Homies - Réserver une table

We were looking forward to celebrating my wife’s birthday at Homies. We were “welcomed” by the bartender. He threw a couple of ironic jokes at us in front of the other guests and also talking arrogantly about us to the waitress, making us both...feel uncomfortable and unwelcomed from the moment we arrived. Our table was app. cm x cm up close to the walls in the corner by the door, both of us facing the walls sitting on rather uncomfortable bar stools. I told the bartender that we were there to celebrate my wife’s birthday and kindly asked if it was possible for us to get another table. He did not seem to care at all, neither did he give us a reply. At that point there were only a couple of other guests and a lot of tables available. We were then to order drinks. Me: “Do you have any other sparkling wine than Champagne”. Bartender: “Do you mean water?”. I was referring to the prosecco presented on Homies’ web page, that did not appear on their printed wine list. After making us feel uncomfortable for the second time, the bottle of prosecco arrived. We then ordered food and it arrived in a rush after minutes. The food was not bad at all, the squid and the veal being very good and the crab and burrata just ok. The downside was that both the crab, veal and burrata were very cold, leaving the impression that it was taken right out of the fridge. The meal went on without any attention from the waitress or bartender (standing meters away from us, preparing drinks and “showing off himself” in a very loud manner, joking about how he made drinks with cocaine in them). He appeared very distanced, self-centered and arrogant – with no attention to or care for guests and their wellbeing. We ended up spending minutes celebrating my wife’s birthday, leaving half of the bottle of prosecco behind. After all, when the service staff make you feel both uncomfortable and unwelcome – you would want to get out of there as soon as possible. Our impression is that the staff at Homies has turned the roles in a restaurant upside down; where the guests are there for giving the service staff attention and recognition, rather than the service staff trying to make sure the guests will have a good time. This is the first time ever that the service staff in a restaurant have made us feel this bad after a visit

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We arrived here tonight got seated on a table in between other tables. To be honest it was probably one of the most smallest tables I have ever had to eat dinner on! It felt quite uncomfortable being so close to other guests....The table itself is not big enough to cater for the wine, water, glasses, plates cutlery, etc. Overall the tapas was quite good but there was just no flavour or spice to it. The mac cheese was luke warm, the other small plates were warm but felt like they had been microwaved. It all tasted quite bland. I was so disappointed as I looking forward to it for about months. What really bugged me as well was the waitress kept standing on my coat which was hanging on the back of my chair kept pouring next doors wine over my shoulder! I did mention this to her also asked her to take some of the empty plates away so I could breathe. This is not the cheapest of restaurants I have visited in Paris there are better in the local area. I live locally will not be going back

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Small plates with intriguing recipes, always a little unusual--it's great to get a few and share with friends. The place is small so go early. Also, just down the street, there's another Homies, focused more on fish--also excellent! And the people are wonderful. Again, it's...small, but this one's less busy, so you feel like you're an old friend--they treat you like one

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lovely place in a great location. the guys are really kind and teh atmosphere is easy and relaxed. we've had different tapas shared for and it's been the perfect size. Octopus really good, spicy kebab and small cheese and rice balls my favourited

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The octapus was very tender and tasted superbly. The portion was small, hence I followed with a second order of the same. So I ate two, but paid half the price via ordering through the Fork and by arriving at noon..

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