My BFF and I decided to wander the streets and discover an unknown gem as we always sometimes do. It's either a hit or miss. So come upon Cartel, and by the menu seemed a nice place to try- with such a cheap menu and so many great options, we giggled that we could try almost anything and still be affordable. She checked her services online (the reviews) and we decided to go in. With the advice of a previous review it said to order right away as it takes a while for the food to come. And so within 5 minutes we were ready and prepared for the wait. The waitress recommended that we order the "happy hour" drinks right away as it was almost 8pm. $5 wines, and beers & any mixed drinks (not cocktails). So we ordered and had the white wine. Then we ordered a bottle of Chardonnay. The waitress brought the bottle and fumbled with it for 5 minutes, she actually couldn't open the bottle. My gf eventually asked if she needed help and opened the bottle herself. We ordered the Charlevoix burger, maui burger, beef satay, chicken satay, pork belly bao, guacamole with chips. True to form the order came almost 15-20 minutes later- the Charlevoix burger and pork belly boa came first. Ah, no wonder it's cheap. They were the size of sliders, maybe a little bigger. Okay, gotta admit it was good. So good that we ordered another pork belly bao (sliders). The beef and chicken satays came another 10 minutes later. They were average, nothing spectacular. My Maui burger came another 10 minutes later. This was also ver good. Finally the 2nd order of pork belly bao came 10 minutes more later...it was COLD, as if it was sitting there for some time and then they placed it in the microwave to heat. This order was NOT good at all. By this time, we were in a need of shots. We wanted to have PATRON shots but were told that they couldn't give us the patron shots (they had to be in a drink) but any other shot we could have. WTF? Where in this planet is this place from? So we ordered $12 margaritas. They surely take their damn time in this place. Oh, and the guacamole we ordered? We almost forgot about it until it came out 40 minutes into our meal. It was MEH. We had to add a bunch of salt and hot sauce to make it better. We wanted to wait for the margaritas to eat them with. We almost waited 15 minutes! The margaritas came in short water glasses filled to the brim with ICE. I think I took 3 sips of the drink before it was all gone. OMG. What a waste. We were so excited coming in and at the end was totally disappointed. The service is below par...the girl was very nice but all the waiting didn't make it feel like any service. We were going to talk to the manager but we were in a such foul mood that we would've probably taken it out on him. Our server didn't get a great tip. NEVER AGAIN!
How would this review be described in terms of sentiment?
Choose from:
I. negative.
II. positive.
I.