06/19/09

I have never been there, but....

by FredMcKnenz

Shishliks in the next door Tatiana Grill are awesome!!!

it was very busy and we had to wait a while for the hostess to seat us

• Pros: shishlik

05/03/09

so much fun

by miriam12

This is a russian supper club with Las-Vegas style entertainment. My husband and I decided to try it last night after some Russians we met recommended it. So we got dressed up and went. We enjoyed the show, and we did a lot of dancing. The food was tasty, but it is heavy so order carefully. To get in the right mood, we ordered a half-bottle of smirnoff. We had caviar and blinis and some delicious fish. It was the salad that was a problem since it was mayonnaisey. We met some really nice people, and we toasted each other with vodka. The service was very good especially considering the lights went down at show time and it was hard to tell the waiter what we wanted. But he was very nice and we got everything we needed. Overall we had a blast and we will return with our friends

• Pros: entertainment
• Cons: pricey

09/05/08

Tons of decent food; rude waiter asked for bigger tip!

by cgracia

This is the the sort of place you should visit once, but that should be enough. Tatiana has some authentic Russian elements (although the food is more Georgian - shishkebab type stuff) and most of the songs were in French, Spanish, or English, at least one thing was authentic: terrible service. Not a single wait said a word to us all night, unless you count the eye rolling when we informed them that one of our party was sick. When we received the bill, there was a 10% gratuity included, so we paid that and a little more. My philosophy is that if you force your clients to pay a gratuity (an oxymoronic policy), then you are forgoing the normal tip. Anyway, the waiter came over and made a big promotion about how offended he was that we didn't include an additional 15% tip on top of the mandatory tip. The whole thing left a really sour taste in our mouths. Would have been much happier paying an 18% gratuity or just giving the standard 20% that we would have paid if they didn't add it to the bill.

• Pros: Ridiculously funny and authentic (mid-70s Russian) show and food
• Cons: Be prepared for requests for "bonus tip"; expensive, too much food