After recommendations from friends, I decided to try Fenouil for dinner. Beautiful ambience. Very cozy and comfortable. A lot of money was put into this place. Food was very good as well. I loved the scallops. Service was acceptable, but this is the problem I had with this restaurant in general; There was a noticeable tension in the room coming from a lot of the staff. Everyone seemed stiff, uptight. Smiles far and few between, seemed forced and insincere. Our server, in particular, smiled like it was painful. Seemed stressed out. And then another individual, who I assume is a manager, I felt had a total lack of professionalizm. On multiple occasions, I witnessed her talking down and just being flat out rude to her staff. Her stress management seemed minimal, and her negative attitude clearly affects her staff. I couldn't help but wonder, if my friend and I had noticed this, how many other customers noticed the same things?
Ultimately, the above just made the experience uncomfortable. Perhaps it was just an off night? I'll never know. But I will say Fenouil's staff needs relax a bit, especially aforementioned members of management that are oblivious to people around them, customers AND staff.
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