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Past Dinners - 2009

 

November 2009. Carmelita's Mexican Restaurant, Largo. 6.40

“Good food. Long wait for food.”
“Food good. Took too long to serve.”
“Very tasty but took too long.”
“Not all served at once.”
“Too slow.”
“Food excellent. Too long a wait!”
“Service was much too slow. It was 8:30 when we got our food.”
“Okay.”
“Nice wait staff, but didn’t seem to be able to serve everyone in a timely manner.”
“Food came out slow.”
“Too long wait.”
“Food 7. Service 3.”
“Very slow. Not served until 9:15 PM.”
“Very poor organization and service.”
“Number of people attending could not be accommodated. Could not enjoy the meal after waiting so long. It’s 8:10 PM – haven’t been served yet.”
“2 hours later finally got the third wrong order!! Looks good.”
“Have eaten at 2 other Carmelita’s – good food. Canned corn…Puh-leez! MSG and high fructose corn syrup in packaged salad dressing …al this with a newsletter warning us to check labels and not eat food from China, Thailand or Viet Nam. Price is outrageous – could have ordered one each of guacamole tostada, spinach enchilada and chili relleno for $9.99 but that doesn’t include a piece of fruit! Very disappointing evening.”

October 2009. Lee Garden, St. Pete. 6.46

“Lots of food!”
“Food was very good. However started about 30 minutes late.”
“Too heavy on sauces. Servings were plenty.”
“Good food. Took too long to get started.”
“Service was good but food was mediocre. Would prefer all vegan menu.”
“Except for the last dish, the taste was very bland and not very good.”
“Non-vegan noodles. Deep-fried tofu – yuck!! Szechwan veggies – no way.”
“There was a lot of food but it was so flavorless.”

September 2009. Trang Viet, 1524 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa. 8.38

“Best food ever!”
“Excellent.”
“Great variety.”
“Excellent quality – special seasonings..”
“Great service. Very friendly – Will return.”
“Soup sensational. I’m a Trang’s regular and am never disappointed.”
“Everything was great.”
“Food good. No service.”
“Did not pick up dirty dishes!!”
“Spring roll, salad, tea +”

August 2009. Mirage, 2284 Gulf to Bay Blvd, Clearwater. 9.30

Excellent
1st time here. I will return & recommend to my friends.
Very delicious
Very good – especially the salads & hummus\great service & great food. Will go again.
Great variety & taste!!!
Appreciate low noise atmosphere
Excellent food. Clean taste. Lot of zap – I feel my immune system energized!
Food was excellent – great spread
Very Tasty, good service, good selection
The best!
Awesome, abundant – This year’s winner?
Wonderful!
Absolutely awesome food! Yum!
Great!
Food was excellent. Lots of food. Nice facilities. Very clean. Buffer is best way to have everyone served fast.
Would like more of a variety of baked vegee food.

July 2009. Zom Hee, 9015 Park Blvd., Seminole. 9.47

“Excellent food, good service and lovely ambience. Let’s go again!”
“Excellent food. Great service. Everything just perfect.”
“The food was both delicious and abundant.”
“I ordered a Coke and our waiter was very prompt in refilling my glass.”
“Everything was perfect.”
“Great as usual.”
“Great food!!”
“Great food and service except canned pineapple…

June 2009. Greektown Grille, 1230 Cleveland Street, Clearwater. 7.00

“Food was great and so was our waitress.”
“Jay very nice to work with.”
“Almost enough food.”
“Very nice facilities.”
“Food was good and hot. Service was a little slow. Not enough food.”
“No tofu?? Too expensive for what we got!”
“No tofu!! (No protein).. Kebab was okay and salad was good.”
“Not happy with you cutting stuff off the menu.”
“Slow. Portions too small. Not a balanced meal.”
“Not enough food – didn’t provide what was promised!”
“Great facility! Could they host the Christmas party? I should have ordered the stuffed pepper – the kebab was okay but where was the tofu that was promised? BTW, great speaker.”

