On restaurants that take no bookings –
How early should one arrive to secure a table?
And, once a table is secured:
- How long can one stay at the table waiting for one’s dinner companion to arrive (who works late and has to travel across Sydney through peak hour traffic)
- How long can one nurse a dirty Martini before it becomes warm and unappetising?
- How do you stave-off a hunger headache and the associated irritability of having a habitually punctual 6 pm dinner delayed by more than 15 minutes?
- How many times can you ask for the Grissini (or other aperitif snacks) to be replenished?
- How many starters can one eat alone? And do you have to tell one’s dinner companion about it? And what happens when the items come up on the bill?
- Is it okay to just order a bottle of champagne and drink out of that?
Questions! Questions!