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OMG! That is awful.
I hope you send a link to this review to management
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You are too damn nice. If the kitchen was just sending out food and I was already full, I would have told the fake italian server to send this back cause we donât want it. That would have stopped his shenanigans right there.
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Unacceptable service. I wouldâve asked the manager to comp all the dishes that came after you asked them to stopâŚat the very least the white truffle supplement
As far as that flan goes, I donât know what it is, but restaurants canât seem to get their flan right since I always see bubbles on flans. Theyâre an eye sore and indicate that the flanâs overcookedâŚhowever slight!
Jose Andresâ Jaleo in Vegas almost got it right:
Bouchon in Vegas got it right:
Mine isnât too shabyy either:
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That smarmy jerk of a server was totally taking advantage of your large groupâŚthe nerve! Sorry for your less than mediocre service. I hope you let the management team know. Iâd have called him out with the manager on duty in addition to sending back all the extras.
I really love the simple dishes on the Bazaar menuâŚpan con tomate with the Bellota is just sublime. Iâm a sucker for the salt air margarita there. Regarding the flan, I believe itâs Chef Andresâ grandmotherâs recipe. Itâs probably my favorite flan in the city.
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Thanks @aaqjr @tailbacku I think we wouldâve normally spoken to the manager to complain, but we didnât want to make a big scene with all of our out-of-town friends. And we had plans after dinner, and for them, besides being way too full, they all had a good time in general, wowâd by the molecular gastronomy and âmagic drinksâ and there were some decent to very good dishes. In hindsight, I wouldâve just excused myself to go to the ârestroomâ while I went to seek out the manager to talk about what the server was doing. Oh well.
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I think this is an âeasy targetâ flag for waiters seeking to bump their nightâs taking. Especially at fancy places with small plates and many supplements. Unfortunately Iâve been a victim of this (albeit not at Bazaar). And they know you wonât make a scene in front of your guests.
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Can I order some of yours?
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I actually have gotten good service during my last two visit to Bazaar (SLS BH and Bazaar Mar in Miami). Go figure. But then again, we ordered what we wanted.
@Chowseeker1999 oh why oh why didnât you just do the Chefâs Favorites Tasting Menu? If I recall itâs around $100 or 125pp and is a much better deal than ordering a la carte. Everything was pretty good and we left happy, super fun meal with the company we had.
(Click below to see full list, itâs cut off in thumbnail)
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I hate the bazaar⌠will never go back again.
What did you hate about it? I still havenât been there!
Great report.
Speaking solely to the food (I donât care to explore the service issues), in reading your report, it seems, to me, that the misses were few (and, truth be told, pretty minor) but the hits were mostly very high quality dishes. One can argue if the Bazaar is â'worth itâ value-wise (knowing that worth it to one person might mean nothing to another) but the general quality of food-wise and ambiance-wise is very, very high.
For those of us who recall the lack of this kind of dining in LA for many, many decades, the Bazaar should be counted as an LA treasure.
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Iâm betting that Joseâ Andres himself would be interested in reading your âreport.â You clearly know your way around food and dining and I believe heâd want the feedback.
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Iâd hope, if Jose did read it, that heâd fire that waiter immediately.
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Thanks for the Flan pics. Your homemade one looks wonderful.
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Hi @attran99,
Thanks, yah the server was unfortunate. 
I agree, I really like the dishes you listed. The pan con tomate had great flavor.
Hi @DTLAeater,
Thanks for the link. Our waiter didnât even give us that page (it wasnât in our menu). Ugh.
I donât even see it on the website, but we called ahead to ask for it. Maybe itâs a low key thing.
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We had that every day we were in Barcelona and itâs surprising how different it can taste. Actually itâs probably not so surprising. All in the ingredients.
Tickets Bar in Barcelona ----->