May 2009. Ruchi Indian Restaurant, 8615 N. 56th Street, Temple Terrace. 6.47

“Very good.”
“Seating too close.”
“Too spicy for me!”
“In such a big room, why did we have to sit so close together? Food was very good.”

April 2009. Picnic at Boca Ciega Milllenium Park.

March 2009. Thai-Am # 2 Restaurant, 13037 Gulf Boulevard, Madeira Beach. 6.48

Our Guest speaker was Dr. James N. Barile, N.D., Ph.D., who discussed THE CAUSE OF DIS-EASE.

“Good atmosphere. Good waitress. Not enough helpers at first. Started way too late. (8:00 PM)”
“Service could have been better. Maybe next time. Very nice people.”
“Service could have been a little quicker.”
“Delicious salad dressing with peanut sauce. Good spring roll – nice and warm. Could have used extra spices in entree. Friendly service!”
“Started too late! Too many entrees to choose from caused slow service.”
“Food was very tasty – it could have been warmer. Servers unable to get food out in a timely manner.”
“Service needs to be faster – food was very good.”
“I prefer brown rice.”
“Very good.”
“The food was delicious, but the service was too slow.”
“Food great service slow.”
“Too long to wait for food.”
“Food very good – service???”
“Food excellent (but my red curry tofu had no tofu). The serving method was terrible. Everyone ate at different time.”
“Suggest buffet. Food was great but long wait.”
“Service poor. Long wait for food. Not equipped to serve.”
“Parking an issue.”
“Food was very good. Restaurant should have had more servers. It would be helpful if we could make our food selection at the time we make a reservation.”
“Too long a wait for dinner.”
“Too slow! Food cold. Nice restaurant. Employees friendly.”
“Service too slow.”
“Food was good. Bad organization.”
“Too loud – no air – Can’t accommodate 50 people too easily. Would have been a better idea to give your choice when making reservations.”
“Food was okay, but the service was extremely slow.”
“Food was served too late. We were not served at the same time at our table.”

February 2009. Ivory Mandarin Bistro, 2192 Main Street, Dunedin. 9.33

Our Guest speaker was Dr. Soman Nabhan, whose topic was Ayurvedic Medicine.

“EXCELLENT!! 10!!”
“EXCELLENT – GREAT VARIETY”
“10 5 stars”
“Unbelievably good Chinese food!”
“Good service. Good Food. Plentiful.”
“Very good food!”
“Good variety!”
“3 stars”
“The soup was delicate and had a nice variety of textures. Orange flavored tofu was fantastic! The eggplant was great!”
“Great”
“Lots of Great Food!”
“Very tasty and plentiful.”
“10 for quantity and variety. Nice to have so many different dishes to try. Would like more spice – just a personal note.”
Two members ordered off the menu. They did not vote. However, they submitted the following comments: “The place was great. The veggies and vegetarian egg roll were the BEST.”

January 2009. Queen of Sheba, 3636 Henderson Blvd, Tampa. Voted the Best of 2008. 8.23

Our guest speaker was Jan Fowler of Chi Analysis, whose topic was “Fingernail and Tongue Diagnosis Tips.”

“Wonderful!”
“Plenty of excellent food.”
“Excellent food.”
“We will be back with friends.”
“Great!”
“Enjoyed the food.”
“Very interesting, tasty and high quality.”
“Not as good as last time.”
“Service was a little disorganized but the food was fantastic!”
“Too spicy hot for me.”
“Some food was very, very spicy (hot)!”
“Personal dislike for spicy foods.”
“Great quantity.”
“2 things: too spicy, everything else excellent.”
“Service was very good. Food good.”
“Need utensils.”
“Should have utensils to put food together! Disappointing meal!”

 

Here are lists of more places we have eaten as a group ...

 

Dinners in 2008

Dinners in 2007

Dinners in 2006

Dinners in 2005

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Dinners in 2000

Dinners in 1999

 

(information as of 11/18/09)