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| - Went to LEE for a special occasion dinner. We were both super excited and then ended up having one of the worst dining experiences we've had. Everything from the service to the food to the way the place was running seemed off. When the hostess walked us into one of the dining rooms, she warned us that the floor was slippery in there. This strikes me as the perfect encapsulation of what's wrong with the place. We know the floor of our restaurant is slippery enough to warn people about, but we're keeping this floor!
Cocktails were very weak. The sake-tini had bits of something (edible flower?) floating in it. We got the oysters, which were a special. From PEI. They seemed a little past their prime, as did the grated horseradish. The famed Singapore slaw was too much for two people. And I don't see what's so great about it. It's just bite after interminable bite of the same flavor/texture. Ours had too much of the sickly sweet beet dressing on the bottom. And when the server "performed" the mixing at the table, pieces were flying out of the bowl ending up all over the table and on our serving plates--and they were left as is. A theme for the night began: the servers extolling the virtues of the food, raising expectations too high. Going on and on about Susur Lee's reputation. The next dish--crab croquettes. Four medium sized croquettes, on a large oval plate too big to fit on our tiny table. Why such big plates when your two-tops are this small? Also, our server took this dish away when there was still one croquette remaining. Not cool. For our second round of drinks, my friend ordered a martini (not off the cocktail menu) so I decided to also order a margarita. The server looked confused and said "we don't have any of the slushy stuff." And I was like, that's not what I want. I'm just looking for a classic margarita, on the rocks. He responds, "so just tequila with some lime?" He rushes off (throughout the meal he was distracted and other employees were constantly getting in the way). I decided to avoid paying $18 for a mess of a drink so I flag him down and ask him to change it to a bottle of beer before he puts it in the system. I wouldn't normally do this, but I was already over this place. Then they bring out our last dish--except it's the wrong dish. It's the braised beef. We had ordered the "Top Chef" green curry chicken. Our server had gone on and on about how it was a great choice, and a winning dish for Lee. He even repeated the whole order back to us. It must have just been an error on his part but combined with the other things it was very annoying. When the dish arrived, it was so lackluster I couldn't believe it. The dish on the menu has about a million ingredients listed in it but absolutely none of them came through. Bland on bland! The plating of the dish was also knocked over by the server when it was put down on the table. And the bill came to...$198 pre-tip. Ouch. That hurt.
We go to restaurants all the time (both high end and dive and in the middle) and I've also worked as a server, so I don't think our expectations were unreasonable or over the top. It was a major waste. Not enjoyable in the least. Won't be going back. There are much better places in the city (Buca, to name a nearby restaurant) with a better dining experience. I can't believe the hype on this place. I wish we had gone elsewhere.
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