“We booked a table for four and stayed until they put the chairs up. The cutlet really is as big as everyone says.”

“My father's seventieth in the garden. Thirty people at one long table under the trees, and not a single thing we had to chase.”

“Our wedding by the lake. The team knew the order of the evening better than we did, and the dancing went on long after the last bus.”

“The first team dinner where nobody looked at their phone. Good food, one long table and no speeches.”

“Came in after a long walk, soaked through. They lit the stove for us and brought soup before we had even ordered.”