Aladdin's Natural Eatery

SERIOUSLY AVOID THE MONROE AVE LOCATION!! I HAVE DISCOVERED A WAITRESS COMMITTING FRAUD AS WELL AS BEING VERBALLY ABUSIVE IN FRONT OF THE OWNER, WHO APPARENTLY DID NOTING!! I have been a regular there and always liked the food, but after having had VERY BAD service I gave the waitress only a 10% tip on a credit card. She CHANGED the tip to a 15% tip and more that what I gave her was taken out of my account!!! After I verified that she had altered the bill, I realized that this has happened several times, and I had just assumed I wrote the wrong total in my checking account. I spoke with the owner and he stated he would talk to her. The next time I went there, in front of the owner, the woman started SCREAMING at me non-stop despite the owner's attempts to stop her. I had to leave the restaurant as she would not stop screaming at me and I could not possible eat my dinner. The owner again stated he would "take care of it." I had to return 15 minutes later to look for my keys and the woman was STILL WORKING THERE!! I have spoken with several friends of mine who are waitresses who stated anywhere else the waitress would (and should) have been fired immediately. I do not know what the owner's idea was of "taking care of the situation" was, but apparently not much. Although the food is good, I would recommend NOT patronizing this location, given both the continued FRAUD as well as the verbal abuse that was tolerated by the owner.

Food is lovely and delicious, but the night we were there, the server kept interrupting our conversation to ask if we wanted more water. Just do it! Stop bothering us! Even though the place wasn't crowded, the owner rushed our check and didn't ask us for dessert. When WE asked her, she sent us downstairs to look at the case. After we ordered, she told us there was only one piece of the particular cake we wanted. She should have brought the cake UPSTAIRS and second, told us if we didn't see it, they didn't have it.



No wonder the place was half-empty. It's the service, people!