Of all the first world problems,Hong Kong Archives waiting to be seated at a restaurant when you're really hungry is one of the worst. But you should probably expect it on a Saturday night.
However, Peter W, a hungry pizza-lover, had a very different expectation when he went to Rudy's Neapolitan Pizza in Manchester, England.
After arriving at the very busy restaurant, the expectant diner was told there was a two-hour wait and that there was no guarantee that he could be served.
Peter W grew frustrated, left and took it out on Rudy's in TripAdvisor.
SEE ALSO: Hot guy lives his dream by traveling the world to eat pizzaPeter W left his review on Rudy's Neapolitan Pizza's TripAdvisor page:
Arrived here at 7:45 p.m., after struggling to find a parking space, left at 7:48 p.m., after politely being told that there was no guarantees we would be served, due to the ovens being turned off at 9:30 p.m.. It was packed with people [Saturday] evening, to be honest I travelled from Bollington to Manchester, and I won't try this place again.
Jim M, the owner of the restaurant, or someone who claimed to be, spotted the negative review and sent quite an awesome, analytical response to the hangry patron.
Honestly, just read the whole thing.
Peter, are you actually serious???
You do understand that we are a tiny independent restaurant right…and that you've just crucified us for being too busy? We can do absolutely nothing about the amount of time people wish to wait for a table here. On Saturday (the busiest night of the week for any restaurant!), it got to over two and a half hours wait for a table, correct. Most people are happy to wait and are in a queue so there must be a cut off for taking in more customers or we'd potentially be here until the early morning cooking if we didn't.
Just to clarify. We don't turn out ovens off at 9:30 p.m.. We close the kitchen... But this doesn't mean we stop cooking. On Saturday we were still cooking at 10:30 p.m.... And this was with customers who were in the queue before you. Does this really warrant you labeling our restaurant as terrible?? Trip advisor should be about eating the food and enjoying the atmosphere and service... But even though your only encounter with us was considered polite, you've used it to vent your anger at us for council parking, your geographical location prior to visiting us, and us being too busy to seat you???
I’m not sure there the is any restaurant in the whole of Manchester that I’d expect to rock up to at nearly 8 p.m. on a Saturday night and get seated straight away if I hadn’t booked or the restaurant didn’t take bookings.
Here's the scenario you would [have] liked. "Hi Peter, oh, yeah let's just forget about these 200 people who were here in the queue before you... I feel [you're] likely to one star us so step this way and I'll seat you straight away"
We're very sorry for not having space to seat you.... But come on... try to support indys by accepting the scenario or even congratulating us on being so busy (like other customers who've been turned away have done) rather than trying to damage us using this stress inducing points based system website.
All the bestJim and Kate
Jim explained how they cannot stop their restaurant from being so popular, and that most restaurants have long waits on Saturday nights. The only way to accommodate everyone who shows up on a Saturday night would be to keep their kitchen open until the early morning.
Their pizza looks good enough to drive from Bollington to Manchester for – but now we know showing up early is key.

Peter, perhaps you should come on a weeknight next time.
[H/T: Manchester Evening News]
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