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shabby treatment is more the norm than the exception, unfortunately. particularly in all simon oren's restaurants! the morons that run nice matin have done an excellent job of doing everything wrong. the bartenders couldn't be any less efficient. just 1 ex. because there are simply too many. unsolicited was speaking with someone about nice matin's front desk & bartenders where she acknowledged the better service recorded by females at the bar, to the detriment of anyone else, which includes couples, as well as males by themself. apparently this is a "known" fact.

what troubles me is how well these places seem to do - is there no limit to what "we" will put up with??? very high wine mark-ups!! very bad service!! incompetent front desks!! arrogant owners!!! absentee owners!!!

i no longer go to any restaurant that has these "attributes", & if i go & treated in such a way, i leave 0 for a tip, & if given a hard time, ask for the manager & tell him the reason(s) why. for those ninnies who excuse the waiter, that's ridiculous. the waiter is the extension, & if the owners/managers choose to be obnoxious, let them take some of those egregious wine mark-ups & pay the waiter his 15-20%. i see no reason why i should be treated like crap AND be expected to leave a tip. AND, btw, for those who are wondering, the suggested tip is 0, not 10%, not 5%!! anything more than 0 leaves no imprint upon the waiter or the restaurant. "IF" the waiter or restaurant does NOT get IT, i.e., the message, then regardless they will always provide poor service......

"the fault, dear brutus, is in ourselves"