It was so good I was suprised

I came here last Friday for dinner and drinks and it was simply fabulous. The food was tasty and we had some specialty cocktails. I recommend the lamb kebobs btw. We had a cute waiter who took care of us and convinced us to stay for their late-night lounge. The DJ was great and the bartender was even cuter then the server! all in all, for a good change of pace from the usual 27th street, Taj provided a fun night.

Posted by: MsSocialiteNYC
On: 1/29/2008 9:34:00 AM

Too many rules

Sometimes the hassle is worth it. Sometimes it's not. Negative on Taj. Rule #1 at Taj: wait to be checked in at the door, pay your cover or tell them whose list you are on. We were there for Tony's party so we got ugly martini glass stamps and moved on to Step 2 - the curtain. Bouncer says we can't come in with coats despite the fact that we are with a big party and have an area reserved...he pushes us to the coat check. Rule #2: must check your coats. Now that we're ready to move on, we have a sweaty, crowded and faux-exclusive scene to endure before we get to one of the tables we're sitting at. One of our group sat at a table next to our reserved section. Rule #3 - do not sit there! Before leaving, we were told that to retreive coats you have to go to a different window than the "check-in" window - that's Rule #4. Then to exit - bouncer says we can't leave through the door we entered and were directed to a shady back alley door that eventually filered into 21st street. That was Rule #5. And Rule #6? once we got onto the sidewalk the bouncers outside told us to keep moving because we were blocking the entrance!! They even have rules for the public sidewalks outside that they don't own. This place was pretty much awful and choc-full-o-wannabes and D-listers...I will not be returning.

Posted by: Frey
On: 3/12/2007 5:32:00 PM