Curt wait staff is great compared to disinterested management. Awful food.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
"I hope folks won't dismiss this review as sour grapes, but I just got back from eating at The Tadich Grill and the experience was substantially less than pleasant. I can live with brusque waiters and crowds. It is the financial district at lunchtime after all. However, considering what the meals cost, I was amazed at how bad the food was. Burnt bread, greasy uncleaned fish, creamed? Swiss chard with a big burned chunk cleverly hidden in the middle of the pile and 4 soggy and bland huge french fries that are called something else on the menu to make you think that they are roast potatoes. Hey, these things happen, I don't expect a five star meal every time I go out. What I do expect is for someone at the restaurant to care. I first told the waiter who listened perfunctorily and later on my way out mentioned the problems to the manager, who had apparently already been told by the waiter but hadn't come by to talk about it with us. The manager's response was effectively, "If you don't like it, go elsewhere." He pointed out that somebody else ordered what I had and hadn't complained. Hey, lots of people eat at McDonald's. That doesn't mean the food is good.
This is only the second time in my life that I have complained to the management about the quality of food I received. I am appalled that the staff of The Tadich Grill cares so little about their customers. Don't they need us to survive?
This place is a trap designed for stupid tourists and good 'ol boys. Oh, and as for their claim that it has been around since 1849....read the menu. It was a coffee shop for a while, it has changed names, locations, and owners several times, basically I find the 1849 claim tenuous at best. Sounds like more hooey to hook the tourists."
Pros: some nice woodwork
Cons: everything else