"Stormkeep;c-18082390" wrote:
You can "close" the restaurant by clicking the door and what it does is stop further guests from coming, but the restaurant itself continues to operate and serve existing customers that are already there. I suggest doing that when tables get full and a queue starts to build at the host stand.
Open it again, by clicking the door, as soon as the line at the host stand is gone.
I didn't know about the door. I did know you can disallow new customers from the host's stand which i have been doing from 3pm so the remaining customers can finish their meals.