点评:This was a highly anticipated return to Sweet Melissa's. A reservation had been made 12 days prior on Open Table with a request for patio seating. We arrived on time and approached the hostess who did not greet us, never smiled and waited for me to state that we had a reservation and had requested an outdoor table. She immediately said the patio was full. I told her we understood that outdoor requests are first come first serve but that we were willing to wait until a table turned over. Her response was that the patio was "booked for the entire night". This made no sense to us given that she had just said that despite our request on the Open Table reservation there was no assurance that one would be seated outside , It was 6:00 so it seemed reasonable to think that a table might turn over before too long, but the hostess said that would not be an option and that indoor dining would be our only choice. That made no sense given their policy of first come first serve--we would have been next in line for outside. The hostess seemed unable to comprehend our disappointment. Within minutes after this totally frustrating experience we were able to be seated outdoors at a lovely restaurant just up the street which unlike Sweet Melissa"s was bright, clean and welcoming. I followed up with the manager at Sweet Melissa's in an attempt to understand exactly what their policy is on outdoor seating and how it was that we would not have had an opportunity to get an outdoor once there and willing to wait. That remains an unsolved mystery and our final chapter with Sweet Melissa's.
翻译:这是 Sweet Melissa's 备受期待的回归。 12 天前在 Open Table 上预订了露台座位。我们准时到达并接近没有迎接我们的女主人,从不微笑并等我说我们有预订并要求一张户外桌子。她立即说露台已满。我告诉她,我们知道户外活动的要求是先到先得,但我们愿意等到桌子翻过来。她的回答是露台“整晚都被预订了”。这对我们来说毫无意义,因为她刚刚说过,尽管我们在 Open Table 预订中提出了要求,但不能保证有人会坐在外面,现在是 6:00,所以认为一张桌子可能会在之前翻身似乎是合理的太长了,但女主人说这不是一个选择,室内用餐将是我们唯一的选择。考虑到他们先到先得的政策,这没有任何意义——我们本可以在外面排在第二位。女主人似乎无法理解我们的失望。在经历了这次完全令人沮丧的经历后的几分钟内,我们就可以坐在街上一家可爱的餐厅的户外,这与 Sweet Melissa 不同,它明亮、干净、热情。我跟进了 Sweet Melissa 的经理,试图准确了解他们对户外座位的政策是什么,以及我们为什么没有机会去户外并愿意等待。这仍然是一个未解之谜,也是我们与 Sweet Melissa's 的最后一章。