Seriously. I arrive a bit early to meet my friend for dinner and am looking forward to unwinding and having a drink before she arrives and I am told that I can't be seated until my friend arrives as they only seat 'full parties'. There are TWO of us!!! I get it with a table of 8-10+ but 2 people!! To boot, the joint is EMPTY!!!!!
Standing on the sidewalk outside of an EMPTY restaurant I was NOT impressed! When did people begin thinking that bad service equals prestige?
As my friend picked the place so we stayed and I did my best to hide my overall annoyance. They made a pretty big deal about the seating, telling us we either had to sit in the centre of 2 larger groups in a shared table (you couldn't even tell there were spots there the table was so crowded) or we could wait 15-20 minutes for another seat. Now, although there were some people there by then it was still half empty. My annoyance broke through and I think the guy realized it and then offered a seat at the end of a long empty table. I should point out that although this was a table for 8 people we were the only ones sitting there throughout our meal. Why were we going to have to wait 15-20 minutes??? UGH!
Anyway, the food was pretty good. I had the Chef's Special Pad Tai and Fried Tofu. The tofu was particularly good, not greasy, firm and tasty. I tried the tai iced tea, which I had never had before and won't again. I don't know if it was 'good' or not but it tasted like eagle brand milk with mango juice. Not my thing. My friend had a beef curry which she enjoyed and a friend veggie plate. Overall, good food but I am not likely to return due to the pretentiousness.