I Suck At The Tinker's Son

Tonight, Karen and I decided to be spontaneous and dine out. Sadly, Karen and I haven't gone out to eat at a restaurant together in quite some time, perhaps because we have a two year old daughter (Briana) and a two month old (Bridget) who don't exactly like to sit still for extended periods of time. In our act of spontaneity, I decided to take the family to the Tinker's Son located in Norwell.

Now, I suck at the Tinker's Son. Truth be told, I do enjoy the food there. Karen seemed equally excited when I suggested that we dine out at the Tinker's Son. After all, she enjoys the food there as well. So needless to say we were both looking forward to dining there tonight.

Unfortunately, I hate to say it but the experience at the Tinker's Son tonight was memorable for all the wrong reasons. And the irony was... my two daughters were extremely well behaved during the entire dinner. They were great considering the fact that they had to wait almost an entire hour for the food to arrive.

Interestingly enough, my family was not the only party that had to wait quite a long time for food. The other two parties that were seated within the same time frame that we were seated were lucky enough to wait an extended period of time for their food as well.

The worst part, for me, is that there was no communication from the waitstaff. Had the waitperson set the expectation that the food would take a while, then I would not have minded (and consequently have this feeling of how terrible the night at the Tinker's Son was). Sadly, there was nothing. I think waitperson purposely avoided us because she knew it was taking a long time herself. Don't get me wrong. Our waitstaff was very nice. I just wished she communicated to us that there was an issue.

Based on the fact that multiple parties had to wait an extended period of time, I can only assume that something happened in the kitchen to cause the delay. Again, I don't really know because nothing was ever told to us while we waited... and waited... and waited. When our food finally arrived, we were told that the influx of people caused the delay, which only annoys me more. It's a Saturday night. Restaurants get busy, especially on the weekend, and should be able to handle a lot of people coming in. It did not make sense.

Like I said, thankfully Briana and Bridget were well behaved. I could tell Briana was hungry while we waited because she kept asking for the macaroni and cheese that she ordered. What do you tell a starving child when the food they ordered an hour ago hasn't arrived yet? "It's coming shortly" can only last for so long before it reaches an hour. It was awful.

The funny thing is... the food at the Tinker's Son is delicious. Both Karen and I were excited to go there tonight. And when the food did arrive, the food was delicious. I just wished the service did not put a blemish on things. Heck, I think if something was even compensated I would have felt better. Sadly, there was nothing... Needless to say, as much as it pains me to say it, I will definitely have to rethink going back to the Tinker's Son again for a meal... especially on a Saturday night if they can't handle an influx of people.