huge disappointment. my husband and i have been driving past sundance for the past 15 years, but for one reason or another, we have always chosen other restaurants. we were searching for a restaurant for our anniversary dinner, and wanted to go someplace we hadn’t been before, so we made a reservation for an early sunday dinner on our anniversary. we ended up arriving about 40 minutes early, and fully expected to wait in the bar, but were pleasantly surprised that they were able to seat us right away. much to our dismay, they seated us at a small table for two, located in the intersection of the kitchen and the stairs leading from the entrance to that small dining area. my chair was literally inches from the stairs. in addition the condiment station was located directly above our table. seconds after we were seated, a waitperson was reaching over my left shoulder for a-1 sauce as a near collision between a wait person exiting the kitchen and the hostess seating another party occurred. it was clear that the small table we were seated at was an afterthought and should never been located where it was.
the nice gentleman who brought our water noticed that we were uncomfortable and said he would ask the hostess to seat us at another table. since there seem to be no shortage of tables (at 5:30pm), we didn’t think this would be an issue. the hostess came to our table to tell us she would “check to see if she should could try to move us.” needless to say she didn’t return. i ended up going to the hostess station and after acknowledging that we were in fact early for our reservation, asked her if we waited, could we be seated at another table. she informed me that no, that was in fact where they were seating us for our 6pm reservation as well since they have to save the 4 tops for larger parties. i pointed out to her that there was a party of two in our area seated at a four top, and her response was “they were seated before you.” my response to her was, well, “now you have another table for two available.” my husband i left and went down the street to fleming’s steakhouse, which was definitely more crowded than sundance. although we had no reservations, within minutes of our arrival, we were seated at a lovely table for two, and had a great meal with great service. we suspect the food at sundance is wonderful, but we’ll never know because we’ll never be back.