Hotel Max in Seattle

After having a perfectly pleasant evening here, my girlfriend and I are resolved to never return. Most of the experience was good, but the serving sizes were INSULTINGLY small. No wonder they are less than half full on a Friday night.

Pros: Cocktails were very good, wait staff was very hospitable, ambience was pleasant, and the food was well prepared.

Cons: Serving size. After dropping $160 on two large plates, one small plate, and 4 cocktails, my girlfriend and I wandered the neighborhood looking for a hot dog to fill our bellies. And we're pretty small people.

The service is terrible. Seated for over 30 minutes and didn't even get water. When we finally flagged down the illusive wait staff she seemed indignant to the fact we had waited so long and were upset. Once she left the table she went and consulted with another of the wait staff and you can only imagine what that conversation went like. The food was good if you got all day and you don't mind being humiliated by the staff. I'll never go back ?

So if you’re into dessert than this might be the place for you, however if you trying to get a bite to eat I would head in any other direction for better eats. This place always disappoints both in serving size and quality. I’m certain the only reason this place maintains steady business is location and preying on the unknowing. Seriously if you here for the cheesecake cool, otherwise get out and go a couple blocks north or west elsewhere.

I gave Cheesecake a second chance after they cancelled a reservation for a party I was in without warning. The manager I later talked to about that issue was very helpful and even gave me a gift card in hopes I would give them another chance. I did and that was a mistake. Me and a friend of mine were sat next to some younger teens that while we were less than 2 feet away started mocking us for speaking in ASL (as I am trying to teach my friend) this after they had made a racist joke that we overheard. As far as the food went I was disappointed. I had ordered "Evelyn's Favorite Pasta" and when it came barely warm and rather than having Pine Nuts on it like the menu said it would, It had unsalted sunflower seeds. It seemed like a way for the restaurant to cheap out hoping no one would notice. So, overall the restaurant was overcrowded, the people there were rude and the food was decent at best. Really excited to not come back.

The cheesecake was reliably good.

The restaurant was filthy. Table was sticky. Noodles were stuck to my bread plate. My napkin was stained.

When I was in the bathroom another patron commented that it was an F because it was so gross.

After a day of downtown shopping, we wanted dessert.

The filth really made the experience poor.