Some O'ahu Restaurants Had More than 50 No Shows
If you’re doing this, please stop: More diners than ever are making restaurant reservations and not showing up. One large Waikīkī eatery had 150 no-shows in a single day; after that, it eliminated reservations entirely and now only takes walk-in customers. At Little Joe’s Steakhouse in Iwilei and The Signature Prime Steak & Seafood at Ala Moana, 25 to 30% of customers cancel bookings or simply don’t show up every day. “After such a long spell of losses, and operating at a limited capacity, we are still trying to recoup. No-shows are one, two, five, 10 meals we could have sold,”...
Source: honolulumagazine.com