点评:We reserved a table for 8:00pm earlier that day and arrived a little before our booking. By 8:15pm we had placed our order and were waiting for our food. By 9:00pm, nothing had arrived, so we politely asked the young waiter if we had been forgotten. He assured us we hadn’t.
At 9:15pm, still with no food, we asked again—this time speaking to the long-haired waiter (later we learned he was the father and owner). He told us we hadn’t been forgotten and that our meals would arrive shortly, but then blamed us for coming in at such a busy time. When we suggested it would have been helpful to be told in advance that there would be a long wait, he insisted his son had already explained this (which we can say with certainty did not happen). He then added, rather defensively, that “his son is not a liar.”
The food finally arrived at 9:25pm—over an hour after ordering—and was nothing special. When paying the bill, we asked the young waiter if the restaurant stayed open all year. His response was: I only have 48 days to go and then I’m off until March.”
That comment summed up the whole experience.
翻译:那天我们提前预订了晚上8点的座位,比预定时间提前了一点到达。晚上8点15分,我们点了菜,正在等着。到了9点,菜还没上来,于是我们礼貌地问年轻的服务员是不是忘记了我们。他保证没有。
9点15分,菜还没上来,我们又问了一次——这次问的是长发服务员(后来我们才知道他是这家餐厅的老板兼父亲)。他告诉我们没有忘记我们,菜很快就会上来,但随后又责怪我们这么晚才来。我们建议最好提前告知我们会等很长时间,但他坚持说他儿子已经解释过了(我们可以肯定地说,他儿子没有解释过)。然后,他又辩解道:“他儿子不是骗子。”
菜终于在晚上9点25分上来了——比我们点餐晚了一个多小时——而且没什么特别的。结账的时候,我们问年轻的服务员,这家餐厅是不是全年营业。他回答说:“只剩48天了,然后就休息到三月了。”
这句话概括了我们的整个经历。