Scott J.
Yelp
We went to the National Caviar Day event by The Caviar Company and it was a big disappointment. It was supposed to be a fun evening of food, drinks, and, of course, caviar, with a promised very limited number of very expensive tickets sold.
Instead, it was oversold with too many people attending and there was no food. A handful of trays of oer d'oeuvres arrived a few times, and very pushy people swarmed the server and devoured the small number of bites as soon as they entered the room. There were a couple of tins of caviar, where a person would put a small amount on your hand and you were expected to lick it off as a "bump." There were no stations to taste with the traditional accompaniments. The event also included wine and liquor sponsors, including Ketel One, but when I asked for a vodka martini I was charged an additional $18 beyond the event's ticket price.
An event like this could have been a great opportunity to introduce the company to new customers, but it made a very bad impression. You should not charge for an experience that you are unprepared to deliver. National Caviar Day is an indulgent, elitist idea, and at this very high price point it should have been a magnet for foodies of a certain stripe. Instead, it was overcrowded and obnoxious and lacking.
My ticket to the event was a gift to me, and he was very embarrassed.