Sentiment analysis: It might be fun as a club, but for dinner, eh. From the description I thought that Alain Ducasse was the chef. Nope. They just feature some of his dishes. I wanted our last night dinner to be superb and instead I left wishing I had gone to another, equally pricey place. I would recommend many others in this price range before mix.
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negative

Sentiment analysis: I felt let down by my fellow Yelpers tonight. After reading smashing reviews, my hubbie and I tried out Pastis for ourselves. We ordered the hummus. It was so bland, we started referring to it as "chickpea paste." If it wasn't for the block of salty cheese embedded in the middle, it would have been inedible. Plus, on the website's menu, Saturday from 4-7 is happy hour and the hummus is supposed to be $4. We were charged the regular price of $6 at 5:50 on a Saturday night. (http://www.pastisaz.com/happyhour/) I had a Barcelona sandwich. I'm a vegetarian, and there weren't a lot of options on the menu for me. I'm also allergic to avocados, and without the avocado on this sandwich, it's nothing special. I thought that they would have beefed it up a little to make up for the lack of avocado, but a skinny sandwich did it make. And the bread was yucky. The fries were good though. Hubbie's dinner was the Pasta di Diavolo which he thought was just okay, and definitely not worth the sixteen bucks they charged for the bowl of pasta (and nothing else to go along with the bowl of pasta). His comment? "It was a little better than Fazoli's." The service was decent. It wasn't fantastic. One thing that still bugs me is that I have no idea how to pronounce the name of the establishment. When we walked in, they didn't say "Welcome to Pastis!" It's not like there were ten other people in the place either. To sum it up, we would definitely not recommend this place to any of our friends, and we will not be returning. Wasted forty bucks.
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negative

Sentiment analysis: Nasty, nasty, nasty, and gross. The cheese crisp is anything BUT (greasy, limp, UGH) and the chips are STALE and vary between super chewy and/or break my jaw status - when I tried to ask for fresh chips the waiter looked right in my eye, apologized, and said he'd promptly throw them back into the microwave for me... WHA?!?! This restaurant is proof that George W. Bush was a bigger idiot than we ever gave him credit for (for those of you who have never been - the TeePee claim to fame is being a local fave of the Bush). I recommend avoiding this place completely and trying Carolina's, Los Compadres, or Casa Reynoso. Service is hit or miss so if you MUST go - try the shredded beef tacos, skip the tap water, and sit at the bar.
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negative