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| - What the hey-all is wrong with my fellow Yelpers that they aren't lambasting this place? Granted, I am rating off 1 visit, but I don't think I am out of line on my evaluation.
Arriving late at the hotel, we were desperate to eat. And that's never good, ever, but especially not in this case. Talk about a rip off.
+1 Star - Service. I have to give it to these guys, the service was very attentive. The waiter, the tableside chefs (?!), the busboy, the sommelier, the bread guy, the drinks waitperson... Oh, no wonder the service charge.........
- 2 Stars - Service Charge. CRIMINAL. I cannot believe, for the life of me, that a service charge of - get this - 21% - yes, 21% was MANDATORILY included on the bill. Re-fricking-diculous. We usually tip in the 18-20% range, but in this case, it felt like a rip. Why was it a rip? could it be.......
- 1 Star - Price. A glass of wine, $10. Okay, that's no biggie. A BEER - $11.50???? Are you kidding me? A bottle of Fat Tire for nearly $14 (when adding in the service charge). What. The. Hell? Oh, and the rest of the prices were stupid, too. We had: lobster bisque, caeser side salad, ratatuie (spelling!), shrimp appetizer, one glass wine, 2 beers. How about $78? Rip off.
- 1 Star - The Food. Just not good. Had that lobster bisque been the best ever, or the caeser salad been edible (the word stale comes to mind), had not the shrimp tasted like they had languished for days in the fridge, etc etc, I would have felt less ripped off. Yes, they prepared the salad and the shrimp (oh, did I mention that there were a grand total of THREE actual shrimp on the $12 plate?) table side. That was cool. But the taste. Meh is flattery to these folks.
- 1 Star. Again, the Food. I want to be clear - the food sucks.
+ 1/ - 1 Star - Pretty Room. That is if you are grammy and granpa. Less style than the linens section at JC Penney. Oh, and the floral pattern on various features looked like said linen section.
- 1 Star - Closing time. In a hotel, and you close at 9:30? Really?
This was one of those circles of dining hell that would only need a dyspeptic aunt, drunken brother-in-law and other wedding reception styled characters to worsen it up. Only ate here out of desperation. Avoid at all costs. The problem is ... the other in-house eaterie sucks, too (see review of Sangira's).
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