点评:The Grand is very visible in Astoria. It’s on a very busy corner and it’s quite spacious. They have some vegetarian options; the veggie quesadilla is very good but otherwise food and service are average. Last time I was there was on a Sunday. I went for early dinner with my niece and her 7-year-old son. What an embarrassment…
To start off, the music was blaring at an uncomfortable decibel level, which made communication with the waiter very difficult. We had to scream our order at waiter’s ear. But what made us really uncomfortable, was the choice of music by their DJ, whom they hire on weekends. He only played hip hop/rap music with its signature profane lyrics. We were bombarded with f**k, f***ing, motherf***er every 10 seconds. I was profoundly embarrassed with my niece and her child, and couldn’t wait to finish our food and leave.
I believe everyone should be free to play whatever music they like. But this is not the kind of “entertainment” you expect in a supposedly classy restaurant, on a Sunday, in the early evening hours when families are having dinner. If they really think this kind of music pleases patrons, they should warn people when they see them coming with children (ours was not the only one) or reserve it for late at night when customers are more likely to be all adults.
翻译:Grand 在 Astoria 非常显眼。它位于一个非常繁忙的角落,而且非常宽敞。他们有一些素食选择;素食油炸玉米粉饼非常好,但其他方面的食物和服务都很一般。我上次去那里是在一个星期天。我和侄女以及她 7 岁的儿子一起去吃早餐。好尴尬……
首先,音乐以令人不舒服的分贝水平刺耳,这使得与服务员的沟通变得非常困难。我们不得不在服务员耳边尖叫我们的订单。但真正让我们感到不舒服的是他们在周末雇用的 DJ 对音乐的选择。他只播放带有标志性亵渎歌词的嘻哈/说唱音乐。我们每隔 10 秒就会被 f**k、f***ing、motherf***er 轰炸。我对我的侄女和她的孩子深感尴尬,迫不及待地吃完饭就离开了。
我相信每个人都应该可以自由地播放他们喜欢的任何音乐。但这不是您在星期日、傍晚一家人吃晚饭时在所谓的优雅餐厅里所期望的那种“娱乐”。如果他们真的认为这种音乐能取悦顾客,当他们看到他们带着孩子(我们的不是唯一的)来时应该警告人们,或者将其保留到深夜,因为顾客更有可能是成年人。