Your expectations regarding reservations are very reasonable in my opinion. Personally, patience is not a virtue I possess, so if a restaurant does not take reservations it’s a non-starter. I find our dinning out options in the Villages somewhat limited given that many restaurants don’t take reservations, at least for a party of two. Bonefish has always been a go to for us since they take reservations, but the last couple of times there we have had a long wait despite having a reservation. Since Covid, we rarely eat out unless well spaced outside dinning is available, so it’s been a lot of take out. We learned very quickly when placing a take out order to add at least 15- 20 minutes to the pick up time given when placing the order since the food is almost never ready on time. The labor shortage is noticeably effecting restaurants ability to provide the service we became accustomed to before the pandemic. Hopefully this is not the new normal and things will eventually return to service levels we enjoyed pre 2020.
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