Bad Sandwich, Incredibly Slow, Unfriendly Owner

Reviewed by MattyHar on Sat, 08/06/2011 - 17:22
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I had read all these positive reviews and was excited to try this place but was pretty disappointed. It took about 30 minutes to get our sandwiches and one of my friends was on the way to the train station so she had to leave before she could finish in order to make it to her train on time. One friend got the Chicken Parm which had almost no sauce on it. I got the Spicy Sanchez which had lots of disgusting thousand island dressing on it (called their secret hot sauce on the menu) which made the bread soggy. My other friend got the Turkey Club which he said was alright. The owner was only one table away but did not come over to say anything to us or ask how the food was.

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chinpokomaster05's picture chinpokomaster05 Submitted by Guest on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 22:09

Hahaha Lily's. That's funny.

You want the owner to check up on every single customer? Now that seems unreasonable. If you had a problem, you should have gone and said something to him.
They do have a notice that says oven sandwiches can take about 15 minutes so factor in other orders and priority and boom, there's your 30 min wait.
Why would you go to this place when you have to leave for the train station in an hour? And your friend can take her sandwich to go.

You have unreal expectations and I despise foreigners like you in China.

Please leave China as soon as you can.

Esmash's picture Esmash Submitted by Guest on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 10:10

I've been to a large number of "expat" restaurants where the owner does a good job of coming up and making sure that things are ok with the food/experience/etc. Alio Olio is an example that comes to mind. When the owner is around (which is often) he always seems to come up and say hello and make sure everything is satisfactory with the meal.

wfrisby's picture wfrisby Submitted by Guest on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 11:14

So let me understand your review, what you are saying is that you live and eat in Beijing and every time you go into a restaurant the owner must come over to you and recognise your presence and appreciate your being and if they don't, then you will write a negative report about them on the Beijinger. My advice would be to get one of your entourage to announce your visit before you arrive and then the welcoming committee can bow on arrival. Or just follow the last bit of advice from chinpokomaster05.

Leon Walsky's picture Leon Walsky Submitted by Guest on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 14:41

I find the food at Grinders quite good, and don't need the owner to come over and hold my hand. You're at a pub, essentially, not an expensive Italian restaurant. Also, I can't think of ANYTIME in my life when an owners come up to me to ask, which tells me it's rare.

Also, how is he unfriendly just because he didn't ask you? Maybe he recognized you as a whiny dipshit, so stayed away.

Next time I go to McDonalds I'm gonna complain the fucking clown never showed.

I demand good spices.

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