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Went to this IHOP this morning & was never treated so rudely in my life. I m visiting for the Chicago area & today was my granddaughters birthday. When she got up this morning, she wanted IHOP for her breakfast, so my son, daughter-in-law, 3 grandkids, & myself drove up the road for pancakes. We waited about 20 minutes & my son said that to save some time on this busy Saturday, he d take his sons for a haircut right next to the IHOP. He got a menu from the man standing at the hostess podium & told his wife what to order for him in case they didn t get back by the time we were seated. The 2 boys also told mom what they wanted. A few minutes later, they called our number. When the man saw that there were only 3 of us, he told us that he would not seat us until they returned. We tried to explain that they were coming right back, & that we had their orders ready to avoid the restaurant from not being able to turn the table in a timely manner. The man basically told us too bad. When my daugher-in-law asked to speak with a manager, he told her to contact the IHOP.com complaint line. She then asked for his name, & he ignored her. At this time, she went to the cashier & asked for contact information to file a complaint. I tried to talk to the man & he told me I am done talking to you . At this time a manager finally appeared, and after talking to her for several minutes, she finally sat us. We asked the manager, cashier, & server all for the man s name & no one would tell us. Since he was not wearing a name tag, we finally seduced that he was probably the owner. Easpecially since he disappeared for the remainder of our visit. Regardless of who he was, it is always corporate policy for a name to be given when a customer requests it. The whole time I was trying to speak to this ingrate, he kept calling table numbers, & looked through me as though I weren t there. I m sorry, but this is totally unacceptable at any business. Our server was wonderful and knew ahead of time that we were likely going to be disgruntled customers to begin with. She did a great job, & was compensated accordingly. This is something that the man at the front of the store should be considering when turning customers away because of a policy. Policies are NOT laws written in stone, & I know that we certainly won t be returning there. BTW, the manager did a great job in settling the situation, & she should be commended for allowing the policy of the store to be stretched according to the situation.