Review Y-Not

Apparently the service at Y-Not has gone downhill. For specific tales of woe on this and other Duma restaurants Google thorntree Y-not update or similar. I have not been there in awhile. The service was never really great,imo. Supposedly owned by a Swiss National (how can that be?).

For fun, I started a poll, tell us what you think?

 

It is owned by a Swiss National. How that can be ? Strange question. You call yourself a RPlongtymer, which I don't really believe. Or else the Y-not Restaurant is only one you know in Duma. Because Y-not has probably one of the best waiters in town. That doesn't mean it's high class compared with western standards. But I know for sure at the Y-not a waitress doesn't' just get a full time job easily. They have to work as a trainee for a considerable time before they get fully employed. Me and a lot of people like the place. The staff is very polite and helpful. But over the years we have noticed that some low class expats treat them like underdogs. So in other words: THE WAY YOUR TREAT OTHERS IS HOW OTHERS WILL TREAT YOU.

 

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I agree, the service has never been good,imo. If you check the comment on the thorntree board, I also agree the waitresses leave a lot to be desired. They rarely, if ever, come by after serving the food, to ask if everything is ok, like they always do in high class restaurants. They are slow to come around to take your order and you frequently have to go looking for them, if you don't want to wait a long time. They have a habit of not telling you of price increases or giving you an item that is similar but at a much higher price, example: pineapple juice ordered at 40php and delivered at 120php (for fresh squeezed, which they never mention). I don't go into the disco, too smokey (I don't believe their "non-smoking" claims, it is definitely smokey in there and makes most non-smokers sick the next day.
Terribly loud music, a regular trick by bars and discos to induce stress and make you order more alcohol, since you cannot hear yourself think while your ears are getting nuked by the high amp speakers. Great if your a smoker and drinker but not so good for others and hazardous to your health for all. It's not a high class place, never has been, nor has it ever been a place to attract upper class, educated professional type foreigners. In the many years I have been living in Dumaguete, the crowd frequenting this place has never impressed me a being particularly educated, upper class, etc, but just the regular run of the mill foreigner here, including an assortment of drunks, who are sometimes fun to talk to, but not necessarily "friend" material. I know one foreigner who has gotten food poisoning there, and refuses to eat there, going to sans rival instead, next door, but I never have. Their portions are ample, but their prices reflect that. They cannot handle large crowds and, in those cases the usual 20 minute wait turns into 30-40 minutes. Their menu is good, the food is usually good, but the service is lacking, including the waitstaff. I will say their CR is usually well maintained, but their "net cafe" computers rarely work other than at a crawl, which makes them generally unusable-I think they have a throttle on their connection. Always check the speed before ordering at the net cafe. Also, always check the wifi, it frequently is not working.

Sorry, I guess I messed up the poll thing as it did not come out right, didn't quite understand the setup for that, maybe you can fix it? HA! working now, did you fix it?