Last night 8 of us went to celebrate our friend's birthday at Budapest. We booked a couple of weeks ago.
When we were seated and had looked at the wine list, we were told we could have a glass of red wine, but had to buy a bottle of white wine. Since only one of us ( me ) wanted white wine, it was a non starter. So............I had red.
Next, a waiter appeared with the extensive menu. He told us that as the restaurant was busy, if one of us wanted to order fish, the rest of us must have the same. He said we could not order 8 different dishes.
I asked him why they had an extensive menu if we couldn't order from it. He told me it was because they were busy.
I told him if we couldn't order what we wanted we would take our custom elsewhere. He left our table and another, more accomodating waiter appeared.
WHEN we got our meal................it was ok, picture book food but NICE, not great, but nice.
Spoiled a bit for me tho, cos I spent the evening wondering if the origional waiter had spitted in my food.
Nice food, nice decor ( bit over the top ), rotten service and expensive.
edited to correct spelling !!
This message was last edited by Karensun on 6/1/2008.