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| - Not what it use to be......been to zebra many times over the years, had not been there for several months but decided to hit it again for my 8 wedding anniversary, it was sort of our "Anniv tradition" over the past 5 yrs. or so. Made a 7:30 reservation 2 hrs prior, they asked if it was a special occasion, told them Wedding Aniv, we arrived at 710 ready for wine and apps at the bar...they seemed all flustered that we were early, told them we were MORE than happy to hang at the bar and have wine and apps, there were no other patrons at the bar, just the bartender/waiter/manager person, we'll call him waiter 2.
Asked for app menu, we quickly had 2 glasses of wine, a cali pinot, not bad and refreshingly LIGHT, no menu. A chef came out or someone in a chef coat, and proceeded to explain to the bartender and us, that they "only had one fish and 86 on the lobster." No worries, we're easy and we're hanging at the bar, waiting on a menu to order apps, I'm hungry btw.
Still no menu, bartender gone, Waiter 1 tells us the table is ready, Ok, we're chillin' in the bar, but we'll go the table if we have to, I'm still hungry.
We sit, packed in between two other couples, there are clearly other tables open but whatever, maybe they have big group on the way, I order a bottle of wine, and FINALLY an appetizer, the antipasto, waiter 1 tells us the specials, several that are fish and all that have lobster in them, OK I'm confused and not sure what "86 lobster" means now or where they found the other fish.
Wine comes, brought by waiter 2 who is also the bartender. He pours, it's good, cheers wife of 8 years, Waiter 2 suddenly wants our order, tell him we have a antipasto on the way, he tells me that's not how they do it, they need me to order the whole meal at one time, because they are on a schedule and everything comes out at a predetermined time dictated by the chef or kitchen. I said "sorry I was not aware, we just wanted some antipasto with our wine, btw took forever to get some bread, and twice as long for any butter to arrive, I'm hungry and knocking back vinos. He proceeds to tell me that Waiter 1 is new but should have explained that I have to order my whole meal.
OK fine, so we figure out what we want, 2 salads, 2 entrees....angry waiter 2 talks the order and starts to run off when I stop him and say "what about your souffle, Don't I need to put that in too", he gives me the yea, yea, need that too.
Meal comes it was good, but I've drained my first bottle of wine, we're getting a taxi anyhow, I have a third of my meal left I want more wine, no waiter 1, no waiter 2........Oh that's because Angry Waiter 2 is over at a 4 top of older ladies BERATING one lady because she did not want any dressing on her salad, no EVOO, no lemon juice, No means NO but he would not have it, he went on for 2 minutes trying to convince this poor lady to have something on her salad.
Finally, waiter 1 comes by, I tell him it's a wine emergency, we're both dry and still eating, tell him I want 2 glasses of a big red....he places 2 glasses of SHORT POURS on the table and takes off again, I take a sip, it's the light Pinot from when we first got there.
OK, meal done, I'm ready to go, the couple next to us is pissed too, they tried to use a coupon and the deal didn't match what they ate or something, Angry Waiter 2 was lecturing them at this point about proper coupon etiquette.
I have a taxi on the way, I'm ready to go, and I have a coupon too, $20 off, this should be fun, oh and my perfectly timed souffle is nowhere to be found.
Souffle arrives 30 min after we finish our meal, and 3 minutes after my cab shows up. We wolf down the lava hot souffle.
Angry waiter 2 hands me the bill and tells me "18% gratuity was included but you can add more."
I pay the tab, $250+ and we go.....walked right past angry waiter 2 and waiter 1, no one said a word to us as we left.
Their web site won't allow text emails only reservations and their stupid coupons have a wrong number on them.
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