but can tolerate fast food and junk a lot more easily than women.

 

[Baron Samedi]

I went down to red meat once/year and its done wonders for my dining experiences. Usually the vegetarian/poultry/fish is a bit cheaper and more imaginative than just a slab of meat on a plate. Don't really miss it all that much.

I read that beef is up 20% in cost year to date. Crazy.

 

[deleted875186]

I went down to red meat once/year and its done wonders for my dining experiences. Usually the vegetarian/poultry/fish is a bit cheaper and more imaginative than just a slab of meat on a plate. Don't really miss it all that much.

I agree, I’m almost 100% fish or seafood when I got out most places now. I also don’t feel like hibernating for 24hr like after I eat a steak.