"I had not been here in four or five years. My 2019 rating was five stars because the food and service were excellent and the price was a bit high but reasonable for the overall experience. I recently heard good word of mouth feedback about the place and decided to try it again. The food is still very good. The service was alright more on that in a moment. The place is very clean and tastefully decorated. The menus are now under the table top glass (maybe a leftover from COVID 19? , which put me off a bit personally (but I would not hold that against them . The prices had crept up (in my opinion past a bit high to high . I ordered a water, no ice, with lemon, and the waiter brought it with so much ice the glass was too cold for me to even hold, and the water was way too cold for me to drink. That has become one of my pet peeves with restaurants; there is a reason I don 't want ice, and I don 't think it is an unreasonable request to ask them to actually do less work for my drink. The waiter did fix it, but shouldn 't have had to. Anyway... I also ordered a hot tea. Today was a low carb day for me, so I ordered the lamb skewer, rare, and I asked if any substitute could be made for the rice. I was told additional vegetables was the only available substitution, and I agreed to that. The meal came quickly and was cooked perfectly. I enjoyed my meal and asked if there was any cost for a refill on the tea, and the waiter said no and brought another. I was presented with a bill for the lamb and tea, which looked correct, so I provided my credit card. Before he ran my payment, and without telling me, he added a charge for extra vegetables , then brought back the bill for me to sign. Fortunately, I noticed the bill total had jumped up around seven dollars, so I pointed out the situation to him. He did not argue, and said very quietly (I think sorry, my mistake (or something like that and ran a refund to my credit card for the difference. I gave him the benefit of the doubt and tipped 20% of the correct, pre tax amount. I 'm quite ambivalent about the whole visit. I understand all food prices are going up, and I am okay with an occasional $35 $40, high quality, well prepared meal, but adding something to the bill after showing it to me, without saying anything, is a *huge* no no, so honestly I probably won 't be going back in the near future."
Waldorf
