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Vega, New York
Reviewed yesterday
★★★☆☆
Great mains, pity about the chips
Came for lunch with my sister. We loved our Thai-style mains which were amazing with lots of flavour, very impressive for a vegetarian restaurant.
But the service was below average and the chips were too terrible to finish.
When we arrived at 1.40, we had to wait 20 minutes while they got our table ready. OK, so we didn't have a reservation, but the restaurant was only half full. There was no reason to make us wait at all.
We ordered the chips as a side dish and they looked delicious. But, when we tasted them, they were overcooked and swimming in oil so we left most of them. We expected a lot more for $10!
When the waiter asked if everything was ok, we said we really didn't like the chips and he said 'That's funny, I love them' and that was it. He didn't offer us anything else or take them off our bill. Also, when we didn't leave a tip, he looked annoyed.
I was really excited about visiting Vega, and the mains were just fantastic, but the rest of the experience was really disappointing.
Tips
- Use an informal or semi-formal style.
- In the title, give the main idea or opinion.
- Write about the important parts of the experience, not every detail.
- Organise your ideas into paragraphs.
- Write about the good and the bad.
Last week I went with my friend to a Turkish restaurant which has good reviews on Google Maps, so firstly the staff were very friendly with most customers, and they welcomed us warmly. The food was tasty and in a good quantity comparatively to his price, we took kabab and some grilled chicken with some starters, so when we finished the food, they offered us a free dessert and extra apple tea, and seriously, it was the best tea I ever had. To sum up, If I had a chance to go again, I'd go without hesitation.
Last weekend, I went to the restaurant with my friends and we ordered pizza there. we waited for over half an hour but our order wasn't come. then one of my friend asked to waiter that "how much time it will take?" and waiter answered in a very rude behaviour we didn't like it all separately we waited for the order then order came and we had a pizza but it was delicious after a while we ordered some sides but again it took more time. We finished pizza and cancelled the order then we paid the bill and after getting out the restaurant me and my friends had planned to know came again in that restaurant. Pizza was delicious but the staff service wasn't good maybe it might be quite nice if the waiter behaved in a good way.
Have you ever had a bad meal in a restaurant?
Yes, I once had a terrible meal at a local restaurant. The food was cold, the service was slow, and the overall experience was quite disappointing. It's a reminder of how important good service and quality food are to a pleasant dining experience.
Gourmet Restaurant
For my sister's in law birthday, our familiy organized a dinner at a gourmet restaurant. It was my first time in a restaurant like that. Everyone was delighted. The service was excelled and the waiters was very welcoming.
As for the dishes, for me the portions were very small. But I think that's normal in gourmet restaurants?
I had a wonderful evening with my family in law.
one year back me and my pakistanian friend went a restaurant in Alqiusomah, Hafar-Albatin, KSA in order to had our dinner there, we have chosen this unnamed restaurant because it was looking very beautiful and attractive with a lot of dishes sticker, lights, and car parking from outside.
However, we entered the restaurant which was very quiet, clean, and some painting on the walls, air condition was working fine, then we checked the menu and ordered two prost chicken one spicy and other one is normal not spicy which it will contain, cheeps, sauce, and other relevant things. Furthermore, we have waited approximately for more than one hour surfing our mobile phones and speaking to each other.
suddenly, after more than one hour orders come a long with all other relevant things, but the chicken was looking in more red color not normal cooking color, and because I was starving I did not imagine or expect for a moment this red color is chili powder, so we start eating and from first bit of the taste we begin to cry in silent mode tears and running nose without voice, Hhhhhhhhhhh.
actually we were unable to eat even my friend wasn't too because of too much chili powder, additionally we spoke to the manager regarding what has happened, but unfortunately he did not took any action, promise to improve their services or offering discount for this orders while it was clear on the receipt that we ordered one spicy dish and one normal dish not spicy.
it was a bad experience for me because I did not enjoyed my dinner on that day, also we have paid approximately 34 riyals and left the restaurant and our orders there and have has biscuit and tea only for dinner, hhhhhhh.
A restaurant meal review
I went to the restaurant with my boyfriend, which doesn't know anything about my country. He lived in the United states and I live in Somalia. We decided to go and eat something. When we arrived the restaurant it was having two halls.
The first hall was full so we decided to go to the next one .The first hall view was nice but the second one was terrible. I didn't like it . There were no view gardens or flowers.It was like a room.
I decided to order shuwarma chicken and strawberry mojito. For my boyfriend he ord red sweet caramel and cold coffee . When the order arrived in our table it looks like so delicious and having aroma smell.
I started eating the shuwarma chicken but it wasn't smelling good it was terrible. The chicken inside the shuwarma was smelling in bad way like leftovers. The drink was nice.
For my boyfriend he was not complaining about anything. He ate his Caffe and ate his sweet.
I really disappointed, thanks
Yes, I have had a really bad meal in a restorant once, we went with my brother to a restorant near
a place where we were working at that time and I’ve made the wrong choice to order a dish with
some sheep guts in it, but unluky for me, the guts were undercooked and after a short time, I’ve started to feel sick with a strong stomach ache, so I wasn’t able to finish the job that day and I was feeling sick the rest of that day.
Thanks for the lesson.
Great site!
When I was in Syria ten years ago, my collegues and I decided to have lunch in family house restaurant which was amazing that time. When we arrived, the tables wasn't cleaned and we had to wait about 15 mintues. some ingredients on the menu wasn't ready yet, so we ordered one beefberger and one cola for each one. Also we ordered the chips as a side dish becuase they looked delicious. after half an hour waiting, the orders came and looked cold. we were shocked when we tasted the chips which were overcooked, oiled and terrible. we expected a lot more for 24$. this expereince was one of the worst of my life. we haven't tried this restaurnt once more.
I tried this restaurant this summer because it had vegetarian dishes (as shown on a large sign outside the place) and wanted to eat healthy.
With great surprise on the menu for vegetarians there were only pizza and chips so I tried the pizza that was really very good as well as beer.
The bill was 15 € and so everything went well, except for the appearance of healthy food.
So if you want to eat a good pizza this restaurant is fine, but if you are looking for a real vegetarian meal do not go there!
yesterday, me and my family visited in the x city.
in the middle of our trip, we felt so hungry and we had to find a nearby restaurant. but, because we are in rare places, we didn't find a good restaurant. Honest review the restaurant is very dirty, uncomfortable, and pricy. the service is bad and the dishes are not good. So I and my sister preferred to not eat the dish and were still hungry, we were so disappointed and never went to back that restaurant again.