- 整體 3
- 食物 4
- 服務 2
- 氛圍 5
I frequent and love restaurants by Benjamin Berg (B&B Butcher, NoPo, Trattoria Sophia, BB Lemon, etc), and I was excited to try his high-end steakhouse and sushi restaurant Prime 131. I knew it was pricey and my expectations were high.
My expectations weren't met.
The food was notably above average and the service was just okay. These are not the results I think I deserved for a $1,000 bill (4 people), which included a mere 6 cocktails and no wine.
Here's my list of notable issues.
1. I arrived 3 minutes before my reservation and waited 10 minutes to be seated while our table was being readied (party is 4).
2. When led to our table, it was prepped for 6.
3. The mocktails are uninspired and lack imagination.
4. The waiter was unenthusiastic and seemed unhappy about waiting tables. He said he's really a bartender. He also spent way too much time talking about himself.
5. We talked about ordering sourdough bread but the waited pointed out the dinosaur bone marrow came with the bread. So we ordered that. It arrived and was delicious. While enjoying it a good runner delivered an order of sourdough bread. We didn't order that. Our waiter wasn't paying attention.
6. It's really, really loud in this place.
7. After the bone marrow, we ordered some otoro, and three sushi rolls as second appetizers. The otoro was delivered, followed 5 minutes later by 2 of the 3 rolls. After 15 minutes and all of these were consumed, the last roll arrived. The rolls were for individuals, but the table. The waiter offered the excuse that the shrimp for the last roll has to be cooked in the kitchen and then delivered to the sushi bar for preparation. Huh? Not my problem.
8. Everyone enjoyed their steaks and they were cooked perfectly.
9. The mashed potatoes were the runniest I've ever seen. My son (23) was shocked and disappointed.
10. Their take on mac & cheese had pasta shells (2.5 inches long). I get pasta al dente, but these... Undercooked