Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 20:18     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
As an adult, I would not wait an hour for a table at a restaurant. I don't have the patience to wait that long. I would have gone to target and picked up milk, eggs, juice, bread, and gone home and made breakfast. I would be able to shop, go home, cook, eat, and clean up in the hour it would take to be seated.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 20:17     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
That pop-tart is the biggest letdown in the history of letdowns. It's a blob of jelly in horrible pastry, covered in a pound of sprinkles. So gross.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 20:12     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:Kid-friendly has nothing to do with how long you have to wait for a table. As a PP stated above, it's about whether the restaurant makes accommodations for children, which TB does. They have high chairs, a kid's menu and pop tarts for heaven's sake. I'd be annoyed about the bad table wait estimation, but that has nothing to do with whether or not they're kid-friendly. Plus, this restaurant just opened. Give it some time to work out the kinks.


Agree!
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 20:10     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.



Who would wait two hours to eat at a chain restaurant? Aren't there better things to be doing? Geez. Learn how to cook.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 19:22     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.

NP here. You'd prefer my kid running around you in a crowded wait area?


It would be such a shame if he tripped over a foot while he was running...
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 19:19     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:Kid-friendly has nothing to do with how long you have to wait for a table. As a PP stated above, it's about whether the restaurant makes accommodations for children, which TB does. They have high chairs, a kid's menu and pop tarts for heaven's sake. I'd be annoyed about the bad table wait estimation, but that has nothing to do with whether or not they're kid-friendly. Plus, this restaurant just opened. Give it some time to work out the kinks.


This just be the difference between DC and NoVA. IMO opinion this is a pretty low standard for kid-friendly - feels like there are very few places in VA that don't have kids menus, crayons, and high chairs.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 18:02     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Kid-friendly has nothing to do with how long you have to wait for a table. As a PP stated above, it's about whether the restaurant makes accommodations for children, which TB does. They have high chairs, a kid's menu and pop tarts for heaven's sake. I'd be annoyed about the bad table wait estimation, but that has nothing to do with whether or not they're kid-friendly. Plus, this restaurant just opened. Give it some time to work out the kinks.


Really?? I think the sine qua non of kid friendly MUST be that they give you an accurate wait time and bring the food promptly. I'd much rather sit my kid at a chair with no high chair and no crayons than wait for an hour, then wait another hour for food.


If the kitchen has new staff and backed up, you wait. Bring your toys, crayons or tablet and give kids a snack. Simple.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:55     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Kid-friendly has nothing to do with how long you have to wait for a table. As a PP stated above, it's about whether the restaurant makes accommodations for children, which TB does. They have high chairs, a kid's menu and pop tarts for heaven's sake. I'd be annoyed about the bad table wait estimation, but that has nothing to do with whether or not they're kid-friendly. Plus, this restaurant just opened. Give it some time to work out the kinks.


Really?? I think the sine qua non of kid friendly MUST be that they give you an accurate wait time and bring the food promptly. I'd much rather sit my kid at a chair with no high chair and no crayons than wait for an hour, then wait another hour for food.


Well, then you'd be wrong
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:49     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Kid-friendly has nothing to do with how long you have to wait for a table. As a PP stated above, it's about whether the restaurant makes accommodations for children, which TB does. They have high chairs, a kid's menu and pop tarts for heaven's sake. I'd be annoyed about the bad table wait estimation, but that has nothing to do with whether or not they're kid-friendly. Plus, this restaurant just opened. Give it some time to work out the kinks.


Really?? I think the sine qua non of kid friendly MUST be that they give you an accurate wait time and bring the food promptly. I'd much rather sit my kid at a chair with no high chair and no crayons than wait for an hour, then wait another hour for food.


But you're missing the fact that maybe they just had a bad day/maybe had new (bad) hosts/just opened, etc. Did you talk to the manager?
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:40     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:Kid-friendly has nothing to do with how long you have to wait for a table. As a PP stated above, it's about whether the restaurant makes accommodations for children, which TB does. They have high chairs, a kid's menu and pop tarts for heaven's sake. I'd be annoyed about the bad table wait estimation, but that has nothing to do with whether or not they're kid-friendly. Plus, this restaurant just opened. Give it some time to work out the kinks.


Really?? I think the sine qua non of kid friendly MUST be that they give you an accurate wait time and bring the food promptly. I'd much rather sit my kid at a chair with no high chair and no crayons than wait for an hour, then wait another hour for food.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:38     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Ha, no, quite the opposite. But anyone who expects a hungry preschooler to wait quietly for an hour for breakfast probably would be advised to have an iPad on hand.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:36     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Kid-friendly has nothing to do with how long you have to wait for a table. As a PP stated above, it's about whether the restaurant makes accommodations for children, which TB does. They have high chairs, a kid's menu and pop tarts for heaven's sake. I'd be annoyed about the bad table wait estimation, but that has nothing to do with whether or not they're kid-friendly. Plus, this restaurant just opened. Give it some time to work out the kinks.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:35     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Personally I don't go anywhere with my kids that doesn't take reservations. And if it's a "wait" kind of place, I will go very early. I never would have waited in the first place. Sorry OP but Sunday morning brunch is not predictable.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:33     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:
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.

NP here. You'd prefer my kid running around you in a crowded wait area?
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2014 17:33     Subject: Ted's Bulletin (Merrifield) is NOT kid-friendly
Anonymous wrote:
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.


This is OP and I'll take your $50. We almost never bring out the devices. That's why I prefer places with solid service.