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| - For downtown phx, this place was once pretty cool. But the 'bigger' it got, the portions got smaller, the food got worse and the service got snottier and it's pretty much a skip now.
I do love a few of the menu items. But I think its mostly due to the large amount of MSG used in the them and the excellent tofu preparation. The sauces are one step from the grocery store otherwise, and hugely overpriced for what they are.
The concept of making people wait even when the restaurant is empty is ridiculous. It doesn't make you look cool, Fate, it makes you look like you don't give a shit about your customers. Also, the hiring practice there seems to be 'no serving experience, vapid, hipster, 'hot' girl?' PERFECT! and thus, the service often blows. (save for a few servers that have been there forever, and are awesome)
I used to love this place when the food was better and it was less pretentious years ago. Now its just overrated and overhyped. A true sign of how a lack of competition allows even the worst to survive.
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