My sister and I went to Elaine's a week or so ago, and were looking fowards to having a decent asian fusion meal. While the food was mediocre, it was the unprofessionalism that turned me completely off from ever returning. We gave a 15% tip on our bill (which was generous because the wait staff was terrible; they never checked us and it was hard to even get our water refilled), which I thought was very fair ( we were 2 people!) however I guess that wasn't enough. We went to use the bathroom and were very unpleasantly surprised when we got out to leave; the host and our waiter were waiting for us to come out so they could harass us about the tip. They told me they wanted a few dollars more and harassed me so much about those few dollars. I told them the service wasn't great and I thought 15% tip was more than fair. However they harassed us so much my sister eventually gave in and handed them a few dollars (I wasn't happy she did that either). Once she handed it to them they were very rude and ungrateful. Needless to say, I will definitely not be returning to Elaine's ever because of this ridiculous incident. I wouldn't have given it a star ( but that was the lowest I could give). There are many other better Asian-fusion places around.
Pros: decent ambiance
Cons: everything else
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