X Lagrange — Restaurant in Paris

Food was decently good compared to most Authentic Sichuan restaurants but the service is awful slow and abhorrent. It was abysmally bad that we had to leave midway eating after much frustration.

We ordered the crispy fish, string beans and beef tripe. It took them 40 minutes to deliver the first dish. During that 40 minutes, the bigger table next to us was a tour group of Chinese people. They were loud and obnoxious, demanding food to be delivered to their table at once. One by one their dishes came and they even ordered more to satisfy their gluttony. Meanwhile, the tables around them were filled with hungry disgruntled customers. We were on those groups.

One of the customers from the other table reprimanded the owner and told them they had waited an hour and their food was served cold when it arrived. They left immediately afterwards. Meanwhile, more food was served to the bigger table with the Chinese tour group. They drink and dined as though it was their own house.

A few of our dishes had finally arrived. However, it was just the cold beef tripe and sichuan long beans. We were left with no choice to start eating while waiting for our main dish - the crispy fish.

When we saw the crispy fish appear as the waiter move towards us, we were rejoicing with our empty plates and half eaten rice with insatiable hunger to be satisfied with the onlooking dish.

Much to our dismay, the rude tour group intercepted the waiter and told them it is their food order and snatched it to their table. The waiter begrudgingly gave it to them. We were appalled after waiting for an hour.

Harnessing last bit of our patience, we knew that there was preferential treatment to those people in the bigger table. We left to get our check while asking for a reason why our main dish has not arrived despite waiting for an hour. The owner told me it was too busy. Then she told the cook, “The table is cancelling their order!”. To which the cook responded, “Okay, no problem!”.

This had indicated to me that they barely had prepared it at all. I should have concluded that was the service and should had left a long time ago.

In conclusion, do not waste your time here unless you really crave Sichuan food and are willing to wait 1-2hrs. I’d suggest going to nearby alternative restaurants. They are just as good and plenty.

Source: I had lived in NY, Singapore, LA, Tokyo and parts of China. I am a...

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