Ibiza USED to be one of my fav spots in Houston which is why I chose to celebrate my bday here with a group of friends on 12/21/07. Everything was going great- wine, martinis, good company...until the appetizers came. The mussels (which are usually a fav) smelled very rancid...bad to the point we couldn't enjoy our other apps so we sent them back. Shortly after a very rude ""owner"" came to our table and spoke to us in a very abrupt, condensending manner, snatched my martini away as if the alcohol was to blame (it was my first cocktail of the night) and didn't bring me a fresh drink back or offer another app or an apology. We apologized to the waiter who told us next time we shouldn't order items we don't like. To top it off every time the waiter would walk by our table he would use extreme profanity under his breath and called my friend obscene names 4 different times. When we confronted the situation we were verbally attacked by the owners & waitstaff, kicked out (before our less than average entrees were even finished being eaten) and continued to be yelled at as we reluctantly paid our tab and then called names as we were waiting for the valet to bring our vehicles. Never in my life have I experienced such rude, immature behavior from business owners...we will never go back to Ibiza, The Lounge or Catalan. These establishments lost 12 faithful patrons that evening...we have spread our incident to all we know who put this restaurant on a pedestal like we all used to. Such a shame....
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