To the matter at hand. We had lunch at Choi's Garden in Annapolis a month or so back. Parking in this resto was hell. The place severely lacks decent parking. For a restaurant that caters to parties and gatherings where one can expect more than three cars per table, this was definitely a turn off for me (I suppose management didn't think this through). Upon entering the restaurant, the decor just blew me away. Impressive archway upon entering. The only thing that ruined this was that the place was extremely small. The tables are crowded together so there's little room for you to navigate yourself to your table.
From this point on, things have REALLY turned sour. As soon as we settled down, we were joined by several other buzzing guests. The dining experience was reminicent of a scene in William Golding's Lord of the Flies. The staff made the experience even worse. I noticed that several utensils fell on the floor. A waiter came along, picked them up and dumped them right back on the tray holding the clean utensils. I think contaminating the whole silverware with everything that's been on the floor counts as a MASSIVE no-no, doesn't it? Good thing we already have ours on the table.
And what's with the waiter of the place? Seeing that every other table has ordered the pigeon, we decided to have the same, and for some strange reason, the waiter keeps discouraging us. Service was extremely slow. Probably because it was lunch time and the place was full, but that still counts as a minus on their part. Plus several items in the menu were out of stock.
The food was not worth the price, and mind you, the place is not that cheap. I'd probably rate the price at about 'PPP'. You can probably have the same quality at Gloria Maris, but then again, it's their sister company. All in all, I'd give the resto a rating of '˜'.
