02/15/08

Terrible Service and Rude Owner!!

by haochima

I tried to take my out of town guests to Modus last night and what a DISASTER!! We waited for 40 minutes before our appetizers were brought, which we only ordered because, despite having a reservation, our table was not ready (again for 40 minutes).. and then an hour later, our first course still was not out! How long can it take to make salads?! When we asked where our food was, the only response was "Hang out and have fun. It will come." We could not get anyone to help us. And unfortunately, when we wanted to leave, the "owner" rudely thrust the bill at my husband and said to us "Good Luck." (Only when we wanted to leave did they actually pay us any attention) We have never had such rude, inattentive treatment from a restaurant, let along the OWNER of the place. It's too bad, because the few skimpy appetizers we did get were pretty tasty, but overall a TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE, and I would warn anyone from going there. There are SO MANY BETTER restaurants to try in San Diego like: Jordan at Tower 23, Quarter Kitchen at the Ivy hotel and Chive in the Gaslamp.

• Cons: Rude staff, Even Ruder Owner, Don't care about customers at all

04/17/07

Creative cocktails & amazing pomme frites

by epv

I have been to Modus numerous times and have always been delighted every time. Their cocktail menu is simply brilliant! Very imaginative in the creation of the recipes! Bittter Bit*h is my favorite, but there were 2 new drinks on the menu I had this past week, one with Pimms and the other with vodka, cucumbers, edible flowers, etc., which were delightful as well. Another one of the exciting features of this supper club is the fact that their kitchen closes at midnight. Where else in San Diego can you get European quality cuisine at that hour? Try the Pomme Frites. Lovely, simply lovely. Great food menu as well. Modus has a sophisticated, yet down-to-earth atmosphere in the bar, dining room & outside patio and not to mention a live dj who spins cool tunes. Overall highly recommended!

• Pros: cocktail & menu selction, parking, music, atmosphere, kitchen open until midnight

04/15/07

Very Stylish and Hip.

by jhathaway00

Very stylish and hip. The food was amazing and I loved the French fries, which I shouldn't have eaten but did anyway. I loved the drink menu but kept to my favorite drink, the Lemon Drop! The eye candy crowd was very nice and the staff was very sweet. Its the only scene in the neighborhood so I stayed for a long time at the bar with friends.