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It's a cover their backside thing that turns up on reservations sometimes. I have seen it turn up on reservations for one person. I think if they can show me how they intend to split up a party of one person, then I will worry about it. The odds are pretty much nonexistent unless you have a party of more than four, probably more than six. Nor would they separate parents from children.
It just comes up randomly when I am booking ADRs. Obviously they are not going to split the kids up from the parents but I know there are situations where they are going to put us at more than one table and they have to throw the disclaimer in so we can't throw a fit once we get there.
I tried to get an ADR over the phone during our trip once and they offered to seat us separately as a party of 2 and 3. They wanted one person to sit with the kids (2 & 3) and then the other two adults to sit together. I asked if the tables would be right next to each other and she said that she couldn't guarantee how close they would be.
I had to choose a different restaurant. I couldn't imagine the horror of one of us having to hear..."Good luck with the kids, we're going to eat over here"
I'm sure they would have been close..but not a chance we were willing to take.
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