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| - Origin India, to me, is one of those places where you really want to like to like it for what it is but I guess the staff were having an off night the day I went.
The overall restaurant ambiance is nice and I remember the nice hostess seating us quickly. Everything after that was kind of weird, to say the least. Our waiter constantly kept trying to upsell us, which is good sometimes, but we were pretty set on what we wanted and he kept pushing us to change our mind for something more expensive (I eventually told him I'm not a fan of lamb nor any kind of meat because I don't eat meat and he stopped haha). The food took a while to come out but it did and it was pretty good. The samosas were a bit cold in the middle but I didn't bother to tell anyone because I was hungry. I also remember the Indian tea to be really yummy so try that out the next time you're in there.
Also, for some reason, the staff were bickering at each other all night. Our waiter was fighting with the bartender and the bartender was telling the hostess to tell the waiter to go away and leave him alone etc, etc. I not sure what the bustle was all about but it kept getting worse and guess what? The waiter forgot about us. A younger dude (maybe a manager? owner?) kept coming over while we ate to ask if everything was ok as well. I just nodded and continued to eat because after awhile because I didn't want to state the obvious and tell him about the problem between the staff or the samosas.
Finally, we were ready to leave and I called for the check. At this point, the manager (?) was gone and we had to wait on our waiter. It took a little bit because he went to the back for something and waited on some people coming into the restaurant. I thought that was kind of odd.. he should have just given me my check and I could've signed it and been on my way. But, Origin India does it different. If you have a card (credit or debit) they have you use their CC machine at the table. It was a bit awkward because it gives you option to manually put in a tip but I pressed okay and it automatically set me up for an 18% tip. Now, my experience was nowhere near warranting an 18% tip but THE WAITER WAS STANDING RIGHT ABOVE ME waiting for me to press okay. I felt weird asking how to go back on my tip for a more suitable tip so I just pressed okay and off the waiter went.
Overall, it was an interesting experience. I hope the waiter became a little happier with my generous tip. Not sure how I feel about coming back to this place but if I do, I know how not to get tricked into a 18% tip!
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