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| - The food was GREAT, and the portions were generous. If I was writing this review based solely on the quality of the food, I would rate it a four or five star restaurant.
However, after our experience this weekend, I have to say that I am not impressed with the wait staff.
No one came to greet us; someone pointed to a table as we entered and otherwise we had to sit and wait a few minutes for menus and water. The restaurant was half empty. When we tried to order any kind of drinks, the waiter, at first, tried to tell us that they were out (of beer, and coke, which REALLY seemed fishy) until I tried to order a bubble tea and he said "No, drink water. We're too busy to bring drinks right now." Okay well, that's a loss on their part, but we were a little confused considering half of the tables were empty.
We were hungry and decided to shrug it off. When it was finally my turn to order, I tried to order their fried potato pancake, and was told, once more, that they were too busy and that it took too long to make, so they weren't serving that today. Frustrated, I flipped through the menu to try to find something else to order...
...and the waiter smacked my shoulder because I was taking too long to find something to eat, after being told twice in a row that I couldn't order what I wanted because they were too busy.
I don't care who you are, or how busy your restaurant is at that moment, but there is NEVER a reason to touch your customer, let alone smacking them and telling them that they're taking too long to order. It didn't hurt, but it was incredibly rude, and needless to say, none of us left a big tip.
The food was really the only shining star in this place; the dumplings that I ended up ordering were absolutely delicious, as was the chicken that my friend ordered. If it wasn't for how rude, pushy and inattentive the waiter was, we would have had an awesome experience. Hopefully it's a little less restrictive on a quieter night!
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