First off, the food was good. We had some long penne and the salmon angel hair is highly recommended.
However, the service was a huge turn-off.
We were told when we arrived that the minimum spending amount for each person is $50 and that we could have the table for 1.5 hour.
The good thing is, the food and drink came quickly; we hardly had to wait long. The bad thing is, the waitresses
started clearing our table even quicker:
Before we had finished our main course, the waitress
took away my unfinished glass of iced chocolate. I could not even tell her that I was not done with my chocolate yet, because she stuffed my napkins for wiping my mouth into my glass and swiftly walked away. Taking away my unfinished drink was a ridiculous thing, and the fact that I have not finished having my meal and my napkin was already taken away was equally fishy. In most western dining places I have been to, drinks and napkins were the last thing to be cleared of a dining table.
That particular waitress continued her table-clearing mission…
She asked if we had finished our angel hair when there was still a mouthful on the plate and we were still eating off our own plates. We horrifically told her no.
Even after we had finally finished our meal, we wanted to chat a bit before we leave. But once that waitress had cleared our plates, she
put a ‘reserved’ sign on our table and we noticed that such a sign also appeared on other tables in the restaurants, even on those which the customers were still having their meals.
A couple of minutes later, which was half an hour after we came into the restaurant, the waitress returned with a bill, even though we did not ask for one.
She
asked us to pay the bill first and said our table was not booked until half an hour later. I pointed out to her that we had only been there for half an hour and that we should have the table for another hour. She checked the time and unwillingly agreed.
The waitresses appeared to be polite, with smiles and polite tones, but we felt utmost unwelcome to the place as the waitress
made repeated attempts to make us leave when their tables weren’t even in a high demand (there were many vacant tables by the time we left).
Even with the delicious food, I would not go there again. There are lots of other places with good food AND good service.
