best = Everest Room in ORD. spotless, gleaming. :)

worst? I won't even go there . . .

Restrooms
 

Mama always said you can tell how a kitchen operates by checking out the restroom . . . if the restroom is dirty, then so is the kitchen . . .as well as the sanitation.

But the converse is not necessarily true: a clean restroom doesn't ensure a clean kitchen. I saw some pretty horrid things when I waitressed at a fine restaurant during college summers. Rolls from the baskets went back into the general bin, and other things you simply don't want to know.

Never did actually "see" the bathroom........Sailing with my brother and dad, stopped in Vieques and found a small bar/restaurant to have a drink or two and something to eat. Fortunately, my brother was the first requiring use of the facilities, with alittle Spanish knowledge, we were told: "Down the hall, to the left, light broken". We have since figured out "Down the hall, FIRST left", down the hall second left was a 4 foot drop to the mud filled loading dock area. Needless to say, my brother came back to the table alittle mad and, well, looking like he was covered in ...... Gets mad everytime I tell the story.

That would be a "Turkish toilet" (no offense to Turkey, that's just what they're called. If there's a more generic term for them, I've never heard it). There are lots of them in Paris--and in some surprisingly nice places. The one at Cremerie Polidor in the 6th arrondisement is a listed historical monument, I'm told...

I love India, but I think any bathrooms are pretty bad all round. I used to take my driver from anywhere in the city to the nearest 5 star hotel in order to go to the bathroom. Sometimes that would mean holding it for 1/2 hour. I honestly wouldn't use the public bathrooms for even a $100.00

Mike

It's not just asia. These type are also all over Europe. Had to pay 2 euros for using the toilet at a Salzburg Cafe. :mad:

Even though it's not a restaurant, my worst exp had to be a dive bar in Dallas during Texas-OU weekend: the "Across the Street" Bar.

The toilet and sink were both stopped up and overflowed, numerous cups were strewn about half filled with "lager beer" and my personal favorite: entire jumbo shrimp could be seen floating in the toilet.

... I think the 25c pitchers of beer had something to do with it.

At that point, I reasoned, noone would have noticed that I just opened the door and "played fireman."
-g