Reviews of restaurant Tgiving meals

[merbel]

Curious to know if anyone ate at local restaurants Thanksgiving and what they thought of the experience. We ate at the Bait House as we did last year and thought it was OK, but better last year. Had friends that ate at Criollas and raved about it. Thought about going to Fire and wonder if anyone can give feedback about their Thanksgiving buffet.
Thanks!

 

[30A Skunkape]

Not sure about restaurants, but the goodies we got at Cowgirl Kitchen and Cocoons were very good.

 

[beach1111]

Criollas was very good. The 20% tip they added was also added to the state sales tax, thats 20% added to the 8%. Never seen that one before.

 

[InletBchDweller]

Criollas was very good. The 20% tip they added was also added to the state sales tax, thats 20% added to the 8%. Never seen that one before.

That is so wrong. I used to scold my servers about doing that. I would call them and see what they say. That can add up if your bill is quite high...

 

[30A Skunkape]

Criollas was very good. The 20% tip they added was also added to the state sales tax, thats 20% added to the 8%. Never seen that one before.

Do you mean they calculated the tip based on the tax added to the price? That isn't right, the management should happily correct this.

 

[Criolla's]

Beach1111--- Please give Tim Kinderman a call @ the Restaurant 850-267-1267 and he will gladly refund and make amends. At Criolla's we strive to be on top of our game 24 hrs a day, however being the only day in the year we are open for brunch it is possible to have a system break down. Please be assured that this is what happened and there was no illl will on the servers part or that of managment. Simply put one of our front servers prepared your bill (he did this on several occasions Thursday) who had no business handling the computer system or your bill, this falls into the back servers job description. Criolla's would like to apologize and please contact Tim @ the number above if you have any questions about your bill. Also we would like to thank everyone that came out for Thanksgiving we had a great time and hope to see you next year!!

 

[GoodWitch58]

Bravo, Criollas! Good, prompt (local) customer service. Anyone can make a mistake, it's the one who admits and fixes it quickly who ranks high in my book

 

[savvytangerine]

I got goodies as Cocoons and it was all amazing!

Also got really awesome veggies for my main course from Toni's. Made a roasted eggplanted with roasted onion and bellpepers with a tomato sauce. Got everything from Toni except the eggplant and it is soooo good. Nothing beats real veggies! Nuthin'.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Criollas was very good. The 20% tip they added was also added to the state sales tax, thats 20% added to the 8%. Never seen that one before.

I understand your point, but I always, unlike my sister who never, tip as a percentage of the total bill which includes tax. I guess you, Skunky and IBD have the same mindset as my sister when it comes to tipping. After working for numerous years in the food service industry, I realized that most all servers calculate their tip based on the total, including tax.

I'll add that if you are a cheap tipper, leaving only 15% on the untaxed total, most servers think you didn't enjoy the service since you tipped less than 15%. I understand your point, as well as my sister's, but I'm telling you that most servers will look at you as the cheap tipper if you become a regular. Around here, where service can often be mediocre or less, it pays for your server to know that you are a good tipper. wink, wink.

 

[30A Skunkape]

Nope, tip total is not traditionally influenced by tax, it is based on the pre-tax bill. I am all about tipping and usually go off the bottom line anyway, but if the tip is calculated by the restaurant, it is unacceptable to factor in the tax. If this was not so, our friends at Criolla's would not be offering to 'make it right'.