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Vega, New York
Reviewed yesterday
★★★☆☆
Great mains, pity about the chips
Came for lunch with my sister. We loved our Thai-style mains which were amazing with lots of flavour, very impressive for a vegetarian restaurant.
But the service was below average and the chips were too terrible to finish.
When we arrived at 1.40, we had to wait 20 minutes while they got our table ready. OK, so we didn't have a reservation, but the restaurant was only half full. There was no reason to make us wait at all.
We ordered the chips as a side dish and they looked delicious. But, when we tasted them, they were overcooked and swimming in oil so we left most of them. We expected a lot more for $10!
When the waiter asked if everything was ok, we said we really didn't like the chips and he said 'That's funny, I love them' and that was it. He didn't offer us anything else or take them off our bill. Also, when we didn't leave a tip, he looked annoyed.
I was really excited about visiting Vega, and the mains were just fantastic, but the rest of the experience was really disappointing.
Tips
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Yes, I have had a really bad meal in a restorant once, we went with my brother to a restorant near
a place where we were working at that time and I’ve made the wrong choice to order a dish with
some sheep guts in it, but unluky for me, the guts were undercooked and after a short time, I’ve started to feel sick with a strong stomach ache, so I wasn’t able to finish the job that day and I was feeling sick the rest of that day.
Thanks for the lesson.
Great site!
When I was in Syria ten years ago, my collegues and I decided to have lunch in family house restaurant which was amazing that time. When we arrived, the tables wasn't cleaned and we had to wait about 15 mintues. some ingredients on the menu wasn't ready yet, so we ordered one beefberger and one cola for each one. Also we ordered the chips as a side dish becuase they looked delicious. after half an hour waiting, the orders came and looked cold. we were shocked when we tasted the chips which were overcooked, oiled and terrible. we expected a lot more for 24$. this expereince was one of the worst of my life. we haven't tried this restaurnt once more.
I tried this restaurant this summer because it had vegetarian dishes (as shown on a large sign outside the place) and wanted to eat healthy.
With great surprise on the menu for vegetarians there were only pizza and chips so I tried the pizza that was really very good as well as beer.
The bill was 15 € and so everything went well, except for the appearance of healthy food.
So if you want to eat a good pizza this restaurant is fine, but if you are looking for a real vegetarian meal do not go there!
yesterday, me and my family visited in the x city.
in the middle of our trip, we felt so hungry and we had to find a nearby restaurant. but, because we are in rare places, we didn't find a good restaurant. Honest review the restaurant is very dirty, uncomfortable, and pricy. the service is bad and the dishes are not good. So I and my sister preferred to not eat the dish and were still hungry, we were so disappointed and never went to back that restaurant again.
I went to Bora Bora Hotel during my vacation. When I was planning a trip I looking for hotels based on reviews. I paid attention on location because I want to find near a sea (the first line). I read all comments and chose the hotel.
When I went there I was very happy because I saw the sea with my window. And I was able to heard the sound of the sea.
However I didn’t like breakfasts the service was below average and numbers of the dishes were very small. There were few vegetables and fruits. A watermelon was not sweet. I thought that they had a bad variety of watermelon, but when I went shopping I bought one and it was very tasty and sweet. There also was a restaurant in the hotel. I ordered food and waited them for very long time. When I asked why I was waiting so long, the waiter answered that we had one cook. The next days I was seeing that the restaurant was empty.
Conclusion if I come back in this country I won’t stay at this hotel.
A cafe review
Disappointing
I went to a cafe a few months ago and I ordered a cappuccino and a piece of correct cake.
My order got ready after 20 minutes. I told to the waitress I had my coffee wit out sugar but unfortunately it was put sugar in it and it was cold and tasted funny. The carrot cake was too sweet for me. it wasn't my cup of tea.
I paid for a cappuccino and a piece of cake around $15! They are too pricy.
My experience was disappointing and I'll never get back this cafe and don't recommend to everyone.
Restaurant meals
I usually like to eat outside the house with family members and friends, because this offers an enjoyable dining experience that is different from eating at home. It also provides a social atmosphere, and an opportunity for entertainment and relaxation away from home.
But, sometimes I face problems while eating in restaurants because I’m not familiar with fast food or the kind of dishes that are oily and full of calories.
In my country, people rather prefer fatty meals which is considered a general attitude for most clients. So, chiefs find themselves compiled to cook stuff that satisfies the vast majority of customers.
Sometimes, I decide to order appetizers and sweets, hopefully having fewer calories. But unfortunately, most of the restaurants tend to use too much carbs and oils with appetizers. The same issue with sweets where huge amount of sugar is used to prepare them.
Recently I’ve been trying my best to rely on the healthy meals that mom prepares in our cosine, to avoid any bothering situation caused by meals served in restaurants.
It was great
Our family always have at an european restaurant every month gathering together. The restaurant's decoration looks great and the waiters and waitresses have same uniform with great smile. They look warm a lot and are very helpful with their menu. The Foods are really good with lots of flavours and ingredients are fresh. The last time,we ordered beef italian noodles, a cheese piza, sea food soup flavoured with tonnyan and grilled pork rib which is my favourite dish ever. The price are very reasonnable and they don't have table charges but service charges which are not expensive. We had a good time together at the restaurant.
There was a time when we went to a cafe that served out-door drinks in Vietnam. The decorations were pretty nice and optimistic. We hated that they served a little porpotion but it costed us around 165k( about 6.6 us dollars) per cup. There were alot of mosquitos too. Its getting 3 stars not to be shrewd.