Natasha M.
Yelp
UPDATE: I received a message from the owner "reminding" me that I had a reservation for six, and only four showed up, so we sat at the bar instead; she also said she checked on us multiple times so she doesn't understand why we didn't say anything to her...
...well, that's because I AM NOT THAT PERSON. I was with TWO friends, we had no reservation, and we chose our own seats. It's interesting that she went radio silent after I brought this to her attention.
She also tried to shame me for my harmful review because "restaurants are really hurting right now." As a public school teacher, I know what it's like to be hurting as far as money is concerned.
She also said I could have said something about the sauces at the moment...I mentioned the ratio of sauce to tuna. Yes, we could have said something about the tuna and crispy rice, and based on the staff forgetting two of the items we ordered, as well as the message I got, I'm not sure how this would have changed.
The last comment to top it all off was about how busy it was because of the DMB concert. Yes, that's why my friends were in town, and we got there at 4:30pm. We put in an order for several appetizers at once before 5pm, didn't get one of those until we finally got someone's attention, put in an order for TWO additional appetizers, never got one, and cancelled that to get the bill so we could get out of there. If you know that it's going to be crazy because of a concert, bring on more staff, rather than making excuses for poor service.
Can you imagine if I emailed a parent blaming them for the way I taught?
Goodness.
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I'm still stunned as to how my friends from out of town and I spent so much money on mediocre happy hour food last night.
Let's start with the worst app: the spicy tuna crispy rice. The rice had to be an inch thick, and there was basically a smear of spicy tuna on the top.
The tuna sashimi was drowning in sauce with threads of tuna in the mess.
The two crabcakes were the size of half-dollars.
The carne asada tacos were fine.
The lobster shooters were good, and I think that was mostly due to the sauce.
The service started out fine, but once it got busy in there, either the four bartenders/servers couldn't keep up, or we weren't as noticeable as the epic crew of 40-somethings doing their version of suburban cool who overtook the space. They forgot two of our apps, and we cancelled the last one because we knew how long it would take to get it and then wait for the check.
"Global Cuisine" is a big stretch. Such a disappointment when I only have a handful of time/meals to spend with my friends before they fly back home.