I brought 9 friends to Relish on Saturday evening. The food was good, with a beautiful presentation. The service was fine (I think our waiter was new). The problem came when we went to pay the bill. One person had a groupon. One had a restaurant website certificate, and two people had Entertainment cards. The waiter and the manager, however, both refused to take more than one discount. Now, technically, the restaurant certificate was a gift certificate and had even been given as a gift. Additionally, the Entertainment Card states in the rules in guidelines that a maximum of three cards can be used per table, with two people per card.
Now, I have never in a restaurant experienced the rudeness I received from the manager and waiter. Most restaurants would rather accept the discounts to insure continued customer support (we talked a great deal beforehand about how we liked the restaurant and would want to come back). The total amount of the discounts would have been less than $100. The total amount of all five bills was over $500.
My friends and I will not be returning Relish and unless you want a lot of headache and a bad taste left in your mouth, I wouldn't bother either. There are plenty of other local restaurants and several restaurants are located in the Deerfield Shopping Complex. We should have taken it as a sign when the restaurant was hardly crowded on a Saturday evening.
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