smokeyblue
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2009
I had a fantastic meal with top-notch service at the Brown Derby on my recent trip. Despite being able to rave about the food and the service, my experience was almost ruined by the large family seated next to me. There were 4 adults and 6 kids. The majority of the kids were 8-12 and one was maybe 3 or 4. The older kids were AWFUL. They didn't sit down the whole meal, and were loud and obnoxious. They had another portion of the family sitting across the restaurant and the kids were shouting across the restaurant at the other table. The kids were playing with the glow cubes in their drinks, throwing them around and had strewn the activity/coloring pages they had all over the floor.
To add insult to injury, the dad was very loud and complained about everything, including the fact that another family member had ended up on the quick-service only dining plan and that they were going to raise holy hell about it because they were forking out so much money. He never stopped complaining except with filling his gob with the steak he said wasn't worth anywhere near what they were charging him.
The mom finally dragged the kids into the lobby as they were done eating. The two dads still sitting at the table with another family member when the most obnoxious of the kids came running in the restaurant, yelling at the top of his lungs and throwing his glowing ice cube across the restaurant like a baseball.
They had finally left and I got to eat my desert and sip my grapefruit cake martini in peace. If it wasn't for the awesome food, good drinks and my very experienced server this meal would have been the biggest disappointment.
What is the take away here? I don't know. Maybe if it were to happen again, I have asked to move tables. I briefly considered it, but my server stopped by several times and had some very good conversation that did distract me a bit from the chaos.
To add insult to injury, the dad was very loud and complained about everything, including the fact that another family member had ended up on the quick-service only dining plan and that they were going to raise holy hell about it because they were forking out so much money. He never stopped complaining except with filling his gob with the steak he said wasn't worth anywhere near what they were charging him.
The mom finally dragged the kids into the lobby as they were done eating. The two dads still sitting at the table with another family member when the most obnoxious of the kids came running in the restaurant, yelling at the top of his lungs and throwing his glowing ice cube across the restaurant like a baseball.
They had finally left and I got to eat my desert and sip my grapefruit cake martini in peace. If it wasn't for the awesome food, good drinks and my very experienced server this meal would have been the biggest disappointment.
What is the take away here? I don't know. Maybe if it were to happen again, I have asked to move tables. I briefly considered it, but my server stopped by several times and had some very good conversation that did distract me a bit from the chaos.
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