Would you go back?

[+ purplekow]

When I first moved to Palm Springs, the teller at the bank recommended a Mexican restaurant nearby for lunch.  Having lived in Mexico, I was looking for something authentic and tasty.  The food at this place was excellent and after a few visits for solo lunch, I invited a few friends to join me.  We all agreed that the restaurant was a hidden gem, with great service and excellent food.  It has a nice patio for outdoor eating.  

A few weeks after out lunch, one of my friends told me he had gone back with a few of his friends but he would not go back.  Apparently, there was a large cockroach crossing the floor and when it was pointed out to the waitress, she sidled over, stepped on it and then cleaned the area.  The friend stated that they finished their meal, which was excellent, but he would not go back.  

Now, this is a Mexican restaurant in the desert.  It was not the roach so much but rather the casual step and clean that upset my friend, though he admits the rest of his party was amused by it.  

So is one roach, squished and cleaned enough to turn you off to a restaurant with good food, good prices and an authentic feel?

I have not been back, but I would consider going, but it is probable that  I would not recommend to others.   Then again, I lived in Mexico and nothing says authentic Mexican so much as a random roach.  

 

Edited 1 hour ago by purplekow

[Reggyreg56]

Good food or not I would not go back there.

[samhexum]

The first waterbug I ever saw was at Juniors restaurant in Brooklyn when I was a young'n.  It didn't stop us from returning.  I don't remember if this was before or after my father found a full toolbox (which I still have) on the sidewalk on our walk back to our car one night after dinner.

[BuckCanucked]

It's Florida. Plus, palmetto bugs and german roaches are not the same. Which did they see? If you have a house, you have rats. If you have a restaurant, you have rats and roaches. I had a relative who lived in a nice doorman-monitored apartment 21 STORIES above Columbus Circle and she had roaches. All for $2400 a month in 1990 dollars.

There's an old joke that says "if you want to lose weight, eat only Chinese food, but enter through the kitchen." I used to play poker with my town's health inspector. He once advised that "if you stay out of (area known for authentic ethnic, family run restaurants) and avoid (alas, my favorite Chinese place in another area) you'll be pretty much okay." My neighbor used to do QA for a junk food company. Look up how many rat hairs the gub'ment allows per cup of tomato sauce. Honestly. A roach? Unappetizing but hardly a biohazard. (Plus, what would they have the server do? Scream and run, fog the area? I don't think I'd say much more except to clarify roach v palmetto, apologize, and palm the carcass in a napkin.)

Sushi restaurants are different but frankly pests vs bad fish is a toss up. And sushi is delicious.

Edited 20 minutes ago by BuckCanucked