Hubby’s Birthday Dinner
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (45774)
Staten Island, New York
March 9, 2025 10:08pm CST
It was hubby’s birthday today so we went out with our parents, his grandma, and his cousin to a Turkish restaurant near us. The food was really good and so was the atmosphere. For a party of nine people we ended up spending under $400. We thought it would be way more.
Service was good to some degree, however, there were some issues. They charged us for some things we ordered but never brought them so we had to take that off the bill. One entree we ordered they never even had it in the order so we had to order it again. And a few meat dishes that we ordered two of each they brought only one of each. Turned out they had it written down as one of each to begin with.
We’ve been to this place before and never had any problems. Perhaps they had an off night. I wouldn’t give them a 20% tip but I think hubby did anyway.
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@DaddyEvil (144571)
• United States
10 Mar
I hope you all enjoyed the meal, even with the snafus that happened. Happy birthday to your hubby. 
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@lovebuglena (45774)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Mar
Thank you. We did! Definitely beats eating at home.
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@DaddyEvil (144571)
• United States
10 Mar
@lovebuglena You're very welcome.
I like eating at home. Eating out once in a while is nice, too, though.
@lovebuglena (45774)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Mar
@DaddyEvil It’s great to go out on your birthday. Don’t have to cook or clean. You’re being taken care of and can relax and enjoy yourself.
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@kaylachan (76398)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Mar
Everyone can have an off night. If he had a good time, that's the important take away.
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@lovebuglena (45774)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Mar
He did! I’m glad he asked me to come with him when it was time to pay the bill. Don’t want to pay for something we never got.
@RebeccasFarm (93151)
• United States
14 Mar
I am sorry to read about your experience there. And I know this type of place, it is hard to argue with them and get it right.
Happy Birthday to your dear Husband.
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@lovebuglena (45774)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Mar
Hope it won’t happen again.
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@lovebuglena (45774)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Mar
@LindaOHio We had a good time.
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@LindaOHio (185345)
• United States
12 Mar
@lovebuglena You're very welcome. I hope you have a terrific day.
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@porwest (98541)
• United States
10 Mar
To me, this sounds like a disaster. One mistake after another. But yeah, maybe just an off night. The tip would have been nominal for me.
At least you still sound like you had a good time and that's what matters the most, and on top of that they did make some corrections.
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@lovebuglena (45774)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Mar
Hubby’s mom came near us when we were looking over the bill. I asked her if they had cheesecake on their side of the table as I didn’t see it on mine. She said no. She wanted us to forget about it and just pay for it. No way! I was not gonna pay for something they never brought. So I went with hubby to the waiter and had the cheesecake taken off the bill.
It wasn’t a total disaster lol. However, I do wish those mishaps didn’t happen. I was lucky hubby got his dad to give me a lamb chop. I was really looking forward to it. I don’t get why hubby just didn’t order another portion.
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@porwest (98541)
• United States
12 Mar
@lovebuglena You are right to argue the point.
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@lovebuglena (45774)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Mar
We had a good time there. Just wish we had gotten everything we ordered.
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@Laurakemunto (13137)
• Kenya
10 Mar
Hopefully you did enjoy and happy belated birthday to your hubby
