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| - Living Social (LS) deal and ladies night caused many issues!
Living Social (LS) will not allow you the happy hour, which I understand. Today, apps slash Tapas are half-off, but associated with LS or Groupon, it's not allowed, even if entrees had been sold to us on top of it.
Today they serve up half off bottles to ladies, but if you bring a guy, it's not allowed! If you use a living social, it's only 25%off, and if you let a guy taste it, all deals are off!
I have to say that I am not normally overly critical, having been in the industry for over a dozen years. I have never honestly seen so much red tape in order to utilize a Living Social Deal. Having experienced this, I can definitely see the writing on the wall that the establishment is choking for cash.
Purchased a groupon /living social, supposedly good for a certain dollar based on the coupon purchased, I could understand that happy hour deals are deleted from the package. So we paid for the entrees. They were fine and cooled correctly, but the wine was another ordeal. We ordered a bottle that was currently out of stock. Being a Thursday, most restaurants have already received their deliveries early in the week. The fact that the wine which is very esoteric slash not quick seller was out of stock was either a sign that the restaurant did not have the funds to fulfill an order with the Supplier, or that the wine list had not been updated for who knows how long. I was very excited to experience the 08 Spanish red. Sad face. I'm glad I tasted the next bottle which happened to be available by the glass. The barkeep claimed it had been opened for only a day, yet the wine had the inexplicable aroma showing off-ness, spoiled-ness, and acute flabbiness, all of which would not be present in a bottle opened even two days prior. That was the second sign of issues in the wine. As a wine geek I give kudos for offering a Zweigelt by the glass, but the waste must be huge. Stop doing favors for your suppliers and do business with normal brands that might supply you with some commentary umbrellas next summer. Just saying!
Again, being in the industry we honestly would have been okay with the "red tape", had it been sold appropriately, reflected on the LS / Groupon, and felt like a true guest. There was obviously a "script" created in order to counteract every question on the Living Social / Groupon deals, which are clearly obsolete....I felt like a mortgag-ee losing my home trying to talk sense into a twelve year old supposed "Licensed Loan Officer".
It is apparent that the establishment bought in to the coupons-sites to bring a Quickie Guest. My advice- don't do it; rely on the talents of Chef and the clientele to gift you the repeat business factor, because this place does have an under-rated creative Chef and a similarly under-rated cozy atmosphere.
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