Dined with my partner tonight at Spice Market. I've loved this place; have eaten here approximately 10 times in the past. Food has always been ok to good to very good; service has been spotty. Listen to this. Tonight we went without a reservation: the desk person said a 90 minute wait. OK, we said, and ordered drinks at the bar. My Tanqueray Ten didn't taste quite right...tasted watered down to diluted. I slowly drank it, then asked a bartender who I know (not the one who prepared it for me)..."could you fix me a tanq ten the right way; not too much time on the ice so its not diluted?" He came back about a half minute later, confessing they had been out of Tanqueray Ten. "He (pointing to another bartender) gave you a Sapphire Martini...sorry." (The other bartender confirmed this). After confirming they did not have Tanqueray Ten, or Old Raj, or Hendriks, or Junipero, I said a Sapphire would be ok. Had it, and thankfully, it was on the house. Also, we asked for bar snacks (the wasabi peanuts; they were out of all bar snacks "We had a lot of people here the last few days" the waiter said.") We waited about 2 1/2 hours and finally sat downstaris where we could have apps as the dinner as it seemed the wait would be long long long. Just as soon as we had ordered the apps, the hostess came and told us we could sit at the communal table. We cancelled the apps order and sat at the communal table. We ordered our food. I ordered my food and a glass of the Paul Blank Pinot Blanc. It never came. My partner ordered a soft drink, which never came. After the food had arrived and had been there about 10 minutes, the waiter walked by, and I (admittedly with some irritation) said, "I presume the glass of wine was comped has its never arrived." Oh, he said, and it was soon delivered. I barely drank any of it. My partner's soft drink never arrived, and he had to ask for it again. Foood arrived hit or miss, but we understood, as it supposedly "arrives as its ready." We had waited and waited for a spot at the communal table, though we noticed that a party of 4 had arrived at the restaurant after us, and had been seated at the communal table for some time before we were seated (palm trick?). Anyway, good food and terrible service. I -- for the first time in my adult life (and I'm nearing 50) --- left without giving a tip. Terrible, and I repeat, TERRIBLE, service. This is 3 star dining? I enjoy good food, but only if I don't have an elevated heart rate trying to get it. This place deserves, at best, one star given the service problems. They substitute a premium cocktail for another without telling the guest? No bar snacks ("we ran out.") Two hours + wait when 1 1/2 hour was promised? Drinks with dinner not delivered until reminded by the guest? Thanks but no thanks. BYE Spice Market.