Friday night the BF and I decided to have dinner at Maido, the first time since it is under new ownership. I was sooo very disappointed. Maido has always been quirky with eclectic music and art, interestingly pierced and tatooed servers and amazing food. Not so any longer. Gone was the funky art, gone was the cool fusion jazz (replaced with boring whatever music), gone was any attention to good service and gone was really good food. Food was ok, just not quite as good as used to be. Service was terrible! When we first arrived we stood at the front door while who knows how many employees passed by us "on missions". We knew the bartender, who told us that the new kitchen was much faster than it used to be. Once someone seated us and we ordered, we got our grilled rice ball within a few minutes and 40 minutes later had to flag down our server to ask if we had been forgotten (the place was not that busy and it was later in the evening). Miraculously our food arrived so quickly, I couldn't decide if it had been sitting and waiting or just coincidently done at the same time! Our "server" never asked if we wanted refills on drinks....all in all weird experience.
Saturday we went to a Derby party and the BF was lucky enough to win a jackpot, so we decided to treat ourselves to Hanabi sushi in Prospect. This was 100 times a more plesant experience! Lovely spot with friendly and efficient service and wonderful food. Some very imaginative rolls and fresh and tasty oysters. It was very reasonably priced...I am sooo sad about Maido. I wanted to love it still. I hope they figure it out soon. Oh! This was a odd thing, we were on the patio at Maido and I watched the kid bussing the tables ake all the glasses and toss the leftover liquids into the bushes. Tacky!
. I have had some really great meals there! Including sushi and non sushi items...the korean bbq ribs are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO good.