Comments on: Public Restaurant – Global cuisine out of a design house http://www.eatbigapple.com/english/2010/01/12/public-restaurant-global-cuisine-out-of-a-design-house/ Taste and Tell Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CS Hsia http://www.eatbigapple.com/english/2010/01/12/public-restaurant-global-cuisine-out-of-a-design-house/comment-page-1/#comment-74267 CS Hsia Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:32:28 +0000 http://www.eatbigapple.com/english/?p=483#comment-74267 @Taste A restaurant a day is quite expensive :P, not to mention it makes the occasion of dining out less special. As for Public, I'll give it a shot at some point, but the revisit is not too high on my list. @Taste

A restaurant a day is quite expensive :P , not to mention it makes the occasion of dining out less special. As for Public, I’ll give it a shot at some point, but the revisit is not too high on my list.

]]> By: Taste http://www.eatbigapple.com/english/2010/01/12/public-restaurant-global-cuisine-out-of-a-design-house/comment-page-1/#comment-74263 Taste Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:07:45 +0000 http://www.eatbigapple.com/english/?p=483#comment-74263 Hope you get better service than we did. The staff there just seemed arrogant and pretentious. --- By the way, I'm a foodie-wannabe... I've had a plan many years ago to try a different restaurant every day (Since I don't cook), but I never really followed through. Reading your blog reviews brings out the urge to try each and every one of them, lol. We actually built/renovated a few of the restaurants you mentioned in your blogs. Bon Appetit! Hope you get better service than we did.
The staff there just seemed arrogant and pretentious.
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By the way, I’m a foodie-wannabe… I’ve had a plan many years ago to try a different restaurant every day (Since I don’t cook), but I never really followed through.
Reading your blog reviews brings out the urge to try each and every one of them, lol.
We actually built/renovated a few of the restaurants you mentioned in your blogs.
Bon Appetit!

]]> By: CS Hsia http://www.eatbigapple.com/english/2010/01/12/public-restaurant-global-cuisine-out-of-a-design-house/comment-page-1/#comment-74216 CS Hsia Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:33:20 +0000 http://www.eatbigapple.com/english/?p=483#comment-74216 That's interesting to hear. I certainly wasn't thrilled by my experience at Public, but it didn't sound nearly as bad as your visit. Maybe I ought to swing by again and look into it. That’s interesting to hear. I certainly wasn’t thrilled by my experience at Public, but it didn’t sound nearly as bad as your visit. Maybe I ought to swing by again and look into it.

]]> By: Taste http://www.eatbigapple.com/english/2010/01/12/public-restaurant-global-cuisine-out-of-a-design-house/comment-page-1/#comment-74213 Taste Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:10:02 +0000 http://www.eatbigapple.com/english/?p=483#comment-74213 The food wasn't anything special. I expected much better based on their prices. But the service was horrible. We made a reservation, and when we arrived (on time), we still had to wait 20 minutes, even though half the place was empty. The hostess first ignored us when we arrived, then after getting her to talk to us, she told us to wait in the bar. After 5 minutes, we asked them again whether we could be seated, since there were so many tables available. They told us no, and that they'll call us when our table was ready. After 15 minutes had passed, we asked again, and this time we pointed out at least 8 or 9 separate tables were empty since we came in, and they said "Oh, um, those are reserved". I replied that I had made a reservation also. They ignored me and just kept chatting with each other... How Rude!!! After debating with my friends for a few minutes about which restaurant to change to, they finally came over and seated us. After all that, we had to subject ourselves to rude waiters also. It just seems like they don't want any business, and that they're tired of their jobs. I don't know how this place remains in business. The food wasn’t anything special. I expected much better based on their prices.
But the service was horrible.
We made a reservation, and when we arrived (on time), we still had to wait 20 minutes, even though half the place was empty.
The hostess first ignored us when we arrived, then after getting her to talk to us, she told us to wait in the bar.
After 5 minutes, we asked them again whether we could be seated, since there were so many tables available.
They told us no, and that they’ll call us when our table was ready.
After 15 minutes had passed, we asked again, and this time we pointed out at least 8 or 9 separate tables were empty since we came in, and they said “Oh, um, those are reserved”.
I replied that I had made a reservation also.
They ignored me and just kept chatting with each other… How Rude!!!
After debating with my friends for a few minutes about which restaurant to change to, they finally came over and seated us.
After all that, we had to subject ourselves to rude waiters also.
It just seems like they don’t want any business, and that they’re tired of their jobs.
I don’t know how this place remains in business.

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