*snip*
we were seated, and it was over 30 minutes before anybody came to take our order. We were starving and not at all happy, but it's possible that it was an oversight. Leen proved how hungry she was by uncharacteristically taking the initiative herself to flag down the seating person and report the problem. She went to find whoever was supposed to attend us, and he came by and apologized and said he'd be right with us.
>
> TWENTY MORE MINUTES PASSED before he reappeared to take our order.

You waited 50 minutes for your order to be taken!!? I would have been eating in the next restaurant down the street by then. I might wait 20 minutes for the order to arrive at the table, but 15 minutes without a server coming to take my order and I'm out the door.

A few years ago, in L.A., I went into a hotel dining room. They brought the menu and a glass of water. I looked at the prices and found them to be about 3 to 4 times higher than I expected. They probably wondered why I left.
Howard