David Greggory in DC
I can take mediocre food but I hate it when a place pretends to be all that when it really isn't. Combine this with the rude service and you have an ideal restaurant for this particular post.
Trader Vic's at the Beverly Hills Hilton
Again, food may be good but if service sucks then the restaurant goes down as BAD in my book. Well the food actually sucked here as well haha. My food came out way too salty. When I told the waiter, they brought me another plate...but it was remade using the same dish but added more ingredients to tone down the saltiness. I'm not stupid so I told the manager. The manager couldn't hold down his personal anger and threw down a fork forcefully on the waiter's tray but missed and fell loudly onto the floor. Yeah I left and let the hotel know of my dissatisfaction. Unacceptable.
Fare Nui Restaurant at the Intercontinental Resort & Spa Moorea
No taste to the food. Zilch. Bland. ...though most food I ate in Moorea was similar. I somehow expected food to be great on this island... I did have a fantastic burger at this joint called Blue Cheesburger..think that's what it was called.
Makoto in DC
This sushi place was a total disappointment. Food was good but way overrated. I found the place to be a bit gimmicky with a pretension of being authentic.