Papillon 25

Papillon 25, hmmmm well this review is making me feel mixed emotions and after reading some of these other online reviews of this place I see why. Food is not great and service….well read on! So, we came to this place by accident or mishap. We had reservations to go to Torro Loco for a birthday celebration and it was Cinco De Mayo. On my way to the area my group advised me of the change in location to Papillon 25. I was saddening already because my 1st experience at this spot wasn’t that great and the food was not that good either. I never returned. So, I can’t not go based on my feelings from before and then I thought well, maybe things have changed because time had passed… at least two to 3 years. Well, I go and I park my car and I enter this place. My group is seated in the dining area and the night begins. When I arrived, I engaged with my party and I recall a waitress coming to the table. She asked me if I had wanted a drink I asked her what she could recommend and she recommended the Sangria. I said Nope I need a Margarita! She vouched for the Mango Margarita and that was that. She returned about 15 mins later with the small drink and I tasted it. It was good and had the right amount of liquor for my liking. Next, I find out that my group had placed their orders for their food. I already knew that I would not be ordering an entrée as I would not even know what to get there; no one in my foodie circle talks about this place. I know that I am going to be drinking and I know that I need food so, I decided that I wanted fried shrimp. I don’t see regular fried shrimp; at this point I can tell the waitress is a bit M.I.A. mind you my drink had landed already and she left. Long story short I had do a “Where’s Waldo” on our waitress and it was like that ALL NIGHT with her. I finally get her and let her know I want shrimp… I asked if they had regular shrimp, she had to check…. She came back stated yes, I ordered them…

FOUR shrimps come out on the plate. Immediately my stomach is hot mad as this will be a TEASE & it was! I just ate them and let the night roll on. Now here comes the bill…..now before I say what I am going to say next let me state that I am a FOODIE who loves to eat. I travel to eat. I have flown to St. Louis/ Holland/ Belgium/Madrid/Jamaica and various other countries and eating is the highlight of most of my travels and I don’t mind paying for what I want, nor do I mind paying for GOOD SERVICE and tipping well when that service is provided!!!! When this bill came it was a shocker due to the overall cost of the ok food and my 4 shrimps ran me $13.00??? 13.00 for 4 rinky dink shrimp??? Aww man we must do better. The service was nonexistent until the very end of our meal when a nice young lad came out to assist….. His name was Miles and had only been working there 3 weeks. He was so nice and polite and attentive. He brought us out some bread to go and thanked us; our waitress needs more training and needs to check on her tables in her section more often if this place is going to be auto adding a tip to a bill. This young lady in my heart of hearts did not earn the 30.00 tip that was added to the bill and it’s not fair. If I could give the tip to Miles and only Miles we would have. Again, food not that great and I can see that the bar is what keeps this place looking good. Kudos to the bartender that was the best part of the night!! Well Miles and my drink! She didn’t work for the coin & we have to be more conscious of these businesses and where and who we spend our hard-earned coin with! Papillon 25….. smh!!!