Article Contributed on: 4/25/2008 2:34:36 PM
Yesterday as I read the
review on the Red Tango , I found myself questioning the reason why it was published. If you were short on articles, you certainly could have found a better one to publish. To have visited a restaurant (or any business) once and feel that they should have a review like that is not good journalism. At least the reviewer in the
Rocky Mountain News today visited the place 3 times before saying it was not good.
I do need to preface the rest of my comments with the fact that Red Tango is one of my husband's and my favorite restaurants and we eat there 2-3 times a month.
I wonder how often your reviewer eats out if he thinks $24.95 is too much for a steak. I had a steak at another restaurant last month that was over $30 and if I wanted salad/soup it was another $7-10.
As to the decor of the restaurant, I don't see how that affected his dinner. Yes, the chairs in different rooms are not the same, but that is true in many restaurants. It is not decorated with a lot of fancy items on the walls, but the casualness of the place is what makes it. Yes, the building is like all the others around there, but that is true of many other restaurants. It is not a chain business, and has its own charm.
If his party all arrived atdifferent times, why did he not wait until all were there before ordering? Many restaurants refuse to seat incomplete parties until all are there. Is that what he would have preferred??
As to why he would return to a restaurant that he did not like the first time, I don't understand that. There are several restaurants that we have eaten at that we do not revisit. If the food isn't to your liking, why would you go again?
As to the portion size, I find it appalling that so much food gets wasted every day because restaurants serve such large portions. It is refreshing to find one that doesn't want to see food wasted.
I would hope that you would reconsider before publishing reviews like this when there is not enough justification for it. Everyone including businesses have an "off day," and to write something like this based on one visit is poor journalism.