I dined at Buddha Bar for the first time this past Friday, and in one word I would call the experience?.AWFUL!!! It was the worst service in my life!!! We were a party of 6 celebrating a friend?s birthday. First, they sat us at a table way too large for our party. Because of the inconvenience of moving and waiting for a smaller table to clear, they gave us edamame. I had to hail the server numerous times throughout the evening for our drinks. I had to ask twice to place our appetizers and once they were cleared I had to ask twice again to place our entrees order. The food was nothing special. She recommended the Miso Chilean Sea Bass it was too fishy and the rice was just a hard ball of fried oil. The $30 crab avocado salad was extremely small and whatever spice was used overpowered the food and ruined the dish. The guys at the table behind us each ordered 3 drinks at a time knowing how bad the server was. My favorite part of the meal was when we asked the waitress to bring a slice of cake for our birthday girl. She brought the dessert sampler that contained 6 desserts. When the bill came they tried to charge us for the free edamame, 2 rolls that she wasn?t supposed to charge us for bc we never ordered them, and $60 for the dessert!!!! We discovered later that she didnt' care to serve us bc gratuity was included!!!! The only thing that is nice about this place is the decor/atmosphere/bar scene. It?s basically a knock-off of Tao and at least at Tao the food and service is good.
Pros: Ambience, location, decor
Cons: worst service, bad food, overpriced
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