Problem: B&B is normally one of my favorite restaurants. I have been there 5 times and have had pretty much everything on the menu at least once. It often has mixed reviews too. Burnt food, over salty food. I just never had a bad meal and thought maybe those that revied it might have been too picky. That was until I ate there on Friday. Some of the food was so bad we did not eat it. My favorite dish has been the Gnocchi since my first time at B&B. This time it was so salty you could not finish eating it. The mint love letters where also gross this time around. Nothing like my past visits. Even the bread was different and served cold. There was five of us. Our server talked down to us like we where stupid morons. I had asked if we could eat our pasta family style so we could all share. We had orded 5 pasta dishes. Mario has always said food is to be sharred. Even the article about B&B on the Venetians site talks about passing plates. Our server would not give us extra plates or a serving spoon so we could all have a taste. I guess the Los Angles Times people are morons too and they should take that article off the site. I was embarrased that I recomended the restaurant. What pisses me off the most is we were forced to tip for rude bad service. I normal always tip everyone and more than 20% but he made the whole night ruined. I never knew 5 was a big party that forced a tip. Maybe that is why he did not care if we had good service or not. I most likely will not be back to what was a favorite place.
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Problem: Orange Table? I almost gave you three stars because of that superb BLT, but I can't say honestly that everything was A-okay. My kids loved their grilled cheese - it looked a little intimidating what with that thick and oh-so nicely toasted bread, but really - the kiddies devoured them and felt satisfied. The service, however, is not so great. Yeah. We waited a long time for you guys to get your act together and think about how to put the tables together for us. And it was crowded - so for awhile I gave you a break on that. But then it wasn't crowded and the tables didn't get moved and we didn't get seated and you all were standing around the counter pretty much not doing anything - not even slinging any attitude. This kind of service seems consistent with the other reviews I've read, so I gather maybe you're holding yourself to a different standard and that's fine. But to be honest now - I've experienced hipper and ruder waitstaff and you'll just have to dig a little deeper if that's the niche you're going for, 'k?
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Problem: I stick with my previous review for the rest of the bread, but I finally hit it for breakfast pastries: kick ass! Easily one of the best croissants I've ever had, and the turnover and cinnamon roll were awesome, too. Overall assessment: bread: 4 stars pastry: 5 stars mean: 4.5 stars, which rounds to 5 They're friendly, too. I also think they're giving up a nice chunk of revenue by not being open for take-home pastries on Sunday (hint, hint).
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Problem: Came with a group of people to introduce them to a neighborhood place we'd been to before. We were embarrassed that we suggested the place. The waitress provided horrible service....we had to constantly flag her down or go to the bar for our own drinks. We waited 55 min. for food to come out. It wasn't very busy and the food was basic bar food. When we brought our concerns to the manager ( who was also tending bar ), he had nothing to say and didn't seem to care. During the conversation he took our drink order, turned around and helped 4 others who came in after us instead of pouring our drinks. We opted not to spend another dime, cashed out and left. They lost 11 customers that night.
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