I had dinner with some friends at Metro last night. We were informed that the oyster bar wasn't ready yet. No worries. Overall the food was very good at Metro, and the duck and deer were the standouts for us. However problems came when we received our bill. We were not properly informed about the "minimum order" on all the meat dishes. The waitress came back after taking our orders and told us that the kitchen can't do rabbit and deer for less than 4 ounces. But she failed to inform us about the minimum order on other meat dishes as well. Therefore, some of us ordered 3 ounces of pork and steak but were charged for 4 ounces each. When we told the waitress about the issue, she wasn't really apologetic. She insisted that she had told us about the minimum order on "all" meat dishes, while she clearly only mentioned rabbit and deer. She came back with 10% off on those two items, which was mere 2 dollars off in total. Also, because of the size of our group, we're charged mandatory 17% gratuity, which we were not informed in advance either. I personally do not have a problem with mandatory gratuity, but we did not feel the level of service this time around warranted the amount of tips especially when the way this particular waitress handled the situation. I've also dined at Rare before, and absolutely loved it. In terms of service, Metro still has a long way to go comparing to Rare. But the menu is interesting and the room is beautiful. Most importantly, we did enjoy the food very much.
