Oh boy, went here on Vday and it was a DISASTER. Obviously overbooked, overpriced, and understaffed, this place is an embarrassment... A brief description of our first and last venture to this horrible restaurant:\r
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1 - Our reservation was at 9:15, we were seated at 10:15. There is no bar to wait at; there is a bookstore that was crammed wall-to-wall to everyone else who was waiting for their table as well.\r
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2 - There was a CONSTANT LOUD BANGING NOISE. I'm assuming this was coming from the kitchen... but could have been some kind of garbage shoot? I really have no idea....\r
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3 - We had to send back our soup because it was room temperature (i'm not an expert, but I assume soup is either SUPPOSED to be cold or hot, this was neither) When we got it back, it wasn't much warmer.\r
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4 - My boyfriend's chair BROKE! He literally fell to the ground. There was no waiter anywhere in the vicinity to help us, so he got on his knees, fixed the chair, and sat back down. The second time it broke, he got up and swapped the chair with an empty one on the other side of the room. This whole time there was not a single restaurant employee anywhere near us. Where were they?!?! When we finally caught the eye of a waiter, we explained what happened, he apologized and took away the broken chair...\r
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5 - The fish appetizer tasted bad to me, I took one bite and refused to eat the rest of it. My boyfriend did eat it and he's been sick to his stomach all day... Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I wouldn't eat there again.\r
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6 - Broken-chair and all, our bill was close to 300 dollars for 2 people.\r
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To be fair - the staff is well-meaning, but just horribly managed and obviously over-extended. \r
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For a place that sells books about Karma, you think the mgmt would actually care about treating people decently...\r
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Pros: A friendly hostess who was obviously getting yelled at all night, friendly wait-staff
Cons: Mediocre food at ""Fine-Dining"" prices, horribly managed and understaffed.
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