Opal Divine's
5 ratings since posting on Monday, January 23, 2006|
in Austin
(submitted by
No-Zero
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i am a bartender at a fine dining restaurant in austin and a regular at opal divines penn field. their food is amazing- the best in pub grub- and their tequila and scotch selection is the best in austin. their specialty drinks are tasty too. because i frequent this joint, i am aware of the situation with the pagan group. i witnessed on a very very busy friday night that the pagan group came in, sat in a waiter's section, and proceeded to order coffee with cream and demand refills every 3 minutes, throw a fit about having their party on one check (which IS the restaurant's policy, by the way) then was rude to the server when he seemed annoyed. i saw this firsthand and was sitting at a table a few feet away enjoying a delicious cocktail. First of all, basic common restaurant etiquite is: 1.don't ever be even slightly rude, mean anything to your server (hello? they control what you are putting in your body!) --also, those pagans might get this, what about the transference of energy through food and vibrations, eh? 2.don't go to a BAR on a friday night and order coffee, just don't do it. go to a coffeeshop (this especially applies if ruta maya's is next door). if you need to eat, fine, eat and go--no campers! 3.Simply abide by policies the establishment has put into place, for example, 'no split checks' or 'gratuity added to parties of 6 or more'. Why are you above the law? I just thought I could help to clarify, from an objective point of view, the situation that had already been posted. I have begun to get to know many of the servers on a personal level and I can tell you that they are all friendly, intelligent and kind (otherwise they would not be employed there). Also, a few of them are highly spiritual, grounded individuals, practice yoga regularly and value non-judgement and peace. I just think that pagan guy's comments were rude, so i'd like to defend my favorite waitstaff. These waiters might even be more spiritually evolved than his group of choice! - Cristina , posted 09/15/06 |
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My Family of four has only been here once, it's been awhile AND it was on the 13th our one and only attending of PNO. Other than the fact not one person at PNO talked to us, the food was cold and greasy. We did have one mixed drink each, but for us this was a family meal and the place did not make the cut... I dont know if its because they just are not good, they had alot of people around, OR if they just chose to be rude and slow to us because it was PNO and figured we were stiffs? At any rate we have never returned. Nana~ - Nana~ , posted 08/20/06 |
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maybe the first poster was on a special variety of crack that night, but am pretty sure he/she was not in the same opal divine's i know. the food here is great, they have an amazing selection of scotches, tequilas and beers (except for that whole lack if live oak big bark thing), a generally pretty pleasant and friendly clientele and their staff is always friendly and helpful. it's one of *my* favourite bars in the city, and let me tell you, i know the bars in this city... :) - squeak , posted 02/19/06 |
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Clearly the other review here is from one of the 13th of the month pagans, who ask for everything and stiff on every tab. Everyone at Opals was polite and forgiving at first, but after the first couple months of running your ass off for these assholes and not even vaguely getting compensated for it ever...what a shocker the staff got a little rude. - blah , posted 02/19/06 |
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Worst joint in the city, not just bad service but an actually agressive staff seemed to feel the need to be utter dicks to our passive monthly metaphysical group despite the outrageous prices most of the peeps paid for their drinks... UPDATE:if we stiffed you every month why did we have no problems until that when you're fat fuck of a waiter couldn't keep up with bussiness and tried charging our group for crews of people who were not affiliated with us? there's no "we" in the world this world to begin with why would you fools try to put everyone on a single tab to begin with? ego loss is good and all but you'll have a hard time getting that many people to collectively pull together in a financial situation when your staff is being rude to us to begin with....anyways...just as an additional note to keep it unbiased, one of the 5 stars reviewers above are employee/and or owner of the establishment...I believe your occupation read "Bar manager" on 03/15 when I am writing this update and your one friend at the time was the second reviewer....anyways just remindin' the peeps not to buy the propaganda line, go experience the shitty service for yourself :) - No-Zero , posted 03/15/06 |
