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| - Atmosphere: awesome, which you can tell from outside. Lit torches at the entranceway, with a scary-looking, dark, medieval-like, wooden door to enter. You can also see the large side-patio from the front through some well-sculpted Asian-looking trees. But was too chilly last night to eat outside. So inside - very large. Greeted by the stereotypical 'hot' girls in black at the reception. We had reservations for four at 6:00 and were about 20 mins late, but that was fine. Were seated at a booth in the center of the main area. My cushioned bench itself must've had someone really large person sit in it before, because I fell quite INTO the seat itself, which was only slightly uncomfortable (no sarcasm there). Wasn't bad enough to ask for another table. In the center of the room is a large wrap around bar, focused on a huge red rectangular fountain that goes floor to ceiling. The whole place itself is dark with Asian inspired candles, clean lines, decorative random items, etc. And the bathrooms! Most unique I've ever experienced. Instead of a mens' and ladies' room, they just have individual private stalls where the fully private door slides open, and locks via a switch similar to a light switch. Dark inside but lit up naturally by the full wall WINDOW on the opposite side of the door. So you are literally sitting on the toilet, directly next to a full view of the outside. lol Fortunately, this is a sectioned off area of the patio where no roamers outside can walk by. So spa-like and tranquil is the view of outside too - several small 'tap-like' fountains coming out of a further wall, to encourage peeing I guess? lol A large female statue in the middle, which you may not notice if you're in any of the stalls at the beginning or the end of the hallway, but if you peek out your window, you will see in the center of this private 'yard' area. Also nice bowl sinks in the bathrooms, with a proper hand soap dispenser that you would have at home, instead of the ugly industrial wall types.
Menu: Loved it more than I thought I would.
Excellent Buddha vegetable feast stir fry. This is more of an appetizer or lunch. In fact, it would be a great lunch. Mix of baby corn, different types of mushrooms, snow peas, tofu, in a mild but flavorful Asian sauce.
Excellent Indian dips with naan bread - although they could have a few more pieces of pita. Definitely fun to share but just teases the appetite with its somewhat smallness.
Very good vegetable pakora with a yogurt dipping sauce - fried Indian spiky things, which obviously are well-known to those who eat a lot of Indian. But I've only ever had the basics, so don't remember these before anywhere.
Very good sweet yam fries with a homemade sambal ketchup?
Excellent veggie spring rolls -but again, quite small, just enough to tease. Had to wait a bit for these to cool off, and had to ask for plum sauce. Mind you, they tasted good enough without any sauce required.
Large portion of the Singapore rice noodles with beef. I didn't try it for being vegetarian, but am told it was excellent.
Drinks: ordered a $54 bottle of some pinot grigio that I can't recall, but was fine. Excellent sangria recommended by the waitor that I can't find on the menu. Could not taste the alcohol, but certainly felt its effects. lol Very light OJ taste overall, so a bit sweet, but not too much. Four of us split two pitchers of that at $25/pitcher, so you could say we each drank half a pitcher. I am not hungover the next day, well, not too bad. :) Also tried a pitcher of some spiked fruity tea which was excellent but I can't find on the menu either.
Service: quite good overall. Attentive, friendly waitor. Our only problem was at the end when we requested separate bills, he quoted "our manager gets upset when we separate the bills." Okay. I dislike this at any restaurant, but he explained all the time it takes to adjust and how customer service will suffer to others waiting for their food, etc. Whatever. The manager did come to our table at least twice over the night to make sure everything else was fine. So that wouldn't keep me from going back there. But I'd remember to mention the separate bills in advance at least.
$$$: total for the night for the four of us: $225. Mind you we ate a LOT. When you look at the $60-70 each that works out to after tip, it was a good deal.
Next time I have visitors come in from out of town, I will definitely take them here.
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