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| - I'm going to start this review by saying I hope that my experience was an isolated one and no one else experiences the same thing because I am still very upset and appalled by the service I received from Bar Fancy.
The night started off well enough, my friend was already seated at the far back table near the door so we quickly sat ourselves around 7:15 (after "Fancy Hour" so everything was full price for us). No one came to provide us with the menu for a good 10-15 minutes at least, which is fine, they looked busy. After getting the menu we had some questions, which the waiter kindly answered and even provided a beer recommendation for my friend.
I'll talk about the food first and get it out of the way. It was not the best and definitely overpriced for what you're getting. But again, we were okay with that because we knew what we were getting ourselves into (I had seen the blogto post but despite the comments I decided to give a new restaurant a shot.. something I don't usually do and after this experience, I will never do again). We came for the chicken first and foremost ($18). So, I was surprised that it was not up to par at all. It was very greasy and although tender and moist (that was probably the best part about it), the seasoning did not sit well with me and I felt a bit nauseated the remainder of the night. The hot sauce it came with was amazing though - VERY spicy! We also got olives ($3, just your average olives) and the dirty nachos ($9, these were good, I liked that the nacho chips were seasoned) to start. We were still hungry so we got the shrimp burger. There was 4 of us so we asked the waiter if it could be cut into 4 pieces for us (it came cut diagonally). He responded by saying that "the chef doesn't like to do things differently" and suggested that we cut it ourselves with the cutlery we had. Ok fine, sometimes people are busy and don't want to do extra things, no big deal. The sandwich was probably the most disappointing out of everything we ordered. It was a sad mystery meat looking patty that didn't remotely taste like pork or shrimp and was slathered with mayo and shredded iceberg lettuce on white wonder bread (all for a small charge of $9.50!). We didn't even finish it. We also got the artichoke dip ($6) that came with the ritz crackers. I thought it was pretty good but would have liked more crackers to dip.
It was all downhill after that. When the table was cleared by another waiter (not the person who was originally serving us), he asked us how we liked the shrimp burger. His response was a nonchalant "ok". Even then we were not too offended (the usual response I get is "oh I'm sorry, why not?). As our table was cleared we naturally wanted the bill and call it a night. After waiting what seemed liked a long time (I honestly don't remember) we turned around and tried to get the attention of either our waiter or the person who he was chatting with at the bar. I was waving my hand and my friend tried to get their attention as well. Even after locking eyes with my friend, he still didn't come. Then when he finally decided we were worth his time he looked over and kind of nodded at us to show that we had his attention. So I made the international sign for "the bill" (you know, you kind of squiggle your hand like you're signing a note in the air) and he nodded and brought it to us.
By now we were pretty upset. Especially after he blatantly ignored us and then didn't even bother to come over and ask us what we needed. He brought the bill and we split it between the 4 of us without tip included. My rule of thumb is to divvy it out and then people can tip how much they want. I usually tip in cash as I've been told by my waiter friends that it's easier than tipping on the machine, which was what I was planning on doing - DESPITE the rude service I had already received. But then when my last friend was done paying with the machine, the waiter tallied up our bills and said to us "YOU GIRLS PAID $4 TIP ON A $70 TAB, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. FIGURE IT OUT" and then tosses the bill back on the table and walks away. Now, I eat out A LOT, multiple times a week and I have NEVER had such appalling service. My friend was so shocked that she even went up to bar to try and explain (nicely I might add, without shouting or swearing), saying how we had our wallets out and were going to tip more but now that he said that we didn't want to anymore. At first his response was "well a lot of people dine and dash that's why I reacted like that" (we had already paid for the bill in full, I have no idea what he meant by that - not to mention we had ordered a substantial amount of food, not like we got the nachos and split it 4 ways). And then when my friend said how his reaction was disrespectful he told us "well don't come back then".
Don't worry, we will never come back.
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