Cassandra Melissa M.
Yelp
**LONG REVIEW ALERT**
Sugar Factory.... SMH!! I haven't left a review in some time, AND I rarely give 1 star reviews. However, with a nearly $400 bill, in "value," the evening was an embarrassing shame.
Upon arrival, we were given our books, I mean menus. It was at that moment I gave up any expectation of high quality food. It gave cheap diner vibes. Don't get me wrong, I love me a good diner, but that price point VS all the drop and go options, wasn't mathing. Either way, [a] well ran Applebee's quality would have been nice; but I'll come back to that.
Now, this was dinner with myself, a Brooklyn gyal, and two friends from out of town. This was all of our first time going, and mainly looked forward to the theatrics of the drinks.
That said; we have no complaints there. (This earned Sugar Factory one whole star) My guests, each, had a large bubbly drink. It was large enough for them to sip for the duration of dinner, and full their take away cups. It got them "litt" and they loved, the continuous bubbles and smoke.
I had a mimosa flight, followed by a French 75. Both made well, particularly my latter drink. I liked the flavors, none too sweeet, and well balanced.
NOW, the meat and potatoes of this review!
Service was subpar. Our server, his name may be Author or Anthony, was on point (5 stars for him, earned Sugar Factory their second, and final star). Otherwise, from the hostess to manager thumbs down!
We ordered:
2 French Onion Soups- Very good!
3 Appetizer Samplers- Not good at all! The chicken tenders were fried in old oil, we asked for another batch, and received overcooked, old oil tenders. In addition, the remainder of our meal wasn't hot, maybe warm, at most.
THE ABSOLUTE WORSE PART OF THE NIGHT WAS THE ROACH WHO JOINED US, AND THE OVER 20 MINUTES IT TOOK FOR THE MANAGER TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCOMADATE US!
The restaurant appeared short staffed, though it wasn't "busy" there was more than one large party which needed multiple servers. We asked for a manager, but the hostess came. we showed her the roach and she said (verbatim) "O.M.G. Ugh! B.R.B!". But sis never came "R.B." We started moving our seats, and meals, and still hadn't received attention. We asked again for the manager, while roach left and returned. When the manager finally came over we were a another table and the roach enjoyed our space.