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| - i still like oishi's food... but after eating in the dining room a couple of times in the last few weeks.... the service has brought my original rating down a notch.
the hostess/cashier at the front door.... is always doing something besides what she should be doing when i walk in. it's kind of off putting. in three times i have been there to eat in the last 5 weeks, she has been reading a book at the front desk... feet propped up, like we are eating in her library. one time, i stood in front of the counter, and three minutes passed before she looked up at me. three minutes... a short time to wait for a cab.... but a rather long time to stand in front of someone who should notice you immediately.
the wait staff.... sigh. another disappointment. today, for instance, my party and i arrived at a little past 5pm for dinner. oishi advertises twenty percent off for those who dine between 4-5:30pm. awesomeness. we were ready for our discount. we ate, drank, and were generally merry. our waiter was friendly enough, but screwed up our order. he rectified it, and we were happy enough. he continually came back to our table, twice reaching right across my plate AS I WAS EATING to take my glass for a refill. i don't mind the refill. really. it's great. however, i do mind your foreign arm in my dinner plate. i don't even put my own arm in my dinner plate.
the check came. no early bird discount. another in my party pointed it out to the waiter. he looked at us with a blank stare for a moment, and mumbled something about his manager. my friend again pointed out that we had dined between the discount hours, and he then asked us if "we were sure." are we sure? yeah, and you can be too because you WAITED ON US. my friend pointed out that he had totaled our bill at 5:33pm... and unless he took our order, served us, and we ate it in 3 minutes... we'd made the cut off. he was still confused, but took our bills anyway and took the discount off.
the wait staff seem unsure about how to really serve people, and some of them are just generally unprofessional. the decor would suggest this place is trying to be upscale, but the service just doesn't live up to it.
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