From the prices, to the staff, it is INSULTING!
1. Price:
You will pay an average of $25 for a single cigar (which you must buy one), $15 - $20 for a drink and then about $40 for a dinner entree, ... let-alone the wine list.
2. Service:
We waited for 45 miniutes to be seated even though we had a reservation! Therefore, we were forced to buy drinks at the bar, which our tab (6 drinks for 3 couples) alone was $130, without tip!
3. Staff:
My wife was un-nerved by meeting the owner of the place, (who was a short man who grabbed my wife!), spoke in broken english and you couldn't understand a word he said EXCEPT for the curses he threw out at us, as he was trying to be funny! After telling him a friend recommended this place to us while we were visiting New York, he asked for his name, and then did not know who he was. The owner seemed and sounded drunk (or high) and as he left us he tried to grab my wife again, but I stepped in and almost decked him. My sister in-law overheard the 2 female bartenders talking about their marijuana and other drug habits, their sexual encounters and also their profanitiy, as if smoking pot and snorting coke (even on the job!) was legal in New York! What kind of place is this?!?!
We were ready to leave, but our table was ready, so after traveling all this way, we wanted to see if our evening could turn better. It didn't. After paying our bar tab and snaking our way through the businessmen and hookers crowding the bar, we sat near a big painting of past celebrities smoking cigars, while the band played. The band was so loud, we couldn't hear anything. Our waiter was nice, but lazy and the food was so-so, but way overpriced! We were told that this is a cigar bar, not a 5 star restaurant! After our final tally, we spent close to $670 for 3 couples!
Don't get me wrong, it is a nice place, but it is still a smoking bar with old men, young hookers and drug-addict staff. it is unbelievable how this place stays open!
Call the police!
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