Rumi Sends a Message

When I arrived and sat down for dinner at Rumi tonight, I was greeted with this beautiful message, a poem written on my paper table setting just under my plate, napkin and utensils:

Just thought I’d share – I thought this was lovely and completely unexpected.

I’ve been to Rumi a handful of times over the past few years and have always had a pleasant experience.  I like the all-white design of the venue, I like the food and big portions, I like that you’re allowed to BYOB and service is friendly. As an extra bonus, they have a great selection of fresh fruit juice and all their meat meets halal standards. Can’t really ask for much more.

Review of Rumi: Next to 1001 Nights on the Northeast corner of ChangHong Bridge (across from Pacific Century Hotel) 工体北路和三环内.  Tel:  8454-3838

Best Part:

• A large selection of fresh squeezed juices, yogurts, smoothies (I recommend the pomegranate juice)
• Easy to order menu with set combination platters and suggested recommendations for parties of 2, 4, 6, and above.
• Their meat meets Halal standards
• Good hummus and meat platters.

Comments:

• Staff was very oblivious and just not attentive.  Our table was right in the center of the restaurant, the restaