After an evening of great food at the upscale yet reasonable Cafe Gray, it only makes sense to check out the other dining options at Time Warner. And that’s when you stumble into Masa. Just one glance at the reservation policy is enough to bring up lunch. In short:
- Credit card required to make a reservation
- $100 charge per person if you cancel less than 2 days out
- $100 charge per person who can’t make it
- 50% deposit if you have more than 3 friends
They can’t seriously think a reservation policy that evokes the legal meat grinder you go through trying to buy a home will win them fans, can they? There’s hip and then there’s dumb.
Oh, and the dress code reminds us to be “casual and comfortable,” which begs the question: just how comfortable are you likely to be after a trip to the proctologist?
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Haha – we ran into the same problems trying to eat at Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago and (I think) Daniel in NYC. In both cases we opted for other dining options, because there’s no shortage in either city. They’re a step away from French Laundry, where the policy seems to dictate that you not eat there at all :-)
That’s just ugly. Funny thing is that there’s actually a French Laundry spot in Time Warner as well. It’s called Per Se but Masa still has about $100 on it according to Zagat.
Funny. It actually says “causal” (as in cause-effect) and comfortable… Too hip to bother to spell-check?