Service is King - Bay Leaf and Saravana Bhavan

[Guest guest]

Hey all,

 

I don't like pitting restaurants against each other, nor do I want to

" diss " a vegetarian restaurant, being they are so few and far

between. But....I must say that just because we're vegetarians, should

mean we have to put up with subpar service.

 

Flash - looks like " The Bay Leaf Cafe " is for sale - as evidenced by below

recent post. If anyone knows any restaurateurs - it would be great to keep

the place veggie!! Wonder if any knows owners of Herbivore? They'd be a

great proprietor.

 

From SBAY Veggies List

 

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cindy liang

Sun Nov 2, 2003 5:59 pm

Restaurant for sale

 

Vegetarian restaurant available for sale.

Please email enquiries to

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Experience at Saravana Bhavan

 

We were seated by 7:00 pm - they graciously allowed us to reserve 20 spots

for 15 minutes - something they normally don't do.

 

We had all ordered by 7:10 pm, by 7:20 pm - all 15 of us had our meals.

This is what I call great service. I've never had to wait over 5 minutes

for a meal I was served there. Additionally, they continually filled water

glasses.

 

Experience at The Bay Leaf Cafe

 

By contrast, at The Bay Leaf Cafe - we got there by 7:00 pm, ordered by

7:05 pm - the last person, yours truly, got his dinner at 8:00 pm.

Additionally, they ran out of 2 out of the 3 specials and left water

glasses empty for 5-10 minutes at time - My definition of bad service. I

don't believe these folks are meant to run a restaurant.

 

 

[Guest guest]

I was sorry to hear that some people's experience at the Bay Leaf

Cafe was mixed. I have been going there about once a month for a

year and have never had bad service. Infact, I am always telling my

non-vegan friends about how unbelievably good their vegan quesadillas

are.

 

But it is no secret they are having hard times. Somebody broke a

large window of theirs, and their espresso machine is down.

 

I would encourage people to make up their own minds about Bay Leaf

and Saravana Bhavan.

 

If people have to go out of their way to publicly criticize a

restaurant. I would suggest that people do it based on more than

just one bad experience. I have had a couple of bad experiences at

Herbivore, usually it's just because they are just really busy.

Certanly nothing to write home about.

 

-Sobaysean

 

 

 

 

, Clyde Lerner

<r@g...> wrote:

> Hey all,

>

> I don't like pitting restaurants against each other, nor do I want

to

> " diss " a vegetarian restaurant, being they are so few and far

> between. But....I must say that just because we're vegetarians,

should

> mean we have to put up with subpar service.

>

> Flash - looks like " The Bay Leaf Cafe " is for sale - as evidenced

by below

> recent post. If anyone knows any restaurateurs - it would be great

to keep

> the place veggie!! Wonder if any knows owners of Herbivore? They'd

be a

> great proprietor.

>

> From SBAY Veggies List

>

> 4f394f.jpg

> cindy liang

> Sun Nov 2, 2003 5:59 pm

> Restaurant for sale

>

> Vegetarian restaurant available for sale.

> Please email enquiries to

>

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>

> Experience at Saravana Bhavan

>

> We were seated by 7:00 pm - they graciously allowed us to reserve

20 spots

> for 15 minutes - something they normally don't do.

>

> We had all ordered by 7:10 pm, by 7:20 pm - all 15 of us had our

meals.

> This is what I call great service. I've never had to wait over 5

minutes

> for a meal I was served there. Additionally, they continually

filled water

> glasses.

>

> Experience at The Bay Leaf Cafe

>

> By contrast, at The Bay Leaf Cafe - we got there by 7:00 pm,

ordered by

> 7:05 pm - the last person, yours truly, got his dinner at 8:00 pm.

> Additionally, they ran out of 2 out of the 3 specials and left

water

> glasses empty for 5-10 minutes at time - My definition of bad

service. I

> don't believe these folks are meant to run a restaurant.

[Guest guest]

 

 

 

I was sorry to hear that some people's experience at the Bay Leaf

Cafe was mixed. I have been going there about once a month for a

year and have never had bad service. Infact, I am always telling my

non-vegan friends about how unbelievably good their vegan quesadillas

are.

 

But it is no secret they are having hard times. Somebody broke a

large window of theirs, and their espresso machine is down.

 

I would encourage people to make up their own minds about Bay Leaf

and Saravana Bhavan. I don't know how easily (or fairly) they can be

compaired though. Saravana Bhavan is NOT entirly vegan like Bay

Leaf, and I don't know weather Saravana Bhavan is committed to

serving only organic food like Bay Leaf. Bay Leaf is also a very

small restaurant that might be overwelmed by a party of 20.

 

Also, if people have to go out of their way to publicly criticize a

restaurant. I would suggest that people do it based on more than

just one bad experience. I have had a couple of bad experiences at

Herbivore, usually it's just because they are just really busy.

Certanly nothing to write home about.

 

-Sobaysean

 

sfBAVeg , Clyde Lerner <r@g...> wrote:

> Hey all,

>

> I don't like pitting restaurants against each other, nor do I want

to

> " diss " a vegetarian restaurant, being they are so few and far

> between. But....I must say that just because we're vegetarians,

should

> mean we have to put up with subpar service.

>

> Flash - looks like " The Bay Leaf Cafe " is for sale - as evidenced

by below

> recent post. If anyone knows any restaurateurs - it would be great

to keep

> the place veggie!! Wonder if any knows owners of Herbivore? They'd

be a

> great proprietor.

>

> From SBAY Veggies List

>

> 4f394f.jpg

> cindy liang

> Sun Nov 2, 2003 5:59 pm

> Restaurant for sale

>

> Vegetarian restaurant available for sale.

> Please email enquiries to

>

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>

> Experience at Saravana Bhavan

>

> We were seated by 7:00 pm - they graciously allowed us to reserve

20 spots

> for 15 minutes - something they normally don't do.

>

> We had all ordered by 7:10 pm, by 7:20 pm - all 15 of us had our

meals.

> This is what I call great service. I've never had to wait over 5

minutes

> for a meal I was served there. Additionally, they continually

filled water

> glasses.

>

> Experience at The Bay Leaf Cafe

>

> By contrast, at The Bay Leaf Cafe - we got there by 7:00 pm,

ordered by

> 7:05 pm - the last person, yours truly, got his dinner at 8:00 pm.

> Additionally, they ran out of 2 out of the 3 specials and left

water

> glasses empty for 5-10 minutes at time - My definition of bad

service. I

> don't believe these folks are meant to run a restaurant.

>

>