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Visited La Vaca on Saturday night, the food was amazing but without warning and just after offering us more drinks they asked us to move from our table to a very busy and cramped area next to the door so we ended up standing up to finish our drinks, my question is our bill came to £178 should we have been allowed to keep our table or is this acceptable behaviour from the restaurant?

We had been in around two hours altogether and this incudes a wait of 40 mins for our food to arrive as well.

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Visited La Vaca on Saturday night, the food was amazing but without warning and just after offering us more drinks they asked us to move from our table to a very busy and cramped area next to the door so we ended up standing up to finish our drinks, my question is our bill came to £178 should we have been allowed to keep our table or is this acceptable behaviour from the restaurant?

We had been in around two hours altogether and this incudes a wait of 40 mins for our food to arrive as well.

 

Hard one lol. Perhaps in the week yes stay at the table but weekends not sure. There were 12 of us in a place when we were asked to vacate the table but were given a round of drinks. Some of our party were a bit miffed but we all ordered a pint or bottle so that was quite an expensive round.

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Hard one lol. Perhaps in the week yes stay at the table but weekends not sure. There were 12 of us in a place when we were asked to vacate the table but were given a round of drinks. Some of our party were a bit miffed but we all ordered a pint or bottle so that was quite an expensive round.

 

Visited La Vaca on Saturday night, the food was amazing but without warning and just after offering us more drinks they asked us to move from our table to a very busy and cramped area next to the door so we ended up standing up to finish our drinks, my question is our bill came to £178 should we have been allowed to keep our table or is this acceptable behaviour from the restaurant?

We had been in around two hours altogether and this incudes a wait of 40 mins for our food to arrive as well.

 

The issue is as pointed out they are small. They probably do half their revenue in one night. If they didn't 'turn' tables they would probably not be profitable, and then close. You have the option of higher prices and less covers, or more covers and lower prices. I think for what they offer it is very reasonable, so their 2hr ish limit per table, assuming they can deliver food quick enough, seems reasonable.

 

Not that many people notice, but the actual time to consume a meal is usually around 15 minutes, which isn't that long at all once it has arrived! There used to be a restaurant in NYC that put egg timers down as you sat lol, it also had a sign that said "If you need to use your phone during lunch, you are too important to be eating lunch here"!

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Visited La Vaca on Saturday night, the food was amazing but without warning and just after offering us more drinks they asked us to move from our table to a very busy and cramped area next to the door so we ended up standing up to finish our drinks, my question is our bill came to £178 should we have been allowed to keep our table or is this acceptable behaviour from the restaurant?

We had been in around two hours altogether and this incudes a wait of 40 mins for our food to arrive as well.

 

They can do what they want - but no, that's very poor service. If you were going to have to give up your table then they should have told you in advance - and if they didn't know at the time, that just proves that they can't run a busy restaurant properly.

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