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Stuffy, Pretentious, uncomfortable, & Mediocre Summarizes This Venue!
The Resort entry & valet parking is very impressive! (1st class)
You will walk thru a beautiful Spanish Hacienda Court Yard to enter this old world decadent restaurant! (Still 1st class)
"So what's the problem" you ask?
Well when you enter this restaurant with a reservation, a snooty hostess will guide to their rather cramped bar to wait for 1 - 1 1/2 hrs. to get your table!(OK it's a popular high end place, & you can practice your art of conversation over the loud volume of many other patrons waiting the same lousy treatment from the hostess....) Oh this is when sticker shock is about to hit you $30-$35 for a beer (a Guinness) & a glass of wine!
You finally get seated & the waiting staff is doing one hell of a job trying to sell you an expensive bottle of wine! (This part of the experience is very similar to buying Time Share!)
So you order another glass of wine & beer which makes you seem like a cheapskate, or get treated as such.
Now the food does taste good, but with rather small portions & rather hefty sticker, it makes you masticate every bite & really taste your dish! But how much am I paying for this dish!
It's only half a cut of the fish!
Despite all the mastication, it is very hard to swallow!
Somehow you finish your dish! (Mom would be so proud of you cause' your plate is as clean as if it came out of the dish washer!)
So you are now ready for the big finally & the waiters "Fave Pick" on desert! Well off course there are two scrumdiddlyumptious recommends that you will have with the two tiniest espresso shots!
So your bill for $240+ makes its way to the table, & boy if you're planning tipping only 15% you will get the "you cheapskate evil eye" walking out of this restaurant!
Oh 'yah' don't forget to tip the valet, $5 tip also will get you a "are you kidin' me look as well!"
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