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A: So I’ve been using Open Table for a while now. For those of you who haven’t visited, it’s an online reservation website that allows you to browse through a number of restaurants, search places that have reservations for your time-frame, and gives you a $10 for every 10 reservations that you make using their site. It just so happens that one of my favorite places, The Bombay Cafe, is hooked up to their online reservation system. The maitre d’ at Bombay Cafe saw that I had used Open Table and thanked me, saying that not a lot of people used Open Table and that it saved the restaurant some time. I think it’s a great and fast way to make reservations, plus, being a grad. student, I’m a sucker for their $10 gifties. The only problem with Open Table I’ve noticed is that sometimes they show no reservations open for a restaurant when there are openings available…well, that and their selection of restaurants is limited.

Do you use Open Table? Have you had good/bad experiences?

A: We're a newly-married couple that lives in West Los Angeles. We're both graduate students at UCLA. Alison is a medievalist-in-training and Kevin is working on his Ph.D. in Computer Science. We both have developed a love for cooking and exploring the amazing culinary landscape of Los Angeles.