L. table by Lavender

    Ever since the One Utama old wing has been renovated and revamp, there has been a number of new places that I've been wanting to try out like Plan B, Lavender, and Satay Satay, just to name a few. A few months ago i decided to try Lavender for the first time. It was one of the only places in One Utama that was open for breakfast. 

    The decor and layout of the whole place was very nice and had a very nice feel to it. You can choose to dine inside or outside. The service however was horrible. Even though all the waiters and waitresses had an electronic gadget in hand to take orders rather than the more traditional notepad....i think they would have been more efficient holding a notepad. I don't know if it was too early for their brains to be working or to put  a smile on... but they all had a very grumpy look on their faces. Not only that but they were very blur and slow! And this is not what i look forward to when i go for breakfast early in the morning.

   Their menu looked very good...'looked' very good. It really did the job. By this i mean that it made me want to order the food. It made me look forward to the food. Even when the food arrived, it looked so good that i could not resist taking a few pictures. However, when i finally took my first bite, i was VERY disappointed. ALL the dishes we ordered were bland and under seasoned to a point that i wanted to soak it in a bath of salt and pepper! And for the price i paid, i expected the flavors to be spot on (the price was not exactly reasonable). 

    This is what we had that morning. I would just like to point out that looks can be very very deceiving! (If i had to say one good thing about Lavender, it would be that their french fries were nice.-THAT.is.all)

Turkey Burger with turkey bacon

Lamb Pita

   I don't want it to seem as if all i do is complain, but I have to tell guys this story.When my sister went to the bakery and bought a ham sandwich (which cost her almost RM15)..they bakery part of the store didn't want to serve her the sandwich. They said they didn't serve whatever that was in the bakery to the restaurant. However, they said that she could bring it in and eat it there. Now for the best part! When she brought the sandwich into the restaurant..sat down and requested for a plate..the waiter told her she COULD NOT have a plate for her sandwich because it wasn't from the Lavender Restaurant!! I don't understand why they couldn't bring her a plate! If we were all sitting at the table having nothing but a glass of water and she brought over the sandwich from the bakery then i would understand why they wouldn't give her a plate. I would understand that they would be making a loss by that. BUT we were having drinks and food so i really don't see why they couldn't give us a plate! I guess that there will be some things in life that i will never understand. And this is one of them. 

   I think you can probably tell that I'm never going back to Lavender. I don't see the point of paying a lot of money or in fact ANY money for bland food and sucky service. However, i have put down the address for L. table by Lavender. Maybe some of you will like to try it out for yourselves. If you do try it out, please let me know about your experience there, good or bad. (if there are some good comments about it, i might consider giving it another shot...someday)

Price: 4/10 

Food: 3/10 (HALAL)

Ambiance: 8/10

Cleanliness: 8/10

Service: 3/10

Satisfactory level: 4/10

L. Table by Lavender

                                                                       Tel: 03-7728 6933                                         Address: G213, Ground Floor, 1 Utama Shopping Centre.