In the process of planning my birthday dinner for a party of 20 people I spoke with the manager (Benny) of Sushi Hai/ Hair Bar no less than 4 times and have 2 emailed confirmations of the reservation sitting in my inbox, yet when my party arrived my reservation was ?lost.? The staff hastily threw together 4 tables in the bar and had us sit there. The spot I had originally reserved was already taken by a rowdy birthday party that cat-called us every time anyone had to walk past them to the restroom. The sushi was mediocre and over priced (this place is no Sushi-Den and the price should reflect it!) and there was not one thing on the menu that the two non-fish eating people in my party could enjoy. The waitress was stressed-out and overwhelmed and it took 35 minutes to FINALLY get our bill. While we were waiting, the bar began to fill and several people literally stared us down waiting for us to get up from our tables. I tried my best to keep a smile on my face as my invited guest kept getting more and more frustrated. The bill finally arrived and of course was a mess and the waitress didn?t do much to straighten things out. You would think with a combined total of $600 she would have been a little nicer, but she wasn?t. The moment we stood up, a group of 4 people jumped onto the end of our table before we had even left our seats and put on our coats. \r
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All around it was a nightmare. I made the reservations 3 weeks prior to my dinner and don?t understand how I can speak with their manager and email him that many times and still have him ?lose? the reservation. I don?t understand the need for people to stare us down while we are trying to enjoy our meal (Hello people - we?re trying to eat!), and I truly don?t understand why more of an effort wasn?t made to make sure we were happy when we left. The next time I have a dinner party, it will be somewhere else that will appreciate the $600 spent not including the 20% tip to our grouchy, overwhelmed waitress!\r
Pros: The trendy neighborhood
Cons: The staff, the food, the pretentious crowd
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