Great bar, great drinks, great location, I try to go there often. Despite the below protestations, note that I gave the place 4-stars, which is better than what most cult-classic movies get.
That said, an anecdote...
A few weeks ago a friend related an ridiculous discussion she'd had with some of the staff at that milky tea bubble whatever place on NLGX. She wanted a shake, I believe, with bubbles in it. They absolutely refused with total disdain for her request and visible astonishment with the wiliness of her apparently absurd idea. She pushed the point out of curiosity, and after the manager contacted the national offices and spoke with the executive, the flat refusal to concoct this diabolical brew disseminated from on-high down to my buddy and then me. I marked how goofy this was and thought to myself that it would never happen in America (a nostalgic remark, mind you), only to get to MaoMaoChong and have them flat-out refuse to make me a Sazarac (a dash of a pastis away from was available on their menu). On another occasion at pffft after midnight I was denied the Wednesday-nite drink special, as it had just become Thursday. Only a couple weeks before such an extension had been granted casually.
My only other beef is the high prices, but it's understandable as the place is consistently packed and their cocktails are really exceptional. Wednesdays are best for prices, not for crowds, but reality dons at the stroke of midnite!
- 923 reads
- 0 comments