Little Bohemian — Restaurant in Midland

A Masterclass in Incompetence

If you enjoy paying fine dining prices for the ambiance of a rowdy college bar, plastic water cups, and service that rivals the efficiency of a DMV on a Monday morning, then look no further—this is the place for you.

Our group of eight arrived at 7 PM, as per our reservation, only to find that the restaurant had zero record of it. Impressive start. After some frantic scrambling, they graciously provided us with seven chairs, because who needs a seat at the table when you can awkwardly stand and hover over your friends for 15 minutes?

Drinks took a solid 30 minutes to arrive, which I can only assume meant they were hand-crafted with the utmost care—or, more likely, entirely forgotten until we reminded the server. This trend continued as appetizers arrived without plates, forcing us to choose between eating with our hands or delicately balancing food on napkins like we were at a picnic. When we asked for plates and a carafe of water to refill our sad little plastic cups, the server looked at us as though we had just asked for a personally autographed bottle of Dom Pérignon.

The main courses? A true lesson in staggered delivery. Two meals first (along with an extra dish no one ordered, because why not?), three more 10 minutes later, and the final three 15 minutes after that—though those last two plates were steaming hot, a clear indication they had been entirely forgotten and hastily prepared. The food itself? Lukewarm, uninspired, and wildly underwhelming. At $50-$100 per person, I expected something resembling quality. What we got instead was reminiscent of a catered corporate luncheon where the caterer gave up halfway through.

And then came the cherry on top: the automatic 20% gratuity, sneakily added with no prior notice. A bold move for a restaurant where the service barely warranted 10%—and that’s being generous.

If you’re looking for an overpriced, frustrating, and thoroughly unimpressive dining experience, this is your spot. Otherwise, do yourself a favor and go...

I really hate leaving 1-star reviews, but unfortunately, I feel this awful experience truly deserves it. I even privately reached out twice via email within the past week with no response from management, which makes it clear they do not care about customer experience anymore.

I have visited Little Bohemian several times since they've opened, but my most recent experience was beyond disappointing.

We waited 15–20 minutes after being seated before anyone even acknowledged us for menus or drink orders. Drinks took another 30 minutes to arrive (including simple ones like Topo Chico and Sprite). We didn’t even get drinks until about 7:45 p.m., 45 minutes after we arrived. Our food took over an hour to even start coming out (more than two hours after we arrived). Only 2 out of 8 meals came first around 9:00 p.m. 4 more arrived around 9:15 p.m. The last 2 meals didn’t come out until around 9:30 p.m. when everyone else had already finished eating. One friend’s chicken dish was inedible. She took one bite and refused to take it home. The server didn’t acknowledge it at all. A dish we never ordered was added to our bill. We had to ask for it to be removed. Despite the terrible service, a 20% gratuity was automatically added to our bill.

For a restaurant where many dishes are around the $30 price point, I would expect the service and food quality to reflect that price. Instead, the experience felt disorganized, unprofessional, and far from the elevated atmosphere they originally had.

To make it worse, when we shared our experience with others who weren’t at the dinner, they all said they had stopped going because the service has gone completely downhill.

It’s incredibly disappointing because this used to be a great spot, but it seems they’ve completely shifted their focus away from quality and customer service. Unfortunately, we won’t be back until...

Oh wow, where to start?

There were two of us and we sat at the bar top. Immediately, we noticed that the bar smelled like someone had wiped it with a mildewed rag. The drinks were okay, but overpriced for what you got.

As we waited 30 minutes for our appetizers, we could smell the fishy smell of the food around us, a sign that the fish is not fresh.

We ordered the deviled eggs, which were good, but missing a key component that was advertised on the menu.

We ordered the crab cakes, which was a mistake. They were obviously using frozen, packaged crab and the crab cakes were over-fried and tasted like grease.

We also ordered the tenderloin samosas. You know that taste when you leave something in the freezer too long? Yeah. That’s what they tasted like. The meat inside was bland, but the only thing we could taste was freezer burn.

We didn’t order entrees because of how bad the appetizers were. So for two drinks each and three appetizers, the bill was $121 before tip. Two of the three appetizers were too bad to finish.

This is not fine dining. This is the quality I would expect from Chili’s on a slow night. I’m offended at how much they charged for food that was frozen, and over-fried.

In good conscience, I cannot recommend...