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| - Tried Momofuku Daisho as part of Winterlicious on Jan 31. Chaotic experience from the arrival. We entered through the Noodle Bar on the ground floor, where there were 3 staff around the entrance way. None of them acknowledged us and stood around chatting, even though the restaurant was packed. We told them we had reservations for Daisho but we were about 20 minutes early. One of them grunted that it was on the 3rd floor and went back to gossiping. We went up to the 2nd floor first to see if we could get a drink at the bar. Sat at the bar for a few minutes before a staff member rudely advised us it was closed. Unimpressed.
We went for a walk around the block to calm down, and returned at 8 p.m. to Daisho. We were seated pretty quickly upstairs. The first staff took my coat, then 2 other staff came to see if I needed assistance with a coat. It was weird since I was standing around bare armed in January.
Shared table - did not enjoy sharing our table with another couple. I felt like I was intruding on their date, and they were in the way of ours.
Ordering confusion - there was a price on the top of the menu for winterlicious, then each entree and appetizer was broken out with pricing underneath it. Added up the prices and it would have been cheaper to order a la carte than the winterlicious menu - not logical.
We got the steamed buns - 2 vegetarian ones for me, one pork & one vegetarian one for my companion. Taste was fine.
Waiter tried to rush our bottle of wine to us when I still had half a beer, was very strange. Was also pushy on getting dessert on the table when we still had a quarter of a glass of wine. Please, let me enjoy my marked up wine before you add the next course.
Partner had the beef cheek, I had the trout. Both were fine in terms of presentation and serving temperature. Nothing to brag about.
Both of us had banana chocolate mousse for dessert. Overly sweet.
Today I cannot keep anything in besides clear liquid, not pleased.
Overpriced for what you are getting. We went cause of the hype of the name, and we were put off by inattentive service and high prices. Won't be back.
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