Laurel Catering — Restaurant in Charleston

I had a very poor experience here with my girlfriend about two weeks ago. When we initially placed the order, we had asked for the catch of the day (or the fish) and the pork-chops. Our waitress proceeded to tell us that they were sold out of the fish - disappointing but we get it since we were there on the later side. We agreed instead to split one main dish - the pork chops and order more appetizers. The start of the meal went as planned and our first impression of the food was ehh. It wasn't amazing but wasn't terrible. We got the croquettes to start and two cocktails (both were good but nothing to write home about). After we got our appetizers in and the tuna crudo (didn't finish this dish)...we waited about 30 minutes. Our waitress finally came over and said - are you ready for desert? I look over at my girlfriend a bit confused - and asked about the main course (pork chop) and she just had a blank stare on her face. She said "oh yeah I forgot to tell you but we were also sold out of that too". I was thinking to myself...so we came here for dinner, and your telling me that you don't have any dinner after our meal was already over? The waitress offered no apology, no - oh we will sort this out or hey let me get my manager". Just basically told me to get lost in some words. After she brought the check, I again expressed my disappointed that the whole reason we came here was to eat dinner, and now it's 10pm with limited food options. She couldn't have cared less. I also think there is somewhat of a language barrier. So while I can't speak to any of the main dishes, it was the worst service experience in my life. I understand that this is a new restaurant but the experience we had was simply unacceptable regardless of restaurant age. With the food scene in Charleston exploding in recent years, I would take my business elsewhere. We ended up going to Coterie and had a...

I got hired here as the executive chef. I was very excited for this new journey. He had me fire a woman who worked their prior because he didn’t like her and didn’t want to pay unemployment if she worked last 3 months.Upon being hired I informed the owner of something I had to take care of back in NY mid October.The owner Tre not only forgot he decided to close the restaurant for a week. He then posted a statement that we would be reopening 10/16. Tre sent a text message 10/15 stating that we were unfortunately not going to be re opening because he cannot afford it. Tre also decided to not pay any of his employees for their last week of work. Tre also decided to block each employee and hold employees personal property hostage. Tre is also very very bad at managing his finances and has not the slightest clue on how to run an establishment. Me and one other individual were key holders and were responsible for running the entire operation and opening and closing the store. This man has to be the worst boss I have ever worked for due to lack of communication and also because he violated his loyal employees by not paying us for our last week of work. I am more than upset and will be taking legal action. I am writing this review not only to spread the message of why this restaurant is actually closed and also because this seems to be the only form of contact that I know I will get a response...

This place is severely understaffed. I got a text the day before my reservation saying they were canceling my reservation bc the cooks kid was sick. I told them my reservation was for the next day and they were like "oh OK, tomorrow should be fine". For our dining experience there was only 1 waiter for the entire restaurant. He was also the bartender and food runny. I think there was also only 1 cook. There were probably 10 tables full of people. We felt like a nuisance ordering additional food and drinks. We didn't get some of the food we ordered and our table never got drinks we ordered so we only got the first round. Our bill was wrong and the restaurant tried to charge us for the items we never got. It was fixed, but stuff like that shouldn't happen. This could all be solved with just having a couple more staff! A restaurant shouldn't have to completely shut down because the cooks kid is sick and 1 waited shouldn't be bartending, waiting, running food for 10 tables! For the price this place isn't worth the long wait and dissapointment when you don't get...