Originally Posted by
RichardInSF
Today, remembering some mention in this forum, I was passing the Parker Meridian and decided to try the Burger Bar.
$14.50 for a cheeseburger, fries, and small soft drink (no refills). If you want water, too bad, they don't provide water except bottled water. They overcooked my burger. It's all self-service, they snap at you, but of course also have a large bucket for tips. The burger and fries were better than MickeyD's, but three times as good?
I'm not one of the people who recommended this establishment so I see no reason to defend them. I do echo a comment below that if you didn't like your experience you had several levels of redress available such as:
1. Restaurant manager;
2. Hotel Manager
3. Hotel owner (yes, there is a Parker); or if 2 and 3 do not apply,
4. Restaurant owner.
Again, the FT New York City forum members who complimented this restaurant in the past may
possibly have more suggestions.
Originally Posted by
RichardInSF
NYC is filled with places like this and apparently when anyone visiting complains, the answer is always the same, "It's New York, if you live here you deal with it, so you can too."
Let's break this down.
First, New York City is emphatically
NOT "filled with places like this." If those are the places you keep visiting, then stick around, read the threads, ask some questions and maybe you'll find some better places. Or, you prefer, try Chowhound, Zagat, Yelp or lots of other boards.
Second, never in my life have I told anyone, "It's New York, if you live here you deal with it, so you can too." I think that is a jackass statement to make on so many levels. A New Yorker should be ashamed to make such a comment.
Originally Posted by
RichardInSF
I like this city, I like coming here, but someone needs to tell you residents: you should get mad as hell and not put up with getting ripped off, insulted, etc, any more! Things can be changed.
I don't put up with these things at all, but thanks for your advice.
By the way, when I was last in San Francisco, I got sick after dining in one of your so-called "top restaurants" and when I called the "health department" restaurant unit, they were insulting, dismissive and refused to do anything.