Problem: It was a bright and shinny afternoon when I strolled into the darken cavern that is Richardson's for an early dinner. With only 1 other table occupied, the waitress staunchly refused to seat me until my entire party arrives --- in this case, the 2 other people that would double the current occupancy level of the restaurant. I am getting an inkling that this may not be the pleasant dinning experience that I was hoping for. After 10 minutes of cooling my heels on the hot asphalt lot, my wayward friends arrived and we were granted permission to sit. The menu had odd notes of randomness...Chicken Cordon Bleu...really? We ended up ordering New Mexico Sausages, Carne Asovada and the Relleno Platter. The sausages were the best of the lot. While the relleno was decent, it wasn't anything worth walking the hot parking lot for. As for the Carne Asovada, the flavoring was so subtle that we couldn't actually taste any...ended up asking for chile sauce. It took some effort to flag down the waitress since the occupancy level doubled yet again (meaning there is now ~ 10 customers in the restaurant)...but finally, the waitress got us 2 house-made sauces in tiny bowls. The sauces were okay and did improve the flavor the pork (especially since it was completely bland before)...but any remaining iota of good will from this better-late-than-never gesture was completely banished when we got the bill and realized that we were charged for each of these 2 additional sauces. Did the so-call cool quotient or the slightly above average food made up for the service? I don't think so. But hey if you're feeling masochistic and want to pay to be treated badly then head on over to Richardson. Would have given 3 stars for the food alone.
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Problem: This is one of my fav sushi spots in Vegas. Oysters, uni soft shell crab, poke...yum! One thing I have found is that you get your food faster if you sit at a table not the bar. The sushi chefs are too busy to remember what you ordered
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Problem: Stopped by this place to meet up with colleagues for a glass of wine or two. I didn't eat here, so this review is somewhat incomplete. The wine selection was pretty good, but I thought it was expensive. The servers were very nice, but they were very clumsy. In the 2 hours I was there, the bartender spilled a drink he was preparing all over the bar and almost spilled it on me.....then he dropped a dish and it broke all over the floor. This happened with 5 people in the bar....not like he was distracted by all of the business....ha! Will I return? Probably not....unless a friend or colleague makes me.
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Problem: It was 70 of us for an office Christmas party, we rented the place out. Within 24 hours nearly half of the people in attendance were very sick, vomiting and diarrhea . The health department was contacted and the restaurant was cited for 7 infractions. Amy from the HD said it was the worst case of food poisoning she'd ever seen in Charlotte's history. It's sad cause the place was really cute but my co-workers, husband and friends were all sick. Not good. It would have been great for the owners to apologize but they didn't. Very arrogant about it all. A sorry sure would have helped the situation. Don't ya think?
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