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Spice Route
Spice Route brings a bit of Southeast Asia to King West. With statues of buddha, wall hangings depicting ancient ruins and a 16 foot waterfall, this stylish asian-bistro bar makes a statement. On the menu are sharing plates including veggie pakora and Thai crab cakes and mains like Kung Pao chicken and wok steamed mussels in a red Thai curry sauce. Yum. In warmer weather some serious lounging unfolds on the side patio.
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I will never step foot in this hole again.
Other than that, the usual crowd of single moms, women with baby rabies who are at the precipice of their Wile E Coyote moment in life, that crap roses and are not worth the eyeball energy or wasted attention.
BUT I have to say, I was very pleasantly surprised. I had the whole back wall to myself and the other lounge guests did not bother us the whole night. At arrival, they asked if the allotted space was enough which was courteous of them (and we got another table later that night due to numbers). They also didn't ID me or any of my guests knowing that we were part of a party reserved for the night. The music wasn't too loud or annoying - I got to talk to all my friends at a reasonable tone of voice (for a club/lounge atmosphere).
There were two people servicing our party (not exclusively) and sometimes it was hard to find any of them...but when we did and a few of my friends gave him/her attitude, they took it in stride pretty well and got us what we needed.
I really loved the decor too...definitely a place I would hold another party at again and again!
What we liked: the service was friendly, courteous, and attentive even though 4 different servers for 3 people.
- The decor was warm and inviting, the music was good and did not take away from our ability to converse.
What we didn't like: the portions were oddly inconsistent. Pad thai was enormous, kung pow was modest at best and the vegetarian option was grossly undersized. Food quality was fair - no better than a local take out restaurant option.
The biggest fopas of the evening came when the kitchen could not deliver 3 meals to 3 people at the same time. My order arrived first, 10 minutes later the second order came, 5 minutes after that the third order arrived. The kung pow arrived in record time, minutes after the order was placed. Leading me to believe that the order was not prepared fresh, simply heated and served. By the time the third order arrived, my meal had gone cold. A restaurant should understand that dining as a party is the standard. If the kitchen cannot coordinate such a simple concept then it is apparent that this is not a restaurant. To be clear, this is a louge which masquarades as a restaurant.
When the restrooms are the highlight of the visit, then that's all that needs to be said about it. King West has much better options for a positive dining experience.