Dale B.
Yelp
Last night I wrote a positive review on Trip Advisor, but after my experience tonight in the restaurant, I removed the positive review. TA won't allow me to post another review for 90 days, so I'm posting it here. I ordered a Ribeye from the waitress. I waited 25 min (which I knew would be the case). When I received my meal from a waiter, it was tenderloin with fried potatoes. I told him I ordered Ribeye. He actually contradicted me and told me I ordered tenderloin. He wasn't even the one who took my order. I told him I had no way to prove it, but that I did order ribeye. Furthermore, I was supposed to be given a choice of fried or baked potato. I would have ordered the baked potato, but the waitress never asked for my choice. So, I got 2 things on my plate I did not order. Since it took 25 min to get my meal, no way was I going to wait for the ribeye. When the bill came, the waitress asked me how was my meal. I replied it was very good, but wasn't anything I ordered. She simply said "sorry, sir," then wanted me to pay my bill with cc or cash. I told her the previous night I was allowed to charge it to my room and could I do that. She said, "No sir, it's either cash or cc." Then she said, "wait, sir," and went to check. You mean she wasn't trained well enough to already know this and I had to wait for 2 min for her to return? She finally told me I could charge to my room. She brought me a plate of fruit to "make up" for the mistaken order, but I told her I was full and no way could I eat any more. I appreciated the gesture I guess, but what would have been more appropriate was to either dismiss the charge for the meal or offer me a meal on the house next time.
In June, when I stayed, the hotel took a full day to wash my clothes and even then, I had to ask where they were. When they brought them to my room, I discovered they were really wet, smelled sour and weren't even folded well at all. Plus, they charged me $45 for one load. That is not a typo. When I complained about that the next day (I was in a hurry at the time and didn't have time to complain at the time), it took the hotel manager about 20 min to go talk to laundry. When he returned, he said hotel policy would only allow to refund half the charged amount. Are you serious? Shame on me for agreeing to it, but I did. Now, the restaurant experience tonight just conjured up my bad experience in June.
I'm seriously contemplating not staying here ever again. I like the rooms and the beds, and many of the workers are good. But, there is too much inconsistent service. Half the time, the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing. And, I don't even have time to write about the fact that there needs to be more attention to detail...like actually listening to or paying closer attention to the needs of the customer.