Yeah don't take a 2-year-old to a dinner like that. Do it later, when they are old enough to sit through it or get a sitter.
It's only a few years when they are this needy. You'll survive without exotic vacations and fancy restaurants for that time.
We live in HK where it's part of the culture to have restaurant meals with family from an early age. We started bringing him weekly around 4 months old. At least our son got quickly used to it and it's the same for a lot of our friends. They can handle 2 hours dinner without tablets...
I think it's culture dependent and maybe the fact that in most cases the food is in shared in the middle of the table makes it more engaging?