Comments on: Manta Ray, Tel Aviv – the restaurant with the killer location http://igoogledisrael.com/2009/07/manta-ray-tel-aviv-the-restaurant-with-the-killer-location/ The very best things to see and do in Israel, the things to definitely try, and the food and entertainment options you'll swoon over! We also tell you what to avoid... Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:15:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ashley http://igoogledisrael.com/2009/07/manta-ray-tel-aviv-the-restaurant-with-the-killer-location/#comment-24419 Ashley Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:23:11 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/?p=2352#comment-24419 Sorry to hear you had a hard time. Have to say because of their popularity, reserving a table in advance has become the norm, especially for the tables on the terrace. Looks like they screwed up big-time with no-one at the door. Never mind - there are a ton of other great restaurants in Tel Aviv! Sorry to hear you had a hard time. Have to say because of their popularity, reserving a table in advance has become the norm, especially for the tables on the terrace. Looks like they screwed up big-time with no-one at the door. Never mind – there are a ton of other great restaurants in Tel Aviv!

]]> By: Manta Ray, never again http://igoogledisrael.com/2009/07/manta-ray-tel-aviv-the-restaurant-with-the-killer-location/#comment-24413 Manta Ray, never again Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:22:49 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/?p=2352#comment-24413 We came there on Thursday evening to celebrate birthday, just my partner and me. We were in a good mood, expecting to have a nice supper. None at the entrance even looked at us - can't say someone from staff members was standing there at all (this is an important fact - remember it!). The place was half full. We've chosen a table for two on the open terrace and after 10 minutes managed to catch a waiter and asked him to bring us the menu. Nothing happened during the next 20 minutes, and we saw the same waiter serving other tables. SUDDENLY some girl came to us and, without introducing herself, asked in a very rude and unpleasant manner if we have reserved the table. We told "no we haven't" - because we didn't know we have to reserve a table (which is quite normal cause the place doesn't look as a fancy restaurant - just a beach caffee). Then she told we had to stand at the entrance and to wait until the hostess will let us come in, and you just SNICKED in (!!!). We answered: "First of all, we didn't SNICK in, we just came in and none asked us anything or even looked at us. And we sit here already 30 minutes and didn't even get the menu". She told: "The tables here are ordered". We asked: "So you mean you want us to come and leave?" She said: "Yes, please". We were so much shocked by such attitude of the place and so much pissed off so we didn't even want to make a scandal or try to stand on our own, we just kicked ourselves out of there. Resume: First they let you come in because they don't know how to organize correctly their hostess work, then they make you waiting for 30 minutes, and when they find out you "SNICKED" in (such a nasty and rude expression, making you feel like 14 y.o. boy that did smth wrong) they just come and say you need to go. Seems they have too many clients and not really interested in the new ones - well, Manta Ray: you lost us forever! Things like that never happened to us even in much better restaurants, and we never got offended by the staff in any place where we came to spend the money! Manta Ray is snobbish as if it had 3 Michelin stars but actually it's another seafood eatery popular among tourists for its good location - not more. We came there on Thursday evening to celebrate birthday, just my partner and me. We were in a good mood, expecting to have a nice supper. None at the entrance even looked at us – can’t say someone from staff members was standing there at all (this is an important fact – remember it!). The place was half full. We’ve chosen a table for two on the open terrace and after 10 minutes managed to catch a waiter and asked him to bring us the menu. Nothing happened during the next 20 minutes, and we saw the same waiter serving other tables. SUDDENLY some girl came to us and, without introducing herself, asked in a very rude and unpleasant manner if we have reserved the table. We told “no we haven’t” – because we didn’t know we have to reserve a table (which is quite normal cause the place doesn’t look as a fancy restaurant – just a beach caffee). Then she told we had to stand at the entrance and to wait until the hostess will let us come in, and you just SNICKED in (!!!). We answered: “First of all, we didn’t SNICK in, we just came in and none asked us anything or even looked at us. And we sit here already 30 minutes and didn’t even get the menu”. She told: “The tables here are ordered”. We asked: “So you mean you want us to come and leave?” She said: “Yes, please”. We were so much shocked by such attitude of the place and so much pissed off so we didn’t even want to make a scandal or try to stand on our own, we just kicked ourselves out of there.

