We decided to take Daddy and Grandpa out to Claim Jumper in Roseville, CA today for a nice Father’s Day dinner.. I made reservations 2 weeks in advance.. just in case. There was no way we were going to chance waiting an hour or more. We got there at 4:30pm and checked in. I reminded them that we would need 2 high chairs and she confirmed that was in the reservation. We only waited about 15 minutes, which was surprising considering the amount of people there. They walked us back, took us to a booth, and placed 2 high chairs at the end of the table… We tried putting the girls in them, and saw that they had to sit so far away from the table. One chair i could see working because you’d be able to push the high chair under the table, but with the two, it wasn’t possible. The chairs each got pushed up against the booth’s seats. We also noticed how far they stuck out in the aisle. It was so busy that night, and the servers were running back and forth carrying food, and drinks. We were so worried that the girls would get something dropped on them.
We did ask our server for a different table, and next thing we know, a “manager” comes over to talk to us. She basically told us we were stuck with the table we had. Even though we saw several tables open, we were told they were all taken, and there was nothing we could do about it. So.. we asked for boosted seats and decided to keep the girls in between us.. That was an interesting situation. They moved all around the table, tried standing up, reached over and grabbed things off the table. I don’t think we’ll be trying that again.
The food was great as always, and our server was ok. She only refilled our drinks once.. leaving us with barely anything by dessert. It was a great dinner, with mediocre service. I don’t think we’ll be going back on a busy day.
As far as a review goes… I give it a 9 out of 10 for the food, and a 3 out of 10 for family accommodations. 6 out of 10 as far as service. Overall i’d say 6 out of 10.
Maybe next time I’ll be a little clearer when I make my reservation and demand a table rather than assume that’s what you get when you reserve 2 high chairs.