The Garden Restaurant and Lounge

First just want to state that my partner and I traveled from Brooklyn to come here. When we arrived, we had to wait in line to get in. The host working, Valerie, told everyone at one point that it would be a 25-minute wait but then came back to tell us 10 minutes later and said it would be an hour wait. We are very understanding, so we were okay with the change, but then she came back 15 mins later and said it would be $50 per person to sit and that would cover food and drinks, which is still okay, I guess because we came to eat and drink anyway! But literally, 10 mins later, she came back and said that guests with two people would have to buy a bottle AND pay $50pp or get off of the line. Now, why would two people buy a bottle of hard liquor to finish by themselves? Did they want us to die there? Not to mention the bottle prices were, of course, exaggerated. At that point, we’ve already been waiting over 40 mins... that didn’t even make sense. I tried to get an explanation, but Valerie walked away. Everyone online became upset because we were confused with all the unfair changes. When the next hostess, Isabella, came out, I tried to speak with her to see what’s going on, and instead, she dismissed my questions and asked me if I was on line because I stepped off the line to get their attention. I said yes, I was on the line, and I just had a question. She proceeded to say, “get back over there,” I said, excuse me? Because that was rude. She said “step back” very rudely. Valerie then came back outside and said the line is closed and that they aren’t accepting any more guests while; there were over ten people on the line that she told had to wait an hour for seating and stayed at that point an hour for the seating. I went to Valerie to express my concerns, and she closed the door in my face. Wow. Not only did this feel like a waste of time, but I also felt disrespected. I asked to speak to the manager and talked to Camilo. He was so understanding and accommodating he could get my partner and me a table, BUT we had to share a table with the next couple behind us to be seated. We didn’t mind because they seemed nice and we were just over it, so we all agreed. When we were being seated, it wasn’t bad. We actually had enough space from the other couple to the point it didn’t even feel like we were actually seated together. From there the food was okay, the hookah was not worth the $35, the server was friendly, but we had to ask for Utensils and had to request twice for the hookah to be changed because it was terrible. Honestly, I wouldn’t go back.