pastiche modern eatery

sad birthday. gross food, terrible service, will not return!


-----09 mar, 2015-----

none. ew yuck!

made reservations for xmas. we both had the prime rib. both were way over cooked for prime rib, which should be barley medium. we sent them back.new ones were still over cooked, but i wasn't going to wait longer. tasted ok, but for almost $30 each i expected some quality. service was very friendly. our two waitresses were kind and tentative. desert was very good. i would probably not go back here being that it's too expensive for the low quality.

very poor service. slow and over-all disappointing.

not likely to return. we went in with high hopes. the glass of wine my wife ordered was rancid. when we flagged the waitperson down 10 minutes later she was happy to replace the glass, suggesting another wine on the menu. since we didn't have the menu we didn't know that it was more expensive than what we originally ordered. of course they charged us the more expensive price. the meals came out 45 minutes later and both the pork loin and the lamb chops were raw in the middle. not rare, but almost refrigerator temperature. again it took 10 minutes to locate the waitperson. the reheat took 20 minutes longer. the meat was cooked properly and was tasty. no apology from the manager, not even an offer for a complementary glass of wine while we waited for our dishes to be finished. not smart business people. no wonder the restaurant was almost completely empty.

not a good experience at pastiche. went for a late valentines dinner with my wife and decieded to try pastiche as we had not eaten there in a long time. my wifes meal was fine - a spicy pasta dish. i ordered a daily special - ahi tuna, mashed potatoes, shreded veggies. when my dish arrived the plate was cold and all the food was luke warm. i sent it back asking for hot food. the food came back on a cold plate the potatoes and veggies were luke warm and the tuna was over cooked - not rare in the middle. i sent this dish back as well. finally on the third try the meal came back on a hot dish, the potatoes and veggies were hot and the fish was perfect. the server took my meal off the bill which was appreciated. finally i ordered a double espresso and some desert. the espresso came in a coffee cup, about half full and was totally black with no evidence of the brown crema that should come with an espresson prepared properly.

i now remember why i hadn't been to pastiche for a few years and will probably not come back again.

had dinner their the other night with my family and found the waiter to be very unfriendly and acted as if we were doing him a favor ! this guy been working there for quite some time and has always been unfriendly , with this being a birthday and having to focus more on his attitude then the event we certainly will not be going back. the hostess also made a big deal about the table we requested when the place was half empty ! i have to guess this attitude issue is coming down from the top? its a shame since i was a long time customer but i think the management must not care very much about changing the poor morale? oh well with all the new choices of restaurants this will soon bite them in the ass ets. prices are also over the top!!! bye bye fat a**!

and so with those thoughts i highly recommend that you give them a whirl and then go again, and then tell someone you like to go too.

all bread, no meat. i decided to try one of their sandwiches. i ordered a turkey sandwich. if you like a lot of white bread (i can't imagine who would) and just a little bit of meat, you've come to the right place! not worth the $10. and i, too, didn't particularly like the place. it seems a little stuffy, attitude-wise i mean. i wouldn't go back. i like the idea that they give $2 to the food bank for their soup, but $6.50 for a bowl of soup is just a little too much, even if it was gourmet (which it's not).

disappointed in management. i sent a letter complaining about a very rude waitress in the bar, as myself and 2 companions were having lunch there one day. she was curt to everyone, you know, making you feel like "why'd you come in here and bother me?" i sent a letter to management complaining about her. i never heard back from them, so i had my secretary call them. and they said they were going to send certificates for 3 free meals, which i believe they never really did, because we have a small post office where i live and they never received them. then the owner told us the second certificates they sent were used, which again no one gets the mail except me, so that cannot possibly be. we did call them the first time, correcting any possible wrong address and they had got it right. i then sent another letter and said we never really heard what you did with the waitress, which was my original complaint. i also said, instead of sending certificates, why don't you just put my name on a list and the fact that we have three meals on the house and i'll come in. they never responded. i believe the certificates were never sent and they pacify their complaints by outright lies. it's too bad that they would act this way. i identified myself as a reverend, as well as my 2 companions, so they knew i wasn't complaining for complaining's sake. so much for the management of pastiche's. my secretary spoke to both the father of the owner and the son, the owner.

this place is great! atmosphere was great and all the food was even better. highly reccomended especially on tuesday night steak night.