sarita a restaurant

We frequent Sarita's quite often( at least 2 times a month). So for our 43rd anniversary I made a reservation requesting outdoor seating (fully understanding if weather permits). Upon entering the restaurant we were told there was at least a 45 minute wait for patio. Since we didn't want to wait that long we decided to dine in where we were shuffled off to a table right outside the kitchen. Mind you the inside restaurant was wide open. Disappointed but what can you do so we ordered two drinks. I then decided to check outside just to see if there were any tables available. To my surprise, I counted 4 open tables. I politely went back to the hostess desk and asked why we were not seated outside. We were told the waiters were so busy outside and at this time did not feel they could give us good service outside. They needed to let the outside empty out a bit. I appreciated the honesty and fully understood they could be short on help etc. So I went back to the kitchen, I mean our table. Within minutes we now watch as not less than 3 new groups are escorted outside. I guess the patio suddenly had tables. If we had been told it would be a 15-20 minute wait for outside seating we would of gladly sat at the bar and ordered our drinks and waited. My mild mannered wife who never gets upset was fuming. She insisted we leave so we asked for the bill for the drinks. The owner never asked what was the problem but instead said something like" I'll get your bill". To his credit he did cover the hardly touched drinks. As we left I explained to him what had just transpired. Instead of realizing how a staffer screwed up and apologizing, his answer to me was that I didn't like their earlier explanation. Apparently within minutes the patio suddenly had cleared out and they were able to give good service outside again !