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2009-10-29
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So last night, I went to the much talked about Bistecca. It was one of the few places I was really looking forward to trying as I had heard good things. The decor did indeed resemble an Italian butcher, with some private party thing going on in the corner.The crudite was a nice healthy touch pre-empting the sinful steaks to ensue. I ordered the bacon strips for starters and my friend ordered the steak tartare. My bacon strips were a bit bare but my friend's chuncky cut steak tartare (sans oeuves
The crudite was a nice healthy touch pre-empting the sinful steaks to ensue. I ordered the bacon strips for starters and my friend ordered the steak tartare. My bacon strips were a bit bare but my friend's chuncky cut steak tartare (sans oeuves) was tasty and fresh.
For mains, I had to go for the 14oz prime rib whilst my mate went for the linguine with clams (not wanting to OD on beef). The steak was a little burnt on the outside, but juicy on the inside and very well cooked. We had a good glass of white and red respectively, which took longer than expected to deliver (I think they had completely forgotten; I was half way through my steak when I had to remind them for a second time).
Soon after we finished the meal, they cleared up the plates and we were looking at desert menus. The manager walks over and asks if we can leave within 20 minutes because they have someone waiting.
Obviously I am quite annoyed and I made the point of telling him that I have no problems with leaving early, but why would they not tell us when we made the booking (even as a precautionary measure to manage my expectations better). He didn't have any reason and walked off.
About 5 minutes later the waitress walks over and asks if she brings the bill, at which point I flip. "Is there anyone else you want to bring over to tell us to leave?" - I totally get the fact that they want to do more business and good for them, but throwing you out and twice in the space of a few minutes, was completely unacceptable.
It's a shame that a potentially great restaurant can be so easily ruined by awful awful service.
张贴