We missed a new post last week, but we’re back this week to get the tomatoes flying with a new Food Fight. First up though, our Yunnan Food Fight winner.

Our winning review this week goes to coffeeandtv09, with his/her write up of the popular Middle 8th Restaurant:

Great place for a date!
"This place is my go-to spot to take a new date. You definitely have to make sure to pick a good night - it gets real busy on the weekends, and in this weather, you don't want to have to sit outside with your gal for half an hour while you wait for a table to be free. That aside, the place has a relatively upscale (but not too fancy) atmosphere, the waitstaff are friendly, and the food is excellent…”

Have to agree with our winner on this one – I’ve always found Middle 8th to be very tasty. Congratulations to coffeeandtv09, who wins two RMB 100 vouchers (one for him/her, and one for his/her date) for the American Steak and Eggs diner.

Now to this week’s fight. We’ve done cuisines from around the world and around China – now it’s time to explore an issue closer to home. Beijing’s BEST AND WORST SERVICE.

There are so many stories I could tell of the awesome service levels in our fair city. Like the the time a waiter flatly refused to believe there was no chicken in my chicken salad, despite the evidence of his own eyes. Or the time a restaurant manager told me his establishment’s fish was “supposed to taste like it was off.” Or the time a group of us found out the restaurant wished us to leave so they could close by the chef bellowing "shǎbī!" from the kitchen door. And that’s just my good experiences.

Then there’s this recent review of Alpha, posted by jankoman:

One of the worst nights in 6 years in Beijing
“…After we all got drinks, I asked my girlfriend how is her drink. She said it’s good, so I took a sip (with my corona in the other hand), at which point the whole hell broke loose. Three fuwuyuan and two bartenders gathered around me, started shouting and pointing fingers. I didn’t know what was going on, but judging from their “You boy, no drink!!”, I understood they were upset because I tried a “ladies” free drink. Then they wanted me to pay 45 Yuan, for doing so…

You can read about the rest of jankoman’s night here.

So get to it readers. Post a review relating your best or worst service experience in Beijing. All you need to do is register as a user, find the relevant venue in our directory and post your review. The winner will be announced next week, and will earn themselves skiing vouchers for Nanshan ski resort.

Now FIGHT!!