Yep , mandatory reservations are needed, and credit card number must be given ahead of time.
Of course if they instituted such a system I’m sure someone would complain about it.
Be like gas stations. Demand payment when they order. Or be like drive-throughs & demand money when food is delivered. The first option is best: have them pay when ordering.
Our local Denny’s is consistently good, fresh, clean, and affordable. We visit about twice a month (sometimes my husband and I will go out, sometimes we will take the two “kids” still at home, sometimes it’s one of us with one of our kids).
The manager knows us. The wait staff recognize us. We tip well, are polite, and pre-stack/clean our table when we are done. I worked in the restaurant industry in college and respect the folks in it now.
I would have no problem with a reservation system.
Then again, I’m not a useless slug who steals from hardworking people.
Plus who in the world would make reservations to eat at Denny’s?