Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:32     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:Sorry your experience was less than stellar, but you are being silly. Two hour waits on weekends are the norm for TB in DC. The don't do reservations.



Then why is this place so consistently recommended as kid-friendly, on this board or elsewhere?? That's what I just don't get!
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:29     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Sorry your experience was less than stellar, but you are being silly. Two hour waits on weekends are the norm for TB in DC. The don't do reservations.

Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:27     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:OP, I agree with you! Anyone who says that a restaurant with any sort of wait beyond 10 minutes is "kid friendly" is delusional.


$50 says you're one of those irritating parents who hands their kid a device to play games on whenever there's a wait longer than a minute. And that's including after you've been seated.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:25     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
IHOP much better and cheaper, less pretentious. More fat people though.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:25     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:But it's an ESTIMATE. If 1/2 the people choose to longer at brunch a bit longer, it'll add 30 minutes. Sounds like you're a reservations kind of lady.


Especially when it is a table of 6 and already limited seating. Sounds like the "10 minutes" was a mistake and likely an automated answer. Either way, I wouldn't be this pissed about it hours later


Nah. This one is on the restaurant management. There is a HUGE difference between 10 minutes and an hour. I'd be pissed, kid or no kid.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:23     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:Me again. Or maybe my definition of kid friendly is different than most... 90 minute wait and crappy service in my mind is not kid friendly. We will stick with known quantities instead of following the crowd from now on.


Yes, I think that is the key Don't go to popular places with preschoolers! BTW the Ted's in Capitol Hill has always been a place to avoid - the service was spotty pre-kids and it was always too crowded. No way would I attempt it (or any brunch spot, really) on the weekends.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:22     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
OP, I agree with you! Anyone who says that a restaurant with any sort of wait beyond 10 minutes is "kid friendly" is delusional. Even worse that they lied to you about the wait time. Sorry!!! Next time just automatically skip any place that popular.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:21     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Me again. Or maybe my definition of kid friendly is different than most... 90 minute wait and crappy service in my mind is not kid friendly. We will stick with known quantities instead of following the crowd from now on.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:19     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
OP here. I will take credit for creating unity on DCUM, since it happens so rarely.

My point was actually not to whine but to warn people that this place so frequently lauded as so kid friendly was, in my experience, quite the opposite. Maybe the one in merrifield is worse than the ones in dc or Reston... Or maybe it's just not for me.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:19     Subject: Re:Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Why would anyone voluntarily choose to eat there -- I don't get it.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 16:58     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:I don't care how many crayons they provided, underestimating a wait by 30+ minutes is not family friendly and not a good way to do business. My point (OP here) was if they'd given me an accurate estimate either when I called or when I arrived, I absolutely would have gone somewhere else.

What do people find so family friendly about that place?


So what the hell stopped you from leaving? Who's the moron here?
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 16:29     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Gi-normous? Am I right OP?
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 16:28     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
I feel sorry for OP's child.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 16:06     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
I've been to teds bulletin in reston. SO kid friendly. As in their gave my kids games to play at the table, awesome kid menus and candy afterwards. I don't really think it can get any kid friendlier than that OP.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 16:04     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:But it's an ESTIMATE. If 1/2 the people choose to longer at brunch a bit longer, it'll add 30 minutes. Sounds like you're a reservations kind of lady.


Especially when it is a table of 6 and already limited seating. Sounds like the "10 minutes" was a mistake and likely an automated answer. Either way, I wouldn't be this pissed about it hours later