Comments on: Tuli Bistro http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/ Sacramento News, Gossip & Snark Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:19:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Nola http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-43699 Nola Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:33:36 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-43699 Ate at Tuli a few weeks ago with some friends and had a blast...food was great, service impeccable. The hostess (Amy Winehouse wannabe) drooled over this chintzy necklace I had gotten the same day at a garage sale...kept coming up to our table and asking where I got it, then finally just saying, "Hey, I could probably make that pretty easily!" I agreed and off she went.... Last night I was there again, food again perfect (those pears on the mixed greens salad are like honey)...when I saw the hostess I asked her if she had gotten around to making that necklace..the one she was so agog at just a few weeks earlier. She looked at me like I was speaking Latin and suggested that it I was mistaken, maybe it was "the other hostess"..... But hey, nice way to leave your customers feeling good about themselves and their experience there. Tuli still gets an "A" from me. She coulda pulled it off a little better tho. Ate at Tuli a few weeks ago with some friends and had a blast…food was great, service impeccable. The hostess (Amy Winehouse wannabe) drooled over this chintzy necklace I had gotten the same day at a garage sale…kept coming up to our table and asking where I got it, then finally just saying, “Hey, I could probably make that pretty easily!” I agreed and off she went….
Last night I was there again, food again perfect (those pears on the mixed greens salad are like honey)…when I saw the hostess I asked her if she had gotten around to making that necklace..the one she was so agog at just a few weeks earlier. She looked at me like I was speaking Latin and suggested that it I was mistaken, maybe it was “the other hostess”…..
But hey, nice way to leave your customers feeling good about themselves and their experience there. Tuli still gets an “A” from me. She coulda pulled it off a little better tho.

]]> By: B http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-39979 B Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:18:23 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-39979 "i know the owners of tuli and i eat there all the time its a great please to eat" I don't want to have to know the owners in order to have a good time, but that's the feeling I got when I was there. “i know the owners of tuli and i eat there all the time its a great please to eat”

I don’t want to have to know the owners in order to have a good time, but that’s the feeling I got when I was there.

]]> By: Ann http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-39856 Ann Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:47:18 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-39856 ah crap. I hit my p too many times. Serves me right for being snarky I guess! ah crap. I hit my p too many times. Serves me right for being snarky I guess!

]]> By: Ann http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-39855 Ann Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:46:07 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-39855 I have to agree with Ms. G I'm afraid, and I've heard from several others with similar experiences. That is, that the service sucks and the food is good. So the question is, why are some of us having a bad service experience and others of us aren't? Could it be uneven training of waiters? It's plain weird. You can see my take at http://www.sacatomato.com/2008/04/tuli_bistro_a_confusing_time_w.html And just to follow up on the quoting of previous comments. The service is NOT "suppper" fast. Sheesh! I have to agree with Ms. G I’m afraid, and I’ve heard from several others with similar experiences. That is, that the service sucks and the food is good. So the question is, why are some of us having a bad service experience and others of us aren’t? Could it be uneven training of waiters? It’s plain weird. You can see my take at http://www.sacatomato.com/2008/04/tuli_bistro_a_confusing_time_w.html

And just to follow up on the quoting of previous comments. The service is NOT “suppper” fast. Sheesh!

]]> By: anonymous http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-39516 anonymous Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:59:26 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-39516 i know the owners of tuli and i eat there all the time its a great please to eat the service is supper fast and there desserts are FANTASTIC!Another great thing is that the staff are very kind i know the owners of tuli and i eat there all the time its a great please to eat the service is supper fast and there desserts are FANTASTIC!Another great thing is that the staff are very kind

]]> By: sac-eats http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-38871 sac-eats Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:28:28 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-38871 Thanks for pointing that out, Leo. If they are, indeed, referential quotes and not ironic quotes, then my hackles are summarily lowered. Thanks for pointing that out, Leo. If they are, indeed, referential quotes and not ironic quotes, then my hackles are summarily lowered.

]]> By: Leo916 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-38866 Leo916 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:10:13 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-38866 I'm gonna have to defend B on this one...not about Tuli, but about the quotes marks. They aren't really ironic if they are actually quoting a previous post. I’m gonna have to defend B on this one…not about Tuli, but about the quotes marks. They aren’t really ironic if they are actually quoting a previous post.

