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| - Glad there was a "no tip" option in their credit card machine, I used it.
I have a soft spot for the Latin culture, I lived in South America for a long time, and consider it to be part of my global "home"... Yet in Tu Tierra I wasn't even motivated to talk to those guys in Spanish.
Out from the door we were greeted by a nasty, fake smile of a "chief" waitress. That was it - than she turned her back to us and barely squeezed a couple of words through her mouth further on. Not just unfriendly, she was totally hostile - without a minimal reason or excuse.
Another server, all reverse, was trying to be helpful - but the "boss" one was hissing and bashing her all the time. The whole picture was disgusting, and keeping in mind that dining room (that with the window) was tiny, the whole drama was pretty punishing to all the visitors.
I thought maybe it was us, but in the next 15 or 20 minutes uncomfortable scenes were following one another! For example, elderly couple with a daughter enters the door and waits to be seated, next to the sign. Bossing server throws them "wait" and turns her back - than she and another server keep on moving around the room, completely ignoring the customers. After a long awkward pause, visitors sit on their own - and the servers toss them water like nothing happened!
We were lucky to be served by a "friendly" waitress, who was very kind and helpful. However, the food was very much so-so. It took ages to get it, portions were rather small (though cheap), meat was burned, vegetables were bland. Not cool.
Now we're done, seating and waiting, and nothing happens. We've noticed that people were going to the counter to pay, but thought it was because they were done waiting. Not sure if that's the rule, but after a long wait I've just raised my ass and went to pay at the counter. The "boss" waitress caught me in the middle and requested (not asked) which plates we've ordered. Done with that, I've paid to a guy at the bar and off we went - felt like breathing fresh air again.
I don't know what the hell was wrong with that principal server, as she greeted a selected two or three customers in a very friendly manner, but we were not so lucky. Our stay was miserable, food mediocre, and overall experience a clearly never return, never recommend.
PS: Parking there was a terrible crap, too - tiny little spots, placed at an angle. Keeping in mind that most people are unable to stay within those yellow lines, one may as well park on the street, or risk damaging the car. Another reason not to visit Tu Tierra.
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