someone please save this restaurant for the love of god. i know that its "hard to find employees" or whatever crap yall spew out now but lord almighty ... this is just insane. prepare for this.
we got there, 3 of us, decided to eat in somewhere, and unfortunately chose this chilis. nobody even looked in our direction while we were standing in the front, waiting to to be seated, for 15 minutes at least. finally, two disoriented looking people came speed walking from the back and told us to sit wherever but it HAS to be on the bar side. we went and sat in a booth in the corner, most of that side of the restaurant was filled. we ordered 3 waters (with the bartender who was also going to be our server) and the man said he would be back with chips and salsa, we thought nothing of it, lots of restaurants hand out chips and salsa. he brings it to the table and the bartender told us that we have to pay for that and asked if we knew that it was only free for rewards members. we said no, the gentleman brought it to us, we didn't ask for them. she said, and i quote, " i keep telling him to stop doing that" so we said okay well its fine because we have a rewards account and we will just sign in. she leaves. then another girl brings us 3 MORE CUPS OF WATER immediately after we had already got some. so thats SIX cups on the table. then our food came with drinks so we had a total of NINE CUPS on our table. nobody offered to take some for us, nobody said anything. (pictures of all the cups below) remember there are THREE of us. then we noticed something... the bartender (who is also everyones waitress) is drunk! we can smell the booze on her breath. she is moving slowly, and had quite the attitude whenever we pointed out things that were not correct. our food was fine, good actually. just as it always is. there were no issues at all with the food. we then all witnessed another waitress, the same one who brought us an extra 6 cups, went behind the bar, and the bartender handed her a fifth and let this girl pour a LARGE foam cup of alcohol and walk back into the kitchen with it, drinking it, of course. so then we just came to the conclusion that ALL of the staff was intoxicated, because everyone was acting as though they had never done any of this before and were very frantic and disorganized. we asked for another ketchup bottle because ours was empty. something very simple, and it took about 15-20 to receive that ketchup because all 3 employees were struggling to open the bottle. yes you read that correctly, they were completely dumbfounded as to what to do. and then when it finally got to us, all three were standing there at our table, giggling, and asked us to "test" the ketchup bottle and make sure it worked. ??? if you opened it, it should work... i don't understand why you have to watch me use it? if you were that concerned it didn't work, test it yourself on a napkin in the back, or a plate i dont care. then when we finished eating we had to flag the bartender down to get boxes because all the employees were huddled in the back talking and laughing. there was another couple who came in while we were seated, and they stood and waited for at least 20 minutes and nobody ever came to seat them or anything. they left. everything was a complete disaster, it was freezing in there as well. and i am appalled that they employees are drinking from your pocket on the clock and still employed there. our check came wrong, too. we all got the "3 for me" special thing where u get a drink and a soup or salad and an entree for various prices. mine and my mother in laws were 10.99 post tax and my husbands was 14.99 post tax. then the "free" chips and salsa because we are rewards members. none of us, not a single on had a reward on our apps for free chips and salsa. the bartender said "well u have to come in every 45 days" and then just looked at us like we were going to pay for it, we didn't ask for it, it was brought to us by the other waiter, who clearly was confused. we asked about it before we ate it even and we were told it was fine. then the system had put the chips and salsa in place of the caesar salad my husband got with his meal and they had charged us for a full size caesar salad which is $6.49 when all he got was a tiny side salad. we had this corrected of course and ultimately the chips were taken off the check. we got out of there as quickly as we could trust me.
this was a miserable performance from this staff, and i cannot fathom how these people are employed. quite ridiculous.
needless to say, none of us will be back in the near future, if ever. good luck explaining this to the health department. read more