Dinner Reservations

[Lilly135]

We are getting in on the 8th, my birthday is the 9th, what are the odd's we can get a reservation for the 9th at one of the specialty restaurants? Last year, they were booked up days in advance.

Any tips? We are not above tipping someone off for a nice dinner

[goldwinglion]

We'll be there with you on the ninth. We hope your b-day is a special one and you get your reservations.

[ricknjill]

You have to make reservations a day in advance I believe starting at 10:00 a.m. You could try a couple of things. You could call the resort, there is a toll free number for the resort on their web site and tell them about your birthday or the other option is to go to the restaurant the night of your birthday and ask about openings because there are a lot of no shows.

[Bart/Annette]

Originally Posted by Lilly135

We are getting in on the 8th, my birthday is the 9th, what are the odd's we can get a reservation for the 9th at one of the specialty restaurants? Last year, they were booked up days in advance.

Any tips? We are not above tipping someone off for a nice dinner

A combination of some cleavage (or some leg), and Mr Jackson will do the trick every time.

A smile instead of being demanding won't hurt either.

[Partydollgirl]

We dont usually get up in time to make reservations so we get dressed up and go to each resturant to see which one will fit us in.. its best to go a bit early, a nice little tip to say thank you is best...for sure tell them its your birthday.. and if you cant get in to the Italian or Asian there is always the Seafood Resturant..last time we were there you didnt need reservations and its really nice too..

[Lilly135]

Thanks everyone!

[clayandshelly]

Is the process still the same? Go to the restaurant, wait in a line and hope to get the reservation you want and only for three days. It was not a good system the last time we were there.

[40thBirthday]

The dinner reservation system is my only complaint about TTR. It really is an inadequate process and hopefully the management team will address it soon. I am sure they can copy-cat what is working for another AI Resort as far as restaurant reservation systems go.

Out of 5 nights last May, I could only make a reservation for 1 night. All other nights were booked. Minor disappointment which will not keep us from returning!

Hopefully we will have better luck this May!

[STEELER NATION]

Dinner Reservations are so hard to get because they only seat 1/2 of the tables in the resturants. The Asian resturant has 13 to 15 tables in it. I ate there twice (At TTR Oct. 22 - 29 just got back) both times half the tables were empty. It was the same couples there when we got there and when we left only 1 or 2 couple got seated in that hour. There's always tables open, but they will turn U away if did not make a reservations. The Asian resturant only has 1 waiter, 1 asst. waiter, and hostess. for all the tables. The Italian resturant isn't any different (we ate there once) its a little bigger than the Asian with 20 - 25 tables.Same thing, Half full with no reservations avaliable. I find it hard to believe that, that many people skipped their reservation. We ate dinner between 630 and 730 so I kinda think that is prime time.

[Spicoli!]

Perhaps someone on this site will be there a few days prior to you and would be kind enough to make a reservations for you guys? I would, but you'll be there before I will.

[mbern1008]

either that or let them join you at their table. Many times they are tables for 4 or more and only 2 people are sitting at them

[hardrocktampa]

My main complaint, only staying 3 nights April 12 13 14

First night is no go, then they are booked,,,,,,,

Would like to actually go to the restaurants,

Someone help us!!!

[Donald]

Originally Posted by hardrocktampa

My main complaint, only staying 3 nights April 12 13 14

First night is no go, then they are booked,,,,,,,

Would like to actually go to the restaurants,

Someone help us!!!

Premier members I believe get priority reservations,,as do Drops of love Package.
All they have to do is pick up the phone
Make friends with one of them and they could book for you.
One year we were three couples and took turns booking for 6, worked great

[**fancy**pants**]

We were really disappointed by the reservations system as well. Sept '11 was out first trip and we became Premier Members within 24 hours. But that didn't seem to help us at all with reservations. (Maybe I was doing it wrong) In 5 nights we could only get 1 reservation, which was at the Asian restaurant and was very good. The reservation was for the 6 of us that flew down together. We had met a couple at the pool that day that wanted to join us so they came along, just in case they could get in with us. They allowed the extra couple with no problems. Only one other couple was dining the entire time we were there. That was frustrating to see because it probably meant that we missed out on all the other nights that we could have gone.

I imagine the reservations are limited to keep the food cost down.

I did feel like I needed to order the items on the menu that were for 'premier members only', just because I could.

[B & C]

Originally Posted by hardrocktampa

My main complaint, only staying 3 nights April 12 13 14

First night is no go, then they are booked,,,,,,,

Would like to actually go to the restaurants,

Someone help us!!!

We'll help if we can! We should get there before noon on the 10th, if we do we will make reservations and you can either join us or take ours.

[matchandahalf]

I've been to other AI resorts and it's always the same story: they will say they are "full" when you can see that half the tables are empty. I was at the RIU Palace in Cabo, and they told me that they only make enough food for the number of tables that are reserved, and no amount of cajoling would get us in the door. My theory is that they only allow bookings for half the restaurant because the food is more expensive than at the buffet, and more staff is required to prepare and serve it.

That's my theory anyway!

[kevko05]

Originally Posted by matchandahalf

I've been to other AI resorts and it's always the same story: they will say they are "full" when you can see that half the tables are empty. I was at the RIU Palace in Cabo, and they told me that they only make enough food for the number of tables that are reserved, and no amount of cajoling would get us in the door. My theory is that they only allow bookings for half the restaurant because the food is more expensive than at the buffet, and more staff is required to prepare and serve it.

That's my theory anyway!

I think you hit the nail on the head. I thought I read somewhere that the theme restaurants at most AI's are privately run and apart from the resort. Maybe the resort pays the restaurant for each meal it serves. Thats why sometimes they just "conveniently" run out of the most expensive items on the menu.