My mother wants to throw some kind lunch celebration kind of soon to celebrate my engagement. We live in different boroughs of NYC (neither of us in Manhattan). She mentioned having the celebration in Manhattan. I haven't been to too many affordable restaurants in NYC, so it was kind of hard to come up with ideas. Also the local board has has no bites when I asked about an appropriate restaurant.
Anyway, FI and I went to a latin restaurant on a Saturday afternoon. The food was good, the service was good and they have a semi-private space that would be perfect for the engagement celebration. I liked the place so much that I recently took a friend there. The service on my second trip there was HORRIBLE. I don't want to bore you with details because this post is already kind of long.
So, finally my question... Should I consider the restaurant for the engagement party or keep looking?
CN: Would you consider having your engagement party at a place that was great the first time you went but had sucky service the second time you went?