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An Excellent and Awful Restaurant
To those that live or frequent New York: Sandobe is an excellent sushi restaurant, and Otto is an awful restaurant with awful service.
Otto
Let's get this awful experience out of the way. I made the mistake of having lunch yesterday at Otto. The coolest thing about this place is the fact their address is 1 Fifth Avenue. After that, it's all down hill.
A friend and I arrived to a relatively empty house and were promptly seated in the back. A minute later, bread and water arrived. Yet our waiter took fifteen minutes to take our orders. I had to get up and try and ask someone to track him down for us. After convincing him to take our orders, he wasn't seen again until the end of the meal, when I had to once again flag him down to ask for our check. What's worse is that our waiter was helping tables immediately surrounding us in the relatively empty house, but apparently chose to ignore us.
So, if you like having your orders taken when you dine, stay away from Otto.
Sandobe
Sandobe is incredible. This East Village sushi restaurant has delicious food and an incredible value. Unlike most Sushi restaurants, a filling dinner for two came to $16! The house special rolls range in price from four to six dollars and have what I'd estimate to be four or five usual pieces of Sushi.
If you're a fan of sushi, you have to check out Sandobe.
· Sandobe [Menupages.com]
· Otto [CitySearch]
Posted in on March 27, 2005, 03:15 PM | Permalink
