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| - We love this place. Food is amazing all the time. The other day we went in probably 9:45pm-ish (1 hour and 15 mins before closing), the hostess was kind and sat us promptly. We get to the table and order our drinks, and get them. All of this takes maybe 6 mins give or take.
The server then asks what we'd like to order and thinking they'd start cleaning the kitchen like 30 mins before closing, and it's still a little more than an hour until this time, we ask for a couple more minutes to browse.
The server, who was quite obviously irritated and ready to be done, let's us know that the kitchen is closing in 2 minutes so we have to order now. So, my guest and I look at each other, cause the hostess perhaps should have informed us the kitchen was closing? Or maybe not even seated us at all? The server (maybe after seeing the slight shock on our faces) apologizes. We make a quick decision, and he's off.
I do totally understand that at the end of the day you're ready to go, but I work in the service industry, and you're supposed to smile and make the guests comfortable. Perhaps the farther from the strip, hospitality isn't a priority? We felt so uncomfortable because we were so clearly not wanted there, that we had a few bites in the restaurant, got to-go boxes and left.
I get that kitchens need to be cleaned and closed, but an hour before the restaurant is due to close? Come on.
Honestly, as wild as it sounds, we both agreed the vibe from our server made us lose our appetite. It was really odd. We both left feeling super uncomfortable. Having an uncomfortable feeling around people who deal with your food is never good. While waiting for the food we even joked about them going all 'Waiting' on us cause we really felt like awful humans for even daring to disgrace them with our presence.
It's not that they were rude, it's just a very crappy feeling eating somewhere (or being anywhere in general) when it feels like a burden. We are very understanding people, and we just wanted a quick meal to end our night, but instead our night ended very uncomfortably and left this particular location with a bad first and probably last impression.
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