Reviews: Daffodil Restaurant
Dinner at Daffodil last night was fun. More for the company than for the food, however.
I arrived a bit early and decided to have a drink at read until my friends arrived. Upon mentioning my desire for a drink to the bartender, I might have expected to be handed a drink menu - or at the very least told about signature drinks the place might have (it turns out they did have a few). Instead, I was just sort of blankly stared at until I came up with something to order. I suspect it was a fairly inexperienced bartender. Maybe that makes sense for a Tuesday night, but I have had better drink-ordering experiences any night of the week at other places. No complaints about the drink itself.
When my friends arrived and we were seated, things were looking good. After placing our orders, however, it ended up being quite some time before the appetizer or my friend's drink (he ordered a cucumber gimlet) appeared. The waiter was nice enough to come and tell us they had only one chef, and he was also responsible for the hotel's room service. That explains the delay on calamari, but what about the drink? Eventually they both arrived together. Then it was another long wait until the food arrived, during which time the waiter came back again to tell my friend that the chicken pot pie was not being offered, so to pick another entree and it would be on the house. Then we wait some more. The waiter comes by again and offers us free champagne. I should mention there were only two people in this place. Maybe room service was going crazy?
The food was ok, but not really worth the price. Luckily, one of my friends had a 50% off coupon - the whole reason we were there to begin with. Dessert was excellent though, a cookies and milk plate with 5 kinds of cookie - baked fresh and still gooey - and bourbon milk that was a little bit sweet.
Overall impressions: Daffodil is too expensive to be a "cheap" place to eat, and the food is not good enough to be a "nice" place to eat. The benefits include a very courteous and friendly staff, nice ambiance, and excellent cookies. However, the overall experience left me wanting, and would not have been worth it if we had paid full price (we did tip the waiter on the full-price bill though, as he did his best to make the evening more enjoyable). In the end, I will probably not return.
After Daffodil, I took my friends to Level III for a peach and absinthe dessert drink. :)
I arrived a bit early and decided to have a drink at read until my friends arrived. Upon mentioning my desire for a drink to the bartender, I might have expected to be handed a drink menu - or at the very least told about signature drinks the place might have (it turns out they did have a few). Instead, I was just sort of blankly stared at until I came up with something to order. I suspect it was a fairly inexperienced bartender. Maybe that makes sense for a Tuesday night, but I have had better drink-ordering experiences any night of the week at other places. No complaints about the drink itself.
When my friends arrived and we were seated, things were looking good. After placing our orders, however, it ended up being quite some time before the appetizer or my friend's drink (he ordered a cucumber gimlet) appeared. The waiter was nice enough to come and tell us they had only one chef, and he was also responsible for the hotel's room service. That explains the delay on calamari, but what about the drink? Eventually they both arrived together. Then it was another long wait until the food arrived, during which time the waiter came back again to tell my friend that the chicken pot pie was not being offered, so to pick another entree and it would be on the house. Then we wait some more. The waiter comes by again and offers us free champagne. I should mention there were only two people in this place. Maybe room service was going crazy?
The food was ok, but not really worth the price. Luckily, one of my friends had a 50% off coupon - the whole reason we were there to begin with. Dessert was excellent though, a cookies and milk plate with 5 kinds of cookie - baked fresh and still gooey - and bourbon milk that was a little bit sweet.
Overall impressions: Daffodil is too expensive to be a "cheap" place to eat, and the food is not good enough to be a "nice" place to eat. The benefits include a very courteous and friendly staff, nice ambiance, and excellent cookies. However, the overall experience left me wanting, and would not have been worth it if we had paid full price (we did tip the waiter on the full-price bill though, as he did his best to make the evening more enjoyable). In the end, I will probably not return.
After Daffodil, I took my friends to Level III for a peach and absinthe dessert drink. :)