stacie

Review of The Russian Tea Room

Unfortunately, this place was a huge let down. I w...

Unfortunately, this place was a huge let down. I was visiting the city and have always wanted to go here and I talked my friend into going after a big argument, because he thought it was too overpriced and overrated and turns out he was right. I knew this place was pricey going in, anyone with common sense knows that, but I thought it would be fun to grab a drink at the bar and maybe have an appetizer..WRONG. As soon as we walked in, we were not even acknowledged and we stood there for almost 5 min before anyone even looked at us. Keep in mind there was a hostess standing there the entire time. I literally had to ask if it was okay to sit at the bar, because she was treating us like we were invisible. I would also like to point out that we were pretty dressed up and it wasn't like we looked homeless walking into this place, so it was disappointing. My friend wanted to leave right then, but I still said we should give them the benefit of the doubt and we sat at the bar and once again, we had to track someone down to give us service. It was 3 in the afternoon and it was dead. We paid $60 for TWO drinks and the bartender couldn't even crack a smile and the staff was unbelievably unfriendly. I felt like they looked at us like we shouldn't even of stood foot in there. Needless to say, I would never recommend anyone to this place and there are hundreds of nice restaurants in the city that will give you better service and WAY better prices. Save yourself the trip..not worth it.