We tried Tempest for brunch and while the food was good, the service was abysmal. My partner works in the service industry and we are usually very forgiving of stressed staff. But Tempest was not even busy! There were maybe ten tables in the entire restaurant-- dining room, bar, and cocktail lounge. We waited nearly 20 minutes for our order to be taken, and then another 20 before the pot of tea we ordered arrived. My partner had somewhere to be an hour and a half after we arrived-- we figured this would be plenty of time for brunch. An hour into our visit, the waiter and host offered a few apologies for the wait and the server once told us it would be just a few more minutes. Twenty minutes later, my partner had to go. He asked for his food in a to-go container and I stayed behind to wait for it. Fifteen minutes later, the food arrives. (95 minutes after we set foot in the restaurant!) I had ordered an omelet and my partner a salad. The server brought the food, the host brought the to-go containers and set them on the table. One meal was comped and I immediately handed over cash to pay. I sat and ate my omelet, packed up my partner's food, and my change never arrived. Granted, it was less than $1 in change, but after all the waiting, that should have been speedy. No waiters were in sight to ask after it so I left. The food was fine, but we definitely won't be back.
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Available choices:
a). negative.
b). positive.
Answer:
a).