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  • It is relatively inexpensive, the wait-staff all speak at least some English, and the Jardin is ideally located to hang out and watch the Ajijic world go by.

    Newbie-where to stay 2009

  • It is relatively inexpensive, the wait-staff all speak at least some English, and the Jardin is ideally located to hang out and watch the Ajijic world go by.

    Newbie-where to stay 2009

  • It is relatively inexpensive, the wait-staff all speak at least some English, and the Jardin is ideally located to hang out and watch the Ajijic world go by.

    Newbie-where to stay 2009

  • It is relatively inexpensive, the wait-staff all speak at least some English, and the Jardin is ideally located to hang out and watch the Ajijic world go by.

    Newbie-where to stay 2009

  • It is relatively inexpensive, the wait-staff all speak at least some English, and the Jardin is ideally located to hang out and watch the Ajijic world go by.

    Newbie-where to stay 2009

  • It is relatively inexpensive, the wait-staff all speak at least some English, and the Jardin is ideally located to hang out and watch the Ajijic world go by.

    Newbie-where to stay 2009

  • I also liked that my date had been there a lot and knew all the wait-staff.

    Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: 10 - The Big Shot 2010

  • He apparently thinks that when you treat wait-staff as if their services are purely optional, and make it clear that they have no right to demand a decent living wage, that this is going to somehow improve service.

    The Racial Tipping Point - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • I probably wouldn't have been that rough with bottle if I was pouring for myself, but I have yet to find a Belgian-style restaurant whose wait-staff doesn't have the impression that American Belgian beer enthusiasts want to drink a yeast colloid instead of a bright beer.

    Donavan Hall 2008

  • Picture us arriving at our table just as polite, hardworking and very speedy wait-staff whisk away all food and booze, except for one bottle of champagne.

    Roderick Spencer: Notes on Double Handbagging at the Golden Globes 2010

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