Four of us had reservations for the "Grand ReOpening" thursday 23 May 2013 and were turned down at the door before getting inside.
Samy came to the door as we walked up, he was very nice but seemed frazzled, and we said we had reservations from a couple days ago. He mentioned that they had fired their PR company and were no longer accepting any of the reservations. We never got an email back or a call about that cancellation.
Nobody was inside seated but roughly 4-5 employees were standing about.
We looked inside after the 'no reservations' comment... and asked if we could still be seated and order? Samy promptly replied "No sorry we are closed". We walked away.
Now... we walked up excited to check it out and were going in with good intentions... everybody deserves a first-hand look and review of their own. But they're continuously turning down paying customers... I've seen the show. I've seen the mess on their FB and social media. I was around when the original Yelp stuff went down with Joel and then on ChowBella... It's a story for sure. Just wish I was able to try it out for myself.
Not sure where they'll be in 6mo...