Saturday, April 17, 2004

The Chandelier @ Taman Seputeh

went for friend's birthday dinner at The Chandelier...in Taman Seputeh. it's a really cool place, done up nicely with ponds and fountains, etc. and the food's not bad, not too pricy. however, the service was terrible!! i think the management must've hired a bunch of waiters from hell. how unfortunate..to state an example, my friend ordered mushroom soup and some garlic bread. so after we waited for about 45 minutes, the soup came, with a slice of bread (looks like gardenia). but no garlic bread. so friend asked waiter, "i ordered garlic bread, can i have it? saya nak makan dengan sup." waiter said (blank expression) "uh..garlic bread?" then she rotated the soup bowl and pointed to the slice of (non-garlic)bread "ni ada bread!" and walked away. Plain Rude!!

so the birthday dinner didn't turn out that well. it didn't help that a very angry customer walked up to the counter and started ranting loudly, telling them that he's been waiting for his food for an hour. then he started shouting "hurry up!! hurry up!!", threw a glass of water on some waiter's face, and smashed the glass on the floor. what a scene! the man was harsh, but i have to admit the restaurant needed that.

conclusion: awesome place, but NEVER go there on a busy night. i've been there several times on their quieter nights, and it's not too bad. you'll still get the same stupid waiters from hell, but at least there'll be less customers to serve.