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    Thunder Bay Restaurant

    3.1 (212 reviews)
    ModerateAmerican
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    THUNDER BAY RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Laura, who insisted our family be separated, ruining the whole point of getting together for Thanksgiving.

    Thunder Bay ruined our Thanksgiving. We love Thunder Bay. We have booked many family gatherings here, including hosting over 150 people at my parents 60th anniversary before dad passed. We were down to just ten of us this year, from more than double that in years past. When we booked a 3pm gathering a month ago we did not see any problems. We arrived and checked in. We were told we would be split into two tables, which we accepted. We were then taken into separate rooms, on opposite sides of the building. Five people seated at a table for six, and five at a table for eight. Two tables for four were immediately adjacent to the table for six, and a table set for ten was right next to the table for eight. We pointed this out - asked her to please consider putting us together. "I know what I'm doing." "You have to have separate tables with different servers." "Just let me do my job!" I said, "You know a bad Yelp review will follow if you do this. We're not going to fight with you." The second table near us stayed open for ten minutes after we sat down. My family sat together. My brother's family sat together. But we didn't sit together. Our waitress was very nice but said she couldn't do anything because the manager had decided. Twice my brother went back up and asked again. "She's doubled down and was quite rude." We had troubles paying for the bills together at the end. Where we normally would have enjoyed getting together as family, we could have stayed home and saved almost $500. And while every other person was nice, we simply couldn't get over "Laura" (I believe) because separating our family on Thanksgiving. Coming from both a service and public facing background, I hate to throw anyone under the bus like that - but as my brother said she "doubled down" when we asked, nicely, repeatedly. Other employees had to apologize for her behavior. And what was once our favorite "go to" place I'm not sure we will return to. It wasn't just a misstep, it was an arrogance and ruined memory. Nobody goes out together to get separated and sit alone. Giving a second star only because the other employees don't deserve what she did, and we have so many family memories at Thunder Bay from years past.

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    Food still good. Service still VERY inattentive and slow. ( which is why we stopped coming on a regular basis )

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