open on Thanksgiving day/evening?

I wonder what the attitude would have been if you had tried to make a reservation for 2 on the cruise or in the restaurant? You can show up and just say that the other person could make it because of illness.

...And from there on out everything was fine. Great service, very good Bloody Mary and, for the price point, I thought the buffet was very good.

You should not have had to deal with all that, especially considering how accommodating and agreeable you were in your booking. Considering CQ’s longevity, can only speculate it was a lapse in training of a staff member in the finer points of the hospitality business. Glad it (mostly) worked out and Happy Thanksgiving - a little late!

I wonder what the attitude would have been if you had tried to make a reservation for 2 on the cruise or in the restaurant? You can show up and just say that the other person could make it because of illness.

I wondered that myself. I definitely got the feeling I was denied booking because I was a single because she was checking her bookings before I said "1".

...And from there on out everything was fine. Great service, very good Bloody Mary and, for the price point, I thought the buffet was very good.

You should not have had to deal with all that, especially considering how accommodating and agreeable you were in your booking. Considering CQ’s longevity, can only speculate it was a lapse in training of a staff member in the finer points of the hospitality business. Glad it (mostly) worked out and Happy Thanksgiving - a little late!

That's how I feel Jay. I think it was a training snafu but also think that it's one restaurants might want to be aware of. Like I said, all the other aspects of my dining experience were spot on and when I left Many employees warmly thanked me for dining with them. I'll happily return but , in the future, I may book for two as Mark R. suggested.

forgot to leave a note (oops!) but we went to Repeal at the Hotel Distil. It was EXCELLENT - both food and service. They couldn't have been nicer, the meals were delicious (I saved a turkey and had Dover Sole!). I had forgotten that years ago in Atlanta, we - who didn't cook - would make a regular thing of going to hotel restaurants for holiday meals. It can be a great "ace in your hip pocket" when you're caught out for a holiday meal!
Highly recommend Repeal!

I wonder what the attitude would have been if you had tried to make a reservation for 2 on the cruise or in the restaurant? You can show up and just say that the other person couldn't make it because of illness.

Carla, what Mark said... I've made it a policy to always "round up" to an even number booking, i.e. 1 person - book for 2, five folks - book for 6, etc.
i do it in part because *some* restaurants will "round down" and, if you book for 5, they'll take a four-top and squeeze in that fifth setting. And that almost never works out to the benefit of the diners. Better to book for 6 and have that 6th person not show up!

I wonder what the attitude would have been if you had tried to make a reservation for 2 on the cruise or in the restaurant? You can show up and just say that the other person couldn't make it because of illness.

Carla, what Mark said... I've made it a policy to always "round up" to an even number booking, i.e. 1 person - book for 2, five folks - book for 6, etc.
i do it in part because *some* restaurants will "round down" and, if you book for 5, they'll take a four-top and squeeze in that fifth setting. And that almost never works out to the benefit of the diners. Better to book for 6 and have that 6th person not show up!

I think this is excellent advice. I will impliment it from now on. I'll also check out Repeal as per your suggestion. Thanks!