Well now that I've calmed down after my visit on Monday January 6, 2014, I can finally write a review.
Things started out good, no, they actually started off great. I didn't catch anyone's name during my visit so I'll have to use descriptors. The host was a youngish (maybe just out of high school but younger than me [25]? ) guy maybe 5'9"- 5'10" with dark blondeish hair. He was excellent. Professional, competent, friendly. Things were off to a great start.
The waiter, dark brown/black hair, maybe 5'11", he seemed to be a decent waiter when the journey began, but by the end of the night I was in a literal rage spiral and he was part of the problem. So he takes our order, and me and my boyfriend did the 2 for $20 (share an appetizer, each get an entree). So we're waiting, and waiting, and finally we get our food! It wasn't too long, probably around 15 minutes, but the food is our entrees and not our appetizer? I told the food runner we didn't need the appetizer (because, duh) and I started in on my chicken covered with bacon and cheese (really very good by the way), macaroni and cheese (no, no, no and no) and broccoli. I've been to Chili's and had the broccoli COUNTLESS times, and it's always covered in some sort of very very light buttery type sauce and spices (unless I order it "guiltless"). Well tonight the broccoli jumped off a crudités platter and straight onto my plate and skipped the steam basket!!! It was legit raw. My boyfriend had broccoli too and his was cooked and had the sauce and everything which was normal, but made it all the more odd that mine didn't have it.
A manager appeared shortly after we got our food holding the appetizer and apologized about the timing and said it would be taken off the bill (again, because, DUH! you're not being the hero by not charging us for something we didn't receive/consume.) She then asked us if we would like to take it to go since it would just be going in the trash, we said OK. I appreciated that, but I do feel like this was the absolute least she could do (besides the obvious not charging us), but I also understand they're running a business, whatever. I told her about the broccoli and she was very polite about getting it replaced. We never had ANY contact with the waiter besides when he took our order, once when he refilled our drinks and said the appetizer would be out shortly, and when he cleared a few dishes from the table mid meal. He was however very present at a large group behind my boyfriend.
So we're done, the experience was not the best, the waiter drops the bill off (never asked us once how the meal was, well, okay, sure, fine) which was $22.08. My boyfriend put down $30.00 and this guy brings back $7.90. So that means he brought us .02 less than we were entitled to and I'm ALWAYS going to rage about waiters stealing change. It's the principle. When I told him he forgot some of our change he said he didn't have any pennies and produced a nickel?? So he had the money but he'd just rather us be out of .02 than him be out of .03? Unbelievable cherry on the proverbial cake. I started raging hardcore at that point and if I had been alone I would have found three pennies SOMEWHERE and gave him his change back and left without leaving a tip because if you steal from me you get no money but I think my sweet boyfriend tipped him, as measly as the tip may have been.
Moral of the story I will never go to (this) Chili's again ever in my life and you shouldn't either. read more