Audees is one of my favourite restaurant in Penang, or shall I say, used to be. Environment was nice & food was always good with relatively wide selection of wine http://www.audees.com/. This time when I was in Penang, I recommended it to my travelling colleague & we went there one of the days during very late hour at around 10pm, planning to try out the Wagyu beef.
Audees' operates until midnight (well, at least that's what they published). When we got there, the restaurant is empty, no reception but I can see some movement in the kitchen. Took me 10 times more 'excuse me's to get attention. I mean, if you do not want to receive guests anymore, just don't take us in. We were taken in but the service is not what it used to be.
We weren't even asked for drinks, the waiter rushed to get our main course order but with a lot of items in the menu not available (needless to say, that includes the Wagyu beef). Before we even have chance to look at dessert menu, we were thrown the bill. I mean, the waiter shown up with a bill in hand suddenly & say it's closing time at 11.20pm, so what can we do other than pay & leave?
My travel companion is not very happy with the service (well, actually also the food). Maybe because I gave him a perception that Audees is a fine restaurant with good service. I'm surprise myself. I guess things change along the way when I was away.
Anyway, if you're considering to go to Audees for a supposed fine dinner, then choose normal dinner hour & preferably set your expectation lower. Just to avoid yourself from being too dissapointed :s
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