I read the review of Bazaar on City Search and it sounded like the perfect trendy spot to take my teenage daughter before a Fox performance. When we walked in we were greeted immediately by someone who could not find our reservation. While he was trying to figure it out we were watched by a stocking capped squater who was eating a bag of carrots while propped up on the couch behind the hostess stand. I found our reservation in their scribbled in reservation book, pointed it out to the host and we were immediately seated. However, we were not taken upstairs to the "proper" dining tables. Instead we were walked to the back of the establishment and were seated at a table behind curtains at a dark, dingy little table.
Ok so this is embiance...I'm trying to appreciate the scene until I look at the menu. Tapas is what was advertised. A very limited selection of bar food is what was on the menu. Six items including Quesadillas and boneless buffalo wings (or something just as boring). The atmosphere stunk and the food selection was atrocious. Had City Search stated it was a trendy bar with appetizers at least I would have known what to have expected. A Tapas restaurant? Hardly.
I'm sure this is a great place to meet for drinks. A word to the newbie - make them seat you upstairs. I was not aware there was more to the place than the downstairs. I looked at the website after the fact and the "loft" area looks lovely unlike the Salvation Army reject look of the downstairs. I'm wondering if they offer real menu upstairs because the items described in City Search were not found on the menu I was given.
We left and went elsewhere for a nice dinner.
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