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| - What a disaster - decent food, incredibly stupid and incompetent service. Unless you want to overpay for adequate food and hopelessly incompetent service, find another restaurant.
Friend and I went there for dinner - we usually eat at the bar, and so we did this time. There were a couple of ladies who looked to be friends of the bartender/server who were given exclusive focus. The music kept changing mid-song to whatever, volume going up and down and the experience was generally unpleasant. Uh, when there are only four others at the bar, getting a drink should not take 10 minutes.
Cocktail was pretty good. We ordered a bottle of Sparkling wine which the server did not know how to open - reason I mention this is because the bottle was pointed towards the hanging glasses and if the cork had exploded (which I've seen on more than one occasion), every one would have been showered with glass shards.
Appetizers - Ceviche were quite good, but I've had better for less.
Oh, we ordered the main courses - my friend ordered beef and I ordered fish - even pointed at the menu entry couple of times. Entering them into the computer seemed to be an onerous task with many questions that were answered when we ordered the dish.
35 minutes later, my friend gets his beef (far too well done) and I get some kind of a meat dish, not the fish I ordered. This sets up another monumental discussion between the two servers. I told my friend to eat his while they replace my dish. That takes another 40 minutes by which time I was frustrated and ready to walk out. The fish comes out - served on a cold plate which was already making congealing the sauce. I'd rate this as adequate - I've had better at half the price.
For this experience the bill was $150 - nothing was removed from the bill or nothing else was offered. When we mentioned this to the newly arrived "manager", her expression was like "what, you want me own up to my mistake and at least and compensate you for your inconvenience?"
Needless to say, will not be returning and making sure none of my dining friends will ever darken their doors.
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