This place is known among many cooks in the Twin Cities to be the ""it spot"" for a nice melange of tapas style dishes.
Our table of six came in and we were essentially ignored.
We waited for over a half an hour for our drink orders to be taken.
The waitress told us that we ""HAD to order food too, this is not a TGI Fridays.""
We were very hungry and had questions about several items.
We were ignored repeatedly when we wanted to get food.
Finally when our rude server came to the table we asked if we could please order, and she told us the kitchen was closing.
We must have tried over 10 times to order, yet it seemed that she could care less about taking an order, or serving bread or even being nice.
All we got were rolled eyes, condescension, and a rush to leave.
The Chefs from my restaurant were absolutely appaled.
We demanded to see Isaac. Three of our cooks had a great working relationship with him.
When push came to shove the waitress said firmly ""No! she was not going to get him and to leave now.""
All we did was come in and want a meal-together as one of our cooks was going to leave La Belle Vie.
That did not stand with us so we called Issac on a cell phone.
To his merit he came out and immediately assured us we were going to eat.
Our waitress literally glared at us in utter contempt.
She brought out our food slammed it on the table and then left us sitting there....no water refills, no offers of any beverage....nothing.
We called Issac again and told him how we were being treated, and he comped the meal including beverages, and on top of that bought another round.
By then our waitress was seething with anger.
We finally called her out wondering why she was so hostile, when we just wanted to eat.
She told us she was sick of a-hole chefs and could we just #%$ing leave.
We did. In fact we tipped her .01 for her top notch service. With a note on manners.
Had she been kind we were prepared to tip her very very very well.
We usually do 50% for servers that rule.
This one got what she was worth.
She single handedly angered our entire bevy of chefs.
It's too bad. We used to send a lot of business their way.
Not anymore. Not worth the treatment.
Although Issac did what he could there simply is no excuse for anything like this in a restaurant.
Even an overworked waitress at a late night Denny's has more matters than the miscreant we encountered
The server in question was fired we hear. Yet the experience was so disheartening that we will never ever set foot in there again.
Pros: Isaac, nobody else
Cons: Everything
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