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Connies Cantina
By girleone at Citysearch June 11, 2011
We've eaten here twice. The first time, we were new to the neighborhood, and thought it would be fun to check out our favorite food: Mexican. So, we ordered on the phone and took some food to go. We were very disappointed. The food was not authentic Mexican, and just didn't taste very good. A year goes by, and we walk by Connie's every day while on walks with our dog. We see a sidewalk sign that advertises shrimp tacos yesterday, and decide to give Connie's one more try. We sit down outside (as we have our dog with us), and are basically ignored for 10 minutes. Finally, we are greeted, and our order is taken. Another 20 minutes passes. No food, no chips/salsa, nothing. (I should note, the place was not crowded, as they only had one other table of guests inside). Eventually, our food arrives. It tastes just OK, but we figured this might be the case considering our first experience here, so we weren't expecting a lot. After eating, we again waited about 10 minutes for the check. Eventually, we figure out that we are expected to go inside to ask for the check and pay. The slow and somewhat unfriendly service and the lackluster food wasn't the worst part. Within several hours, my partner and I were both stricken with severe food poisoning. So sick in fact, that we had to leave in the middle of seeing a movie at the Grand Lake Theater just a few doors down (after getting ill in the theater's bathroom). I called to let the owner know about this incident this morning. Instead of listening to me, she constantly talked over me, telling me that she's been in business for 15 years, has many happy customers and that no one else has called to say they got sick yesterday (hey, they've only been open 2 hours today....maybe she will still get some calls). She then said it was probably US that was the issue.....that our individual stomachs probably just weren't used to the food and that's why we got sick. Really? You're blaming your customer for getting sick? Hey, if one person gets a little upset tummy afterward, then maybe it's them. But if TWO people eat the same dish and get projectile vomiting afterwards, I think it's safe to say it was the food and not the customers fault. Connie eventually offered us a free meal as a sign of good faith, which I appreciated but kindly declined. After that, she asked if we wanted our money refunded. (Um yeah! Why does she have to ask? Shouldn't this be offered?) In the end we didn't take the meal or the refund. I would NEVER go back here for the simple fact of how she handled the phone call. She got defensive, didn't listen, didn't take ownership of the fact that her food made us violently ill, and instead placed the blame elsewhere. NOT the sign of a place I want to patronize in the future. ...read more
The Terrace Room At Lake Merritt Hotel
By karent at Citysearch April 13, 2009
Easter Sunday, our party of 4 arrived at 12:10 for a 12:00 reservation (the church service ran long).\t\nThe room was relatively crowded, but there were empty tables and several groups getting to the end of their meals.\t\nWe waited another half hour to be seated.\t\nAfter we were seated, we waited another half hour with no sign of a waiter. There were several running around like mad, but none of them came near us. Finally, the bus girl took pity on us, wrote down our order very carefully and went off to submit it to someone. \t\nAN HOUR LATER WE STILL HAD NO FOOD!\t\nWe got up to leave and the manager assured us that our food was coming right out. We sat back down and it did.\t\nEvery single order had a mistake.\t\nSo we left.\t\nIt's a beautiful space. They get lots of good reviews.\t\nBut not from me.\t\nI'll never go back. I'd be afraid to even try."" ...read more
Silverline Mortgage
By SberryBlonde at Citysearch March 20, 2008
A few words to express my experience towards east bay catering\t\n- Terrible food\t\n- No concept of time\t\n- Uncoordinated\t\n- Very unprofessional\t\n- Highly NOT RECOMMENDED\t\n\t\nI had a lunchin at my company not too long ago so I saved my appetite since it was a thank you from our boss. Supposedly they were supposed to have everything delivered by 12:00pm, but that was not the case. We waited until 12:30 until my coworker had to call and see what time we would be expecting them since they were already late. They told us that they were on their way and will be here in 10 minutes due to "traffic" on the bay bridge. Honestly I commute to work on Bay Bridge everyday and traffic at 12:30 pm?!?!\t\n\t\nAs we waited and or hunger started to get overwhelming then we noticed it was already 1:05pm and they were still not here!!! My coworker called again then they explained that they could not find our location. Already very hungry, annoyed, down right mad. They finally arrived at 1:20 pm. Almost 2 hours late! The delivery guy was clueless and exclaimed that if we had a complaint just call the office and someone can speak to you. \t\n\t\nHoping that the food would compensate for the tardiness, but the food was just as their service is. TERRIBLE! Food was cold, tastless, down right NASTY! I wouldve have been better of fasting or getting food from a burrito truck. \t\n\t\nAll in all I will NEVER recommend this place to anyone and I hope this posting will prevent anymore unhappy and dissapointed customers. If I could I would have given them negative stars as a rating.... ...read more
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Rozays just wants to say thank you, to all of our loyal customers. Our information has recently been updated. Feel free to call upon us for your next event. Remember, Catering by Rozays will always be honest with all of our clients. We would not have made it without you! No catering event or budget is ever too small. Rozays offers all event catering. A wide selection of menus with comfortable pricing. We offer additional discounts for groups of 10 and more. Churches, Schools & Non Profit Organizations. Call us today for more information. Ask for Rozay or Danise. 510 465-2020 ...read more
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