]]> By: sac-eats http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-38809 sac-eats Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:53:58 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-38809 You can exhibit your insecurities on this here website all you want, B. But don't ever, ever, think that you can use ironic quote marks around the word FANTASTIC when referring to Charles Mingus and get away with it. If you bring that kind of garbage in here again, I may be forced to go Stanley Crouch* on your ass. *For more information on jazz critic Stanley Crouch and his ass-whooping tendencies, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Crouch You can exhibit your insecurities on this here website all you want, B. But don’t ever, ever, think that you can use ironic quote marks around the word FANTASTIC when referring to Charles Mingus and get away with it. If you bring that kind of garbage in here again, I may be forced to go Stanley Crouch* on your ass.

*For more information on jazz critic Stanley Crouch and his ass-whooping tendencies, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Crouch

]]> By: B http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-38792 B Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:22:16 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-38792 It appears that Tuli's is acquiring a clientele that consists mostly of repeaters who are biased towards restaurants close to their homes and that play "fantastic" music. But for potential first-time visitors, beware. My fiancée and I went there for the first and last time this weekend, unimpressed. There were the people who had been there before who were able to interact with the staff, and then there was us, along with other poor saps, sitting there as if we didn't belong, but we couldn't figure out why. That wasn't the worst part, however. The main problem is that Tuli's is way over-priced. The salads are priced as if they would be a full meal, but in actuality they are meager scraps of lettuce that don't even make an appetizer. The pizza is good, but $10 good, not $15 good. Overall, an overpriced experience for food that isn't that great and leaves you hungry. It appears that Tuli’s is acquiring a clientele that consists mostly of repeaters who are biased towards restaurants close to their homes and that play “fantastic” music.

But for potential first-time visitors, beware. My fiancée and I went there for the first and last time this weekend, unimpressed. There were the people who had been there before who were able to interact with the staff, and then there was us, along with other poor saps, sitting there as if we didn’t belong, but we couldn’t figure out why.

That wasn’t the worst part, however. The main problem is that Tuli’s is way over-priced. The salads are priced as if they would be a full meal, but in actuality they are meager scraps of lettuce that don’t even make an appetizer. The pizza is good, but $10 good, not $15 good.

Overall, an overpriced experience for food that isn’t that great and leaves you hungry.

]]> By: stickie http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-38654 stickie Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:46:57 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-38654 I have eaten here twice this week and can only say "awesome", especially since it is the closest business to my house. Extra kudos to the sexy staff, woo! I have eaten here twice this week and can only say “awesome”, especially since it is the closest business to my house. Extra kudos to the sexy staff, woo!

]]> By: sac-eats http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-35998 sac-eats Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:16:52 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-35998 Contrary to your assertion, I would claim that Tuli's empiric fantasticness makes the proclamation of such fantasticness factual declaration and not, as is the case with some dining establishments, the utterance of opinion. Contrary to your assertion, I would claim that Tuli’s empiric fantasticness makes the proclamation of such fantasticness factual declaration and not, as is the case with some dining establishments, the utterance of opinion.

]]> By: Ms G http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-35981 Ms G Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:57:25 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-35981 Sorry sac-eats, I'm sticking with my original review. (BTW, "Tuli is fantastic" is an opinion, not a fact.) Once again, Food * Ambience * Service *. It makes me very sad, as I love to support local restaurants. :-( Sorry sac-eats, I’m sticking with my original review. (BTW, “Tuli is fantastic” is an opinion, not a fact.) Once again,
Food * Ambience * Service *. It makes me very sad, as I love to support local restaurants. :-(

]]> By: basuraman http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-33305 basuraman Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:56:15 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-33305 Ms G..I am so sorry to hear..I am with Sac-eats..two times and two winners. Ms G..I am so sorry to hear..I am with Sac-eats..two times and two winners.

]]> By: sac-eats http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-33303 sac-eats Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:52:28 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-33303 Sorry Ms G. You may have had a bummer of a time, but my second visit was, if anything, better than the first. The "breakfast salad," frisee with shoestring potatoes, bacon and poached egg, was unique and delicious. The tomato soup was perfect on a cold day. The service was friendly. The chefs were more than happy dish out recipe ideas with diners. And the music selection for the day was Charles Mingus's "Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus," one of my desert island discs, so I'm sticking with the fact that Tuli is fantastic. Sorry Ms G. You may have had a bummer of a time, but my second visit was, if anything, better than the first. The “breakfast salad,” frisee with shoestring potatoes, bacon and poached egg, was unique and delicious. The tomato soup was perfect on a cold day. The service was friendly. The chefs were more than happy dish out recipe ideas with diners. And the music selection for the day was Charles Mingus’s “Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus,” one of my desert island discs, so I’m sticking with the fact that Tuli is fantastic.

