Nathalie Chiva wrote:

> One hour and a half?!?! And people actually wait that long?!?!? OMG. I
> think the longest I've ever waited in a restaurant was half an hour, 4
> years ago in Rome, and that's because we didn't have reservation, and
> it was a one-time occurrence....

I once waited over an hour for a table. We were a party of 8 and we had a
reservation. I never went back to that place, and if I had been on my own I
would have left. In my books, a reservation means the table is available
when I arrive at the appointed time, not an appointment to stand in line.