Overall Rating:

2 out of 5

Don't go in a large group, August 15, 2009
By kendallfm

"Everything positive in the About.com review is true about the facility, food and service. However I recently had the misfortune to take dinner with a large group from a nearby government facility. One would think that a restaurant in Bethesda would have arranged to accommodate such groups.
Everything was great until it came time to settle up, at which time we were informed that it was the policy of the restaurant to split a large group into no more than four bill.
We had not been informed of this policy and it was, of course impossible for the majority of the group who had to account for their individual expenses.
The manager then became belligerent and verbally abusive.
Although the restaurant was essentially empty on a Thursday day evening, he actually complained about the inconvenience of serving a large group. We were twenty one, please see the review suggesting the restaurant easily accommodates groups of 60.
The manager finally relented and gave individual checks, however it took over an hour after dinner was finished to settle up.
Decades ago it was very difficult to split the bill for a large group, but modern point of sale technology makes this trivial as well as more accurate and convenient.
I strongly suggest avoiding this venue in a group. I would also tend to conjecture that should one have any other difficulties with a meal, one would find the management unhelpful."

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