Booked reservation for 2 but show up with 4?
Hi guys, I made a mistake when I booked a reservation on OpenTable for a super high demand restaurant. I’ve been trying to get a reservation for months and happened to be on the app right when some new slots opened up for tomorrow night. I booked one quickly because I kept getting beaten to it the last couple days a slot opened up. Well I didn’t realize the reservation defaulted to 2 instead of 4. Totally my fault.
When I tried to adjust it to 4 there were no longer any slots left. Except for a 9:15pm one which was only available for 2 (it disappeared if I changed the party size to 4). So I essentially am stuck with the reservation for 2 and their booking seems to be very specific for 2 versus 4.
I messaged the restaurant to explain what happened and ask if it is possible to be accommodated and offered to come earlier or later. But they don’t open until tomorrow at 5pm so idk if they will see it in time.
Should I just cancel it all together? The restaurant is super cramped so I’m thinking they won’t have the bandwidth since we were probably booked for a 2-top or something. I don’t want to be that jerk. I was also really looking forward to treating my friends who are only in town for that night. If I book another reservation at a different restaurant then I am purposely screwing one of them. Honest thoughts?