My girlfriend and I stopped by on the way back from the Ovens in the summer time. (I know this is coming late, but we felt awkward enough about it that we still remember it to this day). The pub is charming, and the atmosphere...is great, with that great wrap around deck on the outside.
We thought we were going to be leaving, so we asked for our food to go while we had a beer on the deck. To our great amusement, our table was supplied with Trivial Pursuit cards. Our server was actually great. She chatted with us, brought us cold beer and was quite pleasant. We really enjoyed our time on the deck, so we decided to stay and eat our food. The server even brought us cutlery so we could eat out of our take-out containers. (Which we were happy to do). All was well, until another server came over, visibly upset, to tell us that we weren't allowed to eat food at this table. Specifically. This. Table.
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We were confused. There were five other full tables of people eating all around us. The food was good, and we were just eating it out of take-out boxes that we had already paid for.
It was a rather awkward encounter. Even after we tried to explain to her that the first server knew about this. So we just left without discussing the matter further. It was just weird.
Reflecting on it, maybe the second server thought we brought our own food? If that were the case, her frustration would have been more understandable. But without any polite inquiry, she basically told us we needed to leave.
Cool restaurant. Weird experience.More