2. Dock's Oyster House

I have the most outrageous story regarding Docks. My sister, her fiancee and I all drove up from Cape May to eat at Docks being that it was recommended by a Philadelphia newspaper. When we got there, we walked in at 6:30 and asked for a table for three people. The somewhat suspect host looked at his computer and stated that he couldn't get us in until "after 7:30." When we looked at our watches and considered sitting at the bar to drink and eat oysters in the meantime, the host interjected that he wouldn't have a place until 8:00. A woman, who I suspect was a co-owner, walked up and explained that they had another restaurant about 10 blocks away, called them on the phone and confirmed that they had seats available. As we walked out, my sister's fiancee and I both thought the whole situation was strange, so I decided to call and attempt to make a reservation. The time was 6:38pm. My reservation for three people was confirmed for 6:45pm! We waited until 6:45 and then my sister's fiancee and I both walked back in to cancel our reservation. The host was, of course, surprised to see me again, and dumbfounded when I told him that I had a reservation at 6:45. I told him that I would actually like to cancel the reservation, being that they had turned away our business when they saw us in person. The manager had been close by and said, "Well if we had known you had a reservation, there wouldn't have beeen a problem." At which point I explained that we didn't have a reservation until after we had been denied service. Other customers were starting to notice the conversation, so I leaned in and said, "I'm not here to make a scene, but if we're not appropriately dressed to be here, that's all you have to say." At which point the manager threw her hands up in the air and said, "it has nothing to do with the way you're dressed. There's no problems with the way you're dressed." So should I assume the problem is that I'm Asian? We bid the host and manager a goodnight and went for fried seafood baskets down the street.