What can I say, the whole thing was a horrible experience in every way. My mother was never treated well by her family, she never even really had a birthday party before, so I wanted to make it special for her 65th. So I phoned down and asked if it would be possible for them to sing "Happy Birthday" to her when they brought out dessert. I thought they did that sort of thing all the time. So I asked before I had made the reservation (this being a full month before her birthday), if they would do that if it wasn't too much of an ask.
"It's no problem at all, dear", the woman replied.
I would phone 3 more times before her birthday to make sure that they knew what to do, and each time I was assured that it was no problem and that was the plan. Each time I was assured that it was no problem and that it was definitely the plan.
Her birthday arrives and me, her other son and her niece show up to celebrate at dinner. I ran in a head and asked the host is if it was still going ahead.That they would sing her happy birthday.When they brought out dessert. She affirmed it. We had a so-so time until the food comes. No music played through the speakers and the restaurant was mostly empty. I think the Euro was on by yourself too. But there may have been one other person there, working, 2 at most.
I would say the food was just, ok! I could just barely eat it, and it wasn't very good at all! If that was the only problem I wouldn't have even said anything. Every person in our group agreed on how - 'meh' - the food was. The person who ate the most only ate about 2/3 of it and the rest of us ate 1/4 of the food presented. I then go up to the waitress and tell her we're about to order dessert and if they were still going to sing "Happy Birthday" to her and she told me that they were.
My mother orders dessert, the rest of us were hesitant to order any. I figured that they maybe put a candle on it and sing the song when bringing out the food. The waitress comes around the partition, just getting close enough to throw the plate on the table and immediately walked away. The other 3 of us begin to sing her "Happy Birthday", but the girl just kept walking. My mother looked happy we sang it to her.
It's only fair that I mention that the waitress was very attractive and I wrote a note on a napkin saying I thought she was very beautiful and if she would like to get to know each other a little better and left my email address. I had also said that if the note upset her somehow, I was very sorry [I know, I'm have no game anymore - it'd been a few years since I've last asked a girl out and that was just bad]. So I paid for the meal and left a small tip, then left.
The whole thing angered me and by the next day I had decided to complain. I phoned the manager and told him this story and he said he'd send a gift card to compensate me for the bad experience.
As of today, I have yet to receive any gift card. In 94 days from now it'll be her next birthday!!!
The whole thing was a disappointment. It was a waste of time, money and energy. If I had my time back I would've picked up Mary Browns & a cake for 1/3 of the cost and had it at the beach.
As an appendix to this story, I just want to say that hypocrisy and people telling you they're going to do something and then not doing it, makes me very angry. And to you, who has read this long review, I would like to say, Thank you!!! I know it was long but I wanted to post about my experience at Jungle Jim's. read more