]]> By: Ms G http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-33107 Ms G Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:40:05 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-33107 I have to disagree. My husband & I ate there Friday. The restaraunt only serves small plates, so fine. We ordered the Kobe beef small plate. It took over 40 minutes for our food to arrive, even though the restaraunt was not busy and everybody else in the place had been served. A waitress came by and asked us how everything was, only to be told it was difficult to tell, since we hadn't been served. She told us she's go check on it, and never returned. When our food was finally brought to us, we were told that the chef like the meat to rest prior to serving it, which is as it should be. However, for a piece of meat as small as we received, the resting time should have been about 5 minutes. The meat was cold. The fries were cold. The ketchup was from a bottle. This "meal" cost us $20. All in all, very, very disappointing. we won't be back, there are better more proficient restaraunts in Sacramento. Don't waste your money, or your time on Tuli. I have to disagree. My husband & I ate there Friday. The restaraunt only serves small plates, so fine. We ordered the Kobe beef small plate. It took over 40 minutes for our food to arrive, even though the restaraunt was not busy and everybody else in the place had been served. A waitress came by and asked us how everything was, only to be told it was difficult to tell, since we hadn’t been served. She told us she’s go check on it, and never returned. When our food was finally brought to us, we were told that the chef like the meat to rest prior to serving it, which is as it should be. However, for a piece of meat as small as we received, the resting time should have been about 5 minutes. The meat was cold. The fries were cold. The ketchup was from a bottle. This “meal” cost us $20. All in all, very, very disappointing. we won’t be back, there are better more proficient restaraunts in Sacramento. Don’t waste your money, or your time on Tuli.

]]> By: Garrett http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32694 Garrett Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:43:24 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32694 Argh! I am dying to go there. Thanks for the review! Argh! I am dying to go there. Thanks for the review!

]]> By: sac-eats http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32427 sac-eats Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:04:31 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32427 It appears that the owner is Chef Adam Pechal, who is a very likable fellow indeed. It appears that the owner is Chef Adam Pechal, who is a very likable fellow indeed.

]]> By: Melly http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32422 Melly Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:18:53 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32422 Nice review. Who owns it? That Humbolt looks fabulous. I'll have to try it out when I get back to SacTown. Nice review. Who owns it? That Humbolt looks fabulous. I’ll have to try it out when I get back to SacTown.

]]> By: Trese http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32359 Trese Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:43:55 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32359 Tuli Bistro is the best little restaruant I have found in a long time. Atmosphere is wonderful, people are great and I hear the outside patio will be enclosed with in a month or so. I am going back there at least 2x a week. I plan on bringing all my friends. Excellent on my scale. Tuli Bistro is the best little restaruant I have found in a long time. Atmosphere is wonderful, people are great and I hear the outside patio will be enclosed with in a month or so. I am going back there at least 2x a week. I plan on bringing all my friends. Excellent on my scale.

]]> By: NotMalibuBarbie http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32133 NotMalibuBarbie Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:22:26 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32133 <a href="http://www.pbase.com/imagestruck/tulifood" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">pictures of the food and the restaurant</a>, taken by the Chef's dad who seems to be a proficient photographer... pictures of the food and the restaurant, taken by the Chef’s dad who seems to be a proficient photographer…

]]> By: sac-eats http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32128 sac-eats Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:56:18 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32128 I've only had lunch there but it looks "mid-priced," meaning $8-10 for sandwiches at lunch, and I'm guessing $15-$25 for dinner entrees. The wine and beer list seemed varied if small. The place is very small indoors, so unless you want to sit outside, odds are a wait is in your future. I’ve only had lunch there but it looks “mid-priced,” meaning $8-10 for sandwiches at lunch, and I’m guessing $15-$25 for dinner entrees.

The wine and beer list seemed varied if small.

The place is very small indoors, so unless you want to sit outside, odds are a wait is in your future.

]]> By: sacpadre http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32121 sacpadre Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:13:39 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32121 Nice to hear such a positive review. I was going to check them out Tuesday but could not find a number on the website to at least call and see if our group needed reservations. Plus I didn't see a wine list online either. After the review, I'm even more interested in giving it a spin. Nice to hear such a positive review. I was going to check them out Tuesday but could not find a number on the website to at least call and see if our group needed reservations. Plus I didn’t see a wine list online either.

After the review, I’m even more interested in giving it a spin.

]]> By: HeyMeg http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32120 HeyMeg Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:10:12 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/12/tuli-bistro/#comment-32120 Sounds wonderful! What would you say is the price range, say for an entree? And what do you know about their desserts? Sounds wonderful! What would you say is the price range, say for an entree?

And what do you know about their desserts?

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