I really liked this place. Friends were staying at the Luxor so we ended up here 3 nights in a row. To eat and have one or two drinks the three of us never got out of here for less $200. But the food was good, and so was the atmosphere, so we didn't mind. When we went in there our last night I was kinda broke. I read on the menu that Jameson was $6 a shot. I got it because it was so cheap. When we moved to out table and got a server a ordered a few more. When the bill came they charged $10 a shot (plus the live music tax, plus 23% gratuity, plus alcohol tax). It was far more than double what I thought I would be paying. I told the server the menu at the bar said $6 a shot. He said no way. I said I'll go get it and show you. He said he'd go get it. He came back with the menu and said it says $8, but our prices go up all the time so you have to pay $10. Slammed it, and walked off before I could ask to see it. So I did. Then as I was walking out I had to look, because I knew it said $6. Sure enough. I tried to flag our server down, and he literally ran in the back. I asked another server to get him. They came back and said he went home. I asked for a manager, and they said there wasn't one. All the bartender would do was give me another shot after standing there yelling at my cousin and I for 5 mins. Any place that employees people that will straight out lie to customers, bait and switch customers, and yell at customers gets 1 star (even though their chicken sandwich may be the best thing I've ever eaten).

negative

The only thing going for this restaurant is that if you are lucky enough to get a table facing the street view, you get to enjoy the street shows with the below average, flavor less meal, prepared in an iron chef restaurant. Batali, if you read yelp, which i doubt you do, take off your name from this restaurant. You may be making a neat pile of money but you are not doing yourself any favors. You lost a fan. While our server was nice, thats the only nice thing that I have got to say about this restaurant. The bread was cold, served without the customary olive oil. When we asked for some, we got hard butter!! We ordered mozzarella and anchovy fritti, which was like fried cheese sandwich, couldn't taste the anchovies at all. Batali, I can make a more flavorful fritti. for main course we got the Grilled Lamb with rice beans, tomato, arugula, which was very disappointing. The rice beans were dry, the lamb was blah. Don't waste your calories and money at this restaurant, any decent cook can turn out better dishes than what was served here.

negative

Don't be fooled by the name, this is a Cantonese place. They are Zagat rated but I think that's only because there are hardly any actual restaurants in ChinaBlock. The service is unhelpful and beyond abysmal. If you want to be abused and have to beg for attention from servers, knock yourself out. Otherwise don't bother with this place!

negative

This is a great bar in the Plateau with a cosy and relaxed ambiance. They have an extensive list of beers as well as the usual drinks for bars (wine, cocktails, etc). I also found the prices very reasonable given the area. They do have some finger food but I didn't try any so I don't have any comments on that front. My one complaint is that the music is too loud. We were forced to scream at each other to have any kind of conversation. Apart from that though I really enjoyed my experience here and would go back again.
positive