Problem: Why did I come here? I've been to the sister property at Mirage (Stack) and thought it was mediocre at best. At Stack I found the service at the table to be pretty good, and the food was pretty good. What I hated about the place was the attitude of the hostess and the women behind the bar. Well, that and the fact that the place was ridiculously overpriced. And you know what? Fix is just like Stack! The hostess had the same crappy attitude, and just like at Stack we were seated at probably the worst table in the restaurant. Yes, that's right, the restaurant stereotype lives - parties with children or women dining without men get stuffed in the back corner tables. But the worst attitudes are the women behind the bar. These girls have a heightened sense of self-importance the likes of which I have never seen (just like at Stack). These women are walking sterotypes. The table service was attentive and good. The food wasn't bad - I had a New York strip, daughter had Kobe sliders with fries, wife had filet with shrimp. Wife and I each had a cocktail. $25 for two cocktails? Really? I mean, really? Tanqueray & tonic is $11? Really? What a rip-off. The bill for three of us (only one cocktail for each adult) and no dessert was over $200. I feel like I have been completely ripped off, and I'd rather have that feeling at the craps table. As an aside, this place could gain an extra star if it would do two things: 1) enforce the dress code; 2) dump the women behind the bar
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Problem: As others have said, great ambiance; especially in the bar & outside areas. Nice pour on the drinks; however, for the price paid, the food was quite skimpy. Thai food is usually quite reasonable; however, with their new place, the food is very high priced; especially for the amount that one receives. I went there just the other evening, and they forgot to copy the exact order down. I came home without one of the things ordered. The soup was minimal, at best, and the Panang Curry was very weak, with little chicken, and too much rice. They need to step it up if they want to stay competitive in the market. Just down the road, another new Thai restaurant has opened, and they definitely give you more for your money.
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Problem: We live close by and couldn't wait for this place to open! Our first and only time eating here was pretty disappointing. Although service was fast and the staff were friendly, the food was not very good at all! Meat was dry and bland, salsa was watery... Overall poor quality or just old food! Too bad because this place looks nice and clean but they just need new cooks and recipes??!
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Problem: My first, and most likely the last time coming to this place. Unlike some other reviews, I did not have an issue with rudeness of the staff. But my pet peeves are other customer service related issues, like WiFi access. I am trying to connect to the locked signal, I asked my waitress (Ruby) for the password, and she said she doesn't know. She said it's for the credit card machine only. Seriously??? Com on!!! What place in Ballantyne does not have a free WiFi now days. If the Sam's clubs, McDonalds and grocery stores have it, why wouldn't they.....anyway, like I said, my little pet peeves. Decor was inviting. I thought it could have been little busier for a lunch, perhaps if it was run differently. For lunch, food was little bit on the expensive side. Most dishes are above $10. I know that prices are going up in that direction, but most places are trying to still keep the numbers in single digits. Food was decent, but the whole experience does not deserve double digit price. As for my dish, lunch menu item #2, chicken soup with plantain, rice and avocado. The combination just didn't work for me. Individually each item tasted OK, but I was not sure what to eat with what. Perhaps I just don't understand Peruvian food. Too much cheap starch. Soup was little on the salty side, with few pieces of chicken, potato and yucca. Than, once I am done with soup, eating bland rice with plantain was like eating a white bred with doughnuts. I suppose that avocado was there to bring some color on the plate. Another detail, my pet peeve (as I get older, I get more and more of those - old fart) avocado vas not even taken out of its shell. I see that as not very hygienic, especially when the the shell still had a PLU sticker on it. It was probably taken out of the box, never washed, cut in half and put on my plate. Maybe it was washed, but the way it was presented to me in the plate, I am tempted to believe that it was not. Serving avocado in a shell, to me spells lazy, sloppy an not creative. If it was taken our of the shell, they might have gotten one more star. I ask myself, should be going there again? I can only answer that with another question...why? So many other choices...
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