We assign seats at random, by putting place mats labelled $1,2,3,\dots, A, B, C$ at random in front of the $10$ chairs. The place mats labelled $A,B,C$ indicate where any person apart from $1$ to $7$ may sit. A pair of lovers now enters the room, and they wish to sit together. We find the probability that they can do so without asking anybody to move.
The only thing that matters is the placement of $A, B, C$. And since the table is round, all that matters is the placement of $B$ and $C$ relative to $A$. So we have $9$ empty spaces, and have to choose $2$ of them. There are $\binom{9}{2}$ choices, all equally likely.
We count the bad choices. For a choice to be bad, it must involve choosing $2$ non-adjacent seats from the $7$ not next to $A$. There are $\binom{7}{2}$ ways to choose $2$ seats, of which $6$ give an adjacent pair. So there are $15$ bad choices, out of the $\binom{9}{2}$ choices. Thus the probability there will be an adjacent pair is $\frac{21}{36}$.
Label the couples A, B, C so that the six people are A$_{1}$, A$_{2}$, B$_{1}$, B$_{2}$, C$_{1}$ and $C_{2}$.
Now, consider your 6 seats: _ _ _ _ _ _
There are 6 choices for who can sit in the first seat; without loss of generality, say it's A$_{1}$.
There are 4 choices for who can sit in the second seat (anyone else but A$_{2}$); without loss of generality, let's say this is B$_{1}$.
Our table now looks like this: A$_{1}$ B$_{1}$ _ _ _ _
For the 3rd seat, we just can't have B$_{2}$, so we can either have A$_{2}$ or one of the C's; I'll split this into 2 cases.
Case 1: A$_{2}$ sits in the third seat.
A$_{1}$ B$_{1}$ A$_{2}$ _ _ _
Now the fourth seat can't be B$_{2}$, otherwise the C's will sit next to each other in the last two seats. So the fourth seat must be one of the C's; there are 2 choices for this. Then the fifth seat must be B$_{2}$ and the sixth must be the other C.
Thus there are $6*4*1*2*1*1 = 48$ ways for Case 1 to happen.
Case 2: One of the C's sits in the third seat; there are 2 possibilities for this. Let's say it's C$_{1}$
A$_{1}$ B$_{1}$ C$_{1}$ _ _ _
Then there are 2 choices for the fourth seat: A$_{2}$ or B$_{2}$. I'll treat these as subcases.
Case 2.1: A$_{2}$ sits fourth.
A$_{1}$ B$_{1}$ C$_{1}$ A$_{2}$ _ _
For the fifth seat, we have 2 choices, and then 1 for the sixth.
Thus $6*4*2*1*2*1 = 96$ possibilities for this case.
Case 2.2: B$_{2}$ sits fourth.
A$_{1}$ B$_{1}$ C$_{1}$ B$_{2}$ _ _
For the fifth seat, there is only one possibility: A$_{2}$, since otherwise A$_{2}$ would be in the sixth seat, which is adjacent to the first (the table is circular). Of course there is only one possibility for the sixth.
Thus there are $6*4*2*1*1*1 = 48$ ways for Case 2.2 to happen.
There are then $48+96+48 = 192$ possible seating arrangements. The probability of this happening is $\frac{192}{6!} = \frac{192}{720} = \frac{4}{15} \approx 0.267$
Best Answer
For the number of arrangements, imagine that one of the chairs is a throne, and the Queen is one of the group at Applebee's. She sits down first, of course, on the throne. Her Consort has $2$ choices of chair. Now let us seat the other couples one at a time, counterclockwise from the Queen-Consort pair.
The person chosen to occupy the chair immediately counterclockwise from the royal pair can be chosen in $16$ ways. Now the occupant of the next chair is determined. The person chosen to occupy the next chair after that can be chosen in $14$ ways, and then the occupant of the chair after that is determined. And so on.
Multiply. We get $(2)(16)(14)(12)\cdots (4)(2)$. This can also be written as $(2^9)(8!)$.