I've given this restaurant at least a dozen tries, and I've NEVER had a good experience. Â Yesterday was typical...went around 1:30 on a weekday - not a single soul in the restaurant (lunch crowd over) so there shouldn't have been any wait. Â Was seated promptly, and in about 5 minutes or so the waiter comes over. Â I asked for hot tea - he never asks what my lunch partner wanted to drink. Â He comes out with hot tea for two. Â After around 5 minutes I have to go to the owner (who is always there waiting by the front door to seat people) to tell him we're ready to order. Â This is the breakdown of events: Â server takes our order, my lunch partner orders water, and I order shrimp toast to be shared between the two of us; he brings out shrimp toast on one plate and sits it in front of my - no second plate, no water; the toast is overcooked and tastes old - I let my partner eat from the plate and I use my napkin - I notice the waiter sees me doing this and doesn't come over; meal is brought out and partner's water finally shows up; I find a hair in my food and, once again, have to hunt down someone to talk to; they ask if they can fix me something else, but this kind of thing grosses me out; partner ordered egg foo yung - it's dripping with oil (literally gathering on the plate) and her rice is hard on top of the order and cold in the middle; I hunt someone down again and ask them to come to the table; they offer to replace the meal, but by then we're totally disgusted (and she was a little grossed out by the hair). Â They bring us the check that doesn't include my meal (the right choice), but does include her's - I fully expected to pay for the hot tea, soup, and shrimp toast. Â Did I ask them to comp her's no, but it would have been nice if they had offered - considering they NEVER APOLOGIZED for the hair found in mine. Â I know this place is well established, and locals love it - I even hesitated leaving this review. Â But, it's just really, really, really bad! Â I feel that I've given it enough chances to redeem itself...
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