![]() “It depends on the quality of the restaurant, but with higher-end places like this, absolutely, because if you’re going to reserve something and then not show up, you’re taking the space of somebody who would have died to be here,” Kuwik said. Kuwik, 33, of Orlando, has worked as a server since she was in college, and said she has seen no-show fees elsewhere. Victoria & Albert’s requires guests to cancel five days ahead to avoid the charge, and Monsieur Paul mandates at least three days before the reservation. Some restaurants there require more notice and charge a larger fee, such as Victoria & Albert’s and Monsieur Paul, which carry a $100 per person fee, according to Disney’s website. Walt Disney World’s website states most of the resort’s restaurants charge $10 a person if they don’t show up for their reservation or if they cancel within two hours of their scheduled meal. It’s a premium check, so when a table of eight doesn’t show up, that’s a lot of money.”īut charging people who don’t show up for reservations isn’t rare. “These are huge days that we really count on because we serve great food and it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet. So it just felt very strange, because everything’s decorated and we have all these reservations, and then suddenly you’re just waiting and there’s empty chairs everywhere,” said Carolyn Kuwik, a server at the College Park restaurant. “Half of this dining room was empty … for a while. Easter brunch was fully booked weeks ahead, with 500 potential customers who could have enjoyed the event having been turned away, he said. ![]() ![]() Gunter said thousands of dollars worth of food were thrown out and servers earned less in tips. There were about 1,400 people booked that day between the restaurant in Orlando’s College Park neighborhood and at Apopka’s Highland Manor, where Gunter’s business caters and also had an Easter brunch. The business imposed the new policy for big holiday events after 300 people didn’t show up for its Easter buffet earlier this year, said owner Steve Gunter. Customers who skip out on their Mother’s Day brunch reservations at The Tap Room at Dubsdread this Sunday will end up paying the $64.95 for the roasted leg of lamb, braised pork belly and other buffet offerings they bailed on. ![]()
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