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I spent $210.53 on dinner for 2

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Sea Moose said:
We dont "tip" in Australia.
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That's because you guys actually pay your waiters/waitresses a decent salary and therefore, it is already reflected in the bill. Here in the US, waiters and waitresses are typically paid a ridiculously small base salary and then have to make it up in tips. Frankly, I like our system better because if I get bad service, I won't leave a tip or I'll leave one so small that it is clearly an insult. In Europe or elsewhere, you're paying them regardless of service level.
 
IndyColtsFan said:
That's because you guys actually pay your waiters/waitresses a decent salary and therefore, it is already reflected in the bill. Here in the US, waiters and waitresses are typically paid a ridiculously small base salary and then have to make it up in tips. Frankly, I like our system better because if I get bad service, I won't leave a tip or I'll leave one so small that it is clearly an insult. In Europe or elsewhere, you're paying them regardless of service level.
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I agree with this post, and add that in Europe, the service standards are much higher than here in the U.S. My entire time there I never came out of a restaurant (went to at least 10) without tipping because I felt that the service was that good.
 
Looks like youb spent money on volume instead of delacacies. No Oyster on the half Shell or Stuffed Mushrooms?
 
rasczak said:
I agree with this post, and add that in Europe, the service standards are much higher than here in the U.S. My entire time there I never came out of a restaurant (went to at least 10) without tipping because I felt that the service was that good.
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For the most part, I agree about Europe although I did have a couple of bad experiences in Paris.
 
Red Dawn said:
Looks like youb spent money on volume instead of delacacies. No Oyster on the half Shell or Stuffed Mushrooms?
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if northern waterways weren't so polluted oysters would be cheap. and what are the mushrooms stuffed with?
 
Would be nice to do like a "restaurant tour" of establishments that are awarded three stars in the Michelin Guide: Daniel, Le Bernardin, Jean-Georges, Masa, The French Laundry, and Joël Robuchon.
 
Yeah baby Mastro's is my #1 favorite restaurant.

Whenever I go to the LA area on business I try to make a stop there.

Love their seafood tower too.
 
magomago said:
how the hell do those reviews keep saying "it can be cheap or expensive!" but everyone spends 200-300 PER PERSON there? I looked at the menu and it seemed that things varied from 1-10 dollars. WTF? Can someone explain to me how you hit ~300 dollars when the menu isn't that expensive? Looking at the reviews as well they didn't seem to get THAT much food. Which leads me to my roundabout point - how do they eat cheap there!
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you're not being served things on the menu when you ask for omakase.

cheap = rolls made by the mexicans in back
$200pp = omakase from Go up front
 
Red Dawn said:
Looks like youb spent money on volume instead of delacacies. No Oyster on the half Shell or Stuffed Mushrooms?
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A friend of mine went there before and recommended some of the stuff, mainly the lobster mashed potatoes. We didnt finish anything and ended up boxing up everything and eating it the next morning. It was a lot of food.

Ill have to try some of that the next time I get a chance to go.
 
That's actually not that much money for a nice dinner. You enjoyed it though, so that's all that matters.

KT
 
I could make that meal happen with less than thirty dollars, and have enough to feed a family in one night, even.

200 bucks, wow... I'm poor!
 
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