Resume: First they let you come in because they don’t know how to organize correctly their hostess work, then they make you waiting for 30 minutes, and when they find out you “SNICKED” in (such a nasty and rude expression, making you feel like 14 y.o. boy that did smth wrong) they just come and say you need to go. Seems they have too many clients and not really interested in the new ones – well, Manta Ray: you lost us forever!

Things like that never happened to us even in much better restaurants, and we never got offended by the staff in any place where we came to spend the money! Manta Ray is snobbish as if it had 3 Michelin stars but actually it’s another seafood eatery popular among tourists for its good location – not more.

]]> By: The Very Best Tel Aviv Restaurants, Cafes, and Bars of 2010 | igoogledisrael.com http://igoogledisrael.com/2009/07/manta-ray-tel-aviv-the-restaurant-with-the-killer-location/#comment-16987 The Very Best Tel Aviv Restaurants, Cafes, and Bars of 2010 | igoogledisrael.com Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:00:51 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/?p=2352#comment-16987 [...] Restaurant 2010 AND Best Restaurant by the Sea 2010 - Manta Ray, Alma Beach (Tel: 03-5174773). The restaurant with the killer location, that’s how we reviewed it last year. And it hasn’t changed. Great, cool place, great [...] [...] Restaurant 2010 AND Best Restaurant by the Sea 2010 – Manta Ray, Alma Beach (Tel: 03-5174773). The restaurant with the killer location, that’s how we reviewed it last year. And it hasn’t changed. Great, cool place, great [...]

]]> By: Diesel13 http://igoogledisrael.com/2009/07/manta-ray-tel-aviv-the-restaurant-with-the-killer-location/#comment-10926 Diesel13 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:40:37 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/?p=2352#comment-10926 Ever since I have come back from Israel, while staying in the popular Neve tzedek I have been dying to sink my teeth into reviewing this absolute mess of a restaurant. As someone who enjoy good food and fine wines while at the same time appreciating quality service I was so upset to see how this restaurant has just become full of itself. I was particularly quite unimpressed when my wife was turned away at 4:00 PM by the security guard who told her that if she wanted a coffee she should go to a coffee shop and that they serve food here (I’m surprised he did not instruct her just to blatantly f**k off). The Restaurants I go to in Israel are about food, and quality service. I don’t know how on earth this place is going to remain the institution it once was. I recommend firing all of your staff for a start and then taking one good look in the mirror to remember who you are and what you do (it’s called the service industry because you are supposed to be providing it as such). If you guys wanted a night club then just call it the Mantaray night club and put 2 bouncers at the door. I am so glad that after spending nearly $10,000 in Israel with my family that I did not spend one red cent in here! To think that I remembered coming here with my fiancée and introducing my mother to her. How dare these people destroy the image of a great restaurant! SHAME ! SHAME ! SHAME ! Ever since I have come back from Israel, while staying in the popular Neve tzedek I have been dying to sink my teeth into reviewing this absolute mess of a restaurant.
As someone who enjoy good food and fine wines while at the same time appreciating quality service I was so upset to see how this restaurant has just become full of itself. I was particularly quite unimpressed when my wife was turned away at 4:00 PM by the security guard who told her that if she wanted a coffee she should go to a coffee shop and that they serve food here (I’m surprised he did not instruct her just to blatantly f**k off).

The Restaurants I go to in Israel are about food, and quality service. I don’t know how on earth this place is going to remain the institution it once was. I recommend firing all of your staff for a start and then taking one good look in the mirror to remember who you are and what you do (it’s called the service industry because you are supposed to be providing it as such). If you guys wanted a night club then just call it the Mantaray night club and put 2 bouncers at the door.

I am so glad that after spending nearly $10,000 in Israel with my family that I did not spend one red cent in here!

To think that I remembered coming here with my fiancée and introducing my mother to her. How dare these people destroy the image of a great restaurant!

SHAME ! SHAME ! SHAME !

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