11-12-2010, 02:08 AM
Only went to Hilo Bay Cafe once, for lunch on a weekday. Two older women.
We had to wait 11 minutes to be seated, although more than half the tables were vacant, and then our table was right outside the door to the kitchen (I mean right outside - twice we got bumped into by waitstaff). It took 8 minutes to get a menu (yes, by this point I was timing everything). After 10 minutes waiting for someone to take our order, we left, with an indignant comment to the "hostess", who looked as if we were speaking Greek.
Oh, and the restaurant was never more than half full the entire time we were there.
We had to wait 11 minutes to be seated, although more than half the tables were vacant, and then our table was right outside the door to the kitchen (I mean right outside - twice we got bumped into by waitstaff). It took 8 minutes to get a menu (yes, by this point I was timing everything). After 10 minutes waiting for someone to take our order, we left, with an indignant comment to the "hostess", who looked as if we were speaking Greek.
Oh, and the restaurant was never more than half full the entire time we were there.