dumpling king

every now and then my friends and i like to go and eat out,
this week we went to box hill.
we had set out to eat at a certain restaurant
but had found out it was closed last minute
so we headed down the streets looking through restaurants
and found dumpling king.
the only reason why we chose it was because it looked extremely busy and packed compared to the other restaurants and cafes we walked pass

so the wait for the table was 20 mins
which was cool considering it was surprisingly a busy night
and time flew by fast as we talked and chatted away in the waiting bay

so here is my overall review

• customer service was shit as
all the waiters avoided us.
they walked around with their heads down low
so they could pretend they didnt see us signal
(and this was when the restaurant was now half busy and we had spent an hour and fifteen minutes waiting for my main)
i even fully turned my body around and stared straight at them
for almost a full minute
until it got a little too creepy
and still they didnt come and assist us

• the main which my friends had ordered was a sizzling plate
and by the time it came out,
it wasnt even sizzling
as in you can start to see the sauce go a bit solid
(like how oil starts looking like a lump of lard on a plate)

• they even forgot our rice, which took 10 minutes or so getting their attention and reminding them
and by that time everything was cold

• so after a long discussion
we decided to ask them how long my dish was going to be
and if it took too long skip it
and have dessert somewhere else as well
(since the service was atrocious and it doesnt take an hour and a half to cook tofu)

as you all know how bad the service was
it wasnt until the waiter came our way to place a dish near our table
that we could get his attention.
we hadnt asked him anything yet
but he knew what we were after
and said "yes yes i know you have one more dish"
and walked off without even telling us how long it was going to be!
HE JUST WALKED OFF LIKE IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BUSY NOW AND COULDNT EVEN WAIT FOR US TO TALK TO HIM! WTF FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!

so that certainly ticked me off
and a couple of minutes later
as my friend was going to walk up to the counter and complain
the manager comes and tells us
our dish will only have one tofu and if it was ok
so this was when she had a mini quarrel with him
about the bad service and all he could say was
"im sorry its a busy tuesday, theres nothing i can do"
and looking around its been half full for the past half hour
since the dinner rush has passed
and the waiters didnt even give us a time frame of how long my dish was going to take
plus if there was a problem with the dish
the least you can do is tell us about it
so there will be no misunderstandings
instead of lounging around the bar
and when someone tries to signal them
they'll turn around
and pretend to read the orders pinned on the wall -_-"

in the end we cancelled my last dish,
only paid for the entrees and rice
and set off to a vegie bakery to get me some bread
then off to a lil cafe for dessert.

so heres my warning in advance
DO NOT GO TO DUMPLING KING IN BOX HILL
WORST PLACE EVER
"I SHIT YOU NOT"

the only positive thing i can think of
was that the dumplings were good
but i know a lot of good dumpling places
so i wont be missing out on much