Is there an amount of time where you would think you have waited long enough and walk out?

I think even if a place is busy, a host or someone should acknowledge me within ten minutes. If not, I'm out.

10 minutes is a long time to wait if you're just standing there waiting to be acknowledged. In fact, I would find 5 minutes to feel too long (it is amazing how long just one minute can feel when you're waiting).

I don't "wait well", but much depends on what's going on while I'm waiting. If I can see that they're truly swamped, and I still want to eat there, then I may be more willing. If I see no good reason for the wait then the chances of me leaving are very good.

Fifteen minutes and I'm already irritated, twenty and it's time to either go somewhere else or come back later.

If its worth waiting for then Ill wait if not, 10 minutes tops.

5 mins. Waiting is a different story, but I would expect you to at least acknowledge my presence and let me know you're working to get me a table.

I don't remember ever having to wait for a table, but I can't see doing it longer than ten minutes. If it isn't a formal occasion, then we can go somewhere else...and if it is, then I would have called ahead of time to reserve a table.

I expect to be acknowledged fairly soon after I enter to either be seated or at least have my name taken with some estimation of how much longer it will be from there.

Depends on how busy they are, usually 15m is my absolute limit, but again, depends on how busy they are

CeCe wrote:

I expect to be acknowledged fairly soon after I enter to either be seated or at least have my name taken with some estimation of how much longer it will be from there.

I get pissed off if 30 seconds passes without acknowledgement. I mean, if we gotta wait for someone to acknowledge us AND send us to appropriate seating, I expect them to know people are coming in!

Don't let me be with my Brooklyn and Bronx friends.....3.25 good seconds and the whole restaurant getting disrupted like none other!