Roe
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: (415) 227-0288
01/10/2008 Posted by serrafina
I was going to have a 40-50 person birthday sit-down dinner at Roe Restaurant and then transition into the Prive Bar & Lounge, but the general manager was NOT forthcoming on the cost of the party. Due to her dishonesty, miscommunication, and extreme lack of rapport building/sales/people skills we were compelled to change the venue for my party last minute. Be warned that there is a 2,000 dollar "room rental fee" even though you will be paying an arm and a leg for dinner per person. Also the corkage fees of 18 - 25 dollars per bottle with a MAX of 10 bottles for the entire party is completely UNREASONABLE. You "lose" the room by 9 anyway so that they can transition the floor into the club so what kind of a "rental" is that?! $2000 for 2-3 hours of a space that would otherwise not be utilized anyway during those hours of operation if it wasn't for your private event?! We found this completely unreasonable and due to the fact that she did not tell me any of this information beforehand and led me and my family on to believe that the cost was just what you paid per person for the banquet menu (including just salad, entree, and dessert) plus service charge and booze was NOT professional or honest. Just be very very careful and have A LOT of patience when you go to Roe to "hash out the details," which the general manager said would "only take five minutes." She'll be running around, behind a bar washing glasses, or not talking to you anyway so good luck. THE DIFFERENCE: We're going to have my party at a restaurant (Fandorin) where it's $75 dollars per person for all you can eat cold and hot appetizers + choice of lamb or chicken shishkabob + all you can drink vodka and wine (half are included in the price and half you can bring with NO corkage charge) + 5 desserts + refillable soda, etc... PLUS a live band... and NO room rental fee! -- now THAT'S A DEAL!
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