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| - ast night, we went to the Peoria location for my nephew's graduation. We made a 5:30 reservation for dining, but when we go there, we asked for it to be changed to teppanyaki for 6 pm because a member of our party was running late, which the hostess wrote down on the reservation list. While we were waiting, we sat in the bar for happy hour. The bartender was working by herself and had exactly one happy hour table card to share with our party of six as well as the rest of the bar. When I asked her what was in a drink on the happy hour menu, she said she didn't know and gave me one of the beverage menus. I have never had this happen in over 25 years that a bartender did not know a drink on a happy hour menu. When our last party member arrived at 6 pm, the manager walked us to a dining seating. We told him that we asked for teppanyaki and he said that they were all booked up all night long. No one told us this at 5:30 when we asked for our reservation to be changed and I told him so. He just repeated that they were all booked up. So, we sat at a dining seating. When we sat down, the waitress only gave us four menus for our party of seven. Really? You don't have enough menus for everyone at the table have their own menu? And the restaurant wasn't even that full! Fine, we shared; we are a close family and can read fast. Our waitress took our order. (Just to note, by the time we ordered, there was one teppanyaki table completely empty!) Everyone, except for me ordered teppanyaki. I ordered two apps for dinner (I am not a big fan of seasoned rice) and told the waitress that I would like them brought with the rest of the meals, which I have done before at other restaurants without any problem. The waitress said it that was fine. Well, the kitchen didn't get that message because I received one of my appetizers about fifteen minutes later. I again told the waitress I would like my appetizers when the rest of the meals were brought out and she said, "Well, the kitchen had them ready now." She didn't offer to bring it back and get me a fresh one when the others got their meal. About fifteen minutes later (yes, 15 minutes!) she brought my other appetizer. I again told her I wanted it with the other food, and she apologized, but nothing else. So not to eat alone again, I waited another 15 minutes before the other meals came to eat them. The teppanyaki main dishes came after 7 pm; we were seated at 6 pm. That is kind of crazy! So, I ate one part of my meal alone and the other part of my meal cold and waited an hour for everyone to get their meal. We spent over $250 dollars at Ah So last night for drinks, dinner, and sushi. I have never been treated so rudely by a manager and had such poor service. I will never go to Ah So again. I will happily spend my money elsewhere.
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