Mid Pines Inn And Restaurant — Restaurant in Southern Pines

We went to MidPines for brunch a few weeks ago and the food/drink was well worth the price, and the service was friendly. However our visit today was less cordial. We understand that we did not make reservations for this particular visit, and that the establishment was busy and already mostly booked. However at no point did anyone communicate to us that, although we arrived at 1100 precisely when they opened, they would not be able to seat us until roughly 1240. It was not until 1130 when we inquired about the wait time after noticing the many empty tables that we were informed that we would not be seated until 30 or 40 minutes AFTER 1200. “Edward” tried to help us after noticing us standing in the lobby for 20 minutes, after which he was informed “they’re walk-ins”.

The tone in which this delivered must have meant that we somehow were unworthy of being informed on how long the wait was.

A simple and very avoidable issue of communication could have prevented us from wasting 40 minutes of our time.

Definitely make a reservation if you want to eat here, if you don’t your treatment may be...

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