Has anyone eaten here lately? We tried to eat at Gators last Saturday evening. When we arrived there were a large number of tables empty and figured that there would be no wait. However, when we went to the hostess she said that there would be about a 15 minute wait. When questioned about the open tables she said that they didn't have enough servers to handle all of the tables. It seemed like a poor management issue, but we decided that 15 minutes wasn't too bad and decided to wait.
After 15 or 20 minutes we went back to check how close we were to being seated (all during this time, many tables which had been used remained un-bussed). We were then told that the manager had instructed her to not seat any additional people until the kitchen had a chance to catch up with the orders. We waited for another 15 minutes or so and checked again. She said they were still on hold and were not seating anyone. At this point we gave up and went to another restaurant.
We like the atmosphere of sitting outside and listening to the music from the square, but before we invest another frustrating night of waiting for what appeared to us to be a very poorly managed restaurant (not enough servers, not enough kitchen help), it would be good to know from others whether what we experienced was an anomally or if it has become the norm.
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