Originally Posted by
nlkm9
how about an alternate point of view? I always try to go 1 or 2 nites to restaurant week--why? because normally these venues are out of my budget and I always get to go somewhere Ive never been--I have actually found a few restaurants that I returned to and really enjoyed. Also, the RW menu I had the other night actually offered several upgrades and offered the regular menu.
For those of us who cant afford to splurge that often, its very nice, and I think its very smart because it gets us regular folk hooked on their place
The problem is that you are not getting to experience what makes that restaurant special. The food will be different. The service will be different.
Need proof: take a nice restaurant and look at the Trip Advisor or Yelp reviews. Inevitably the worst reviews will be from RW diners. Their expectations are high and they are often disappointed by the dumbed down RW offerings and service.
But I did find out who hates RW more than me: waiters at nice restaurants. According to my waiter last night, servers despise RW as they end up working twice as hard and make less in tips than they do on regular nights.
Originally Posted by
cblaisd
Great minds and all that.
