On Friday, June 29th a couple of girlfriends had a wonderful dinner at Catalan and decided to have a few drinks at Vin. When I viewed their website, I was impressed and was looking forward to going. The interior is very impressive (Vegas style), but the service was really bad! We arrived around 9:30pm and asked if we could be seated at a table for dessert and drinks, the young and obviously unexperienced hostess informed us that we could not since we weren't planning on having entress...I would understand if the place was packed, but it was at most 25% full and given the time, I couldn't imagine that they would need the table anytime soon. My friends and I decided to have a seat at the bar...we ordered a few desserts and each had about two glasses of wine (around $14 per glass). We were told that the bar/lounge upstairs opened at 10pm, so shorlty after 10, we headed towards their staircase to the elevator that provides direct access to the bar. Suddenly, one of the hostesses (also young and unprofessional) ran (yes ran) to block the elevator door...she informed us that since we had not sat at a table, we were not allowed on the elevator. She said that we had to walk outside and wait in line to go upstairs to the bar. I mentioned that we had dessert and $14 glasses of wine, but we just went outside to get in line (there was no line), so we just walked up. This place (or their hostesses) are trying way to hard to create an image of exclusivity and I will definitly not be returning and will discourage others!!!
Pros: Beautiful Interrior
Cons: Trying way too hard!!
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