Archive for August 3rd, 2006
No more Hotel New York?
Author: DJI started going to Hotel New York Restaurant in the spring of 2004. I first went there with a group of people for a party and was introduced to oysters. I wanted to show the others how brave I was so I tried one. Later I expanded my choice of food from simply shrimps to sashimi and other types of shells seafood. The service is not that great and Vienne can vouch for me on this. I met Vienne there for the first time a few days after Christmas and we had a great time eating oysters and finished an entire seafood platter.
No more oysters
Let’s go on to the seafood platter
Yes, Vienne and I can be silly at times
The last time I was at Hotel New York Restaurant I ran out of patience. Since I was a waitress for a few months during the first year of college I can be somewhat forgiving. But the service was really terrible the last time. I did get my sashimi right but the small seafood platter for one person had to be made three times. How difficult can it be to just grab a few portions of shells seafood that are ready to go? It’s not just the service that is bad. The price went up so much while the portion became smaller.
I know we are facing an energy crisis and these restaurants have to raise their prices to keep up with delivery charges for their supply. But paying twice the price and having 1/3 of the previous serving is crazy. Anyway, let’s just say that I will not go there anymore for my oysters craving. My date left some tips nevertheless. It was because of me, knowing that I tried to be a good waitress. Most of my Dutch friends however tell me not to give tips. They said when they do their job well they don’t get tips so why should these waiters and waitresses receive some tips.
They do have a point there. Unlike in the US where servicing people have to earn tips to survive because they get paid less than minimum wages. Normally Dutch people don’t give tips because the servicing people get an annual salary. There is no such thing as good customer service here. If you are a tourist, you will find out soon and will learn to get use to the system, after sitting there for 20 minutes and no one comes by to say “may I take your order sir.” In a big city like Amsterdam, which caters to tourists, servers are a bit faster on their toes. Having said that it is not always true in most cases.
Now I can only look at my last sashimi. Hopefully it’s not my last and I will be treated very special in Spain (hint, wink).
Standing in front of the restaurant. Why do I always take pictures after I am full? It just makes me look more fat, hahaha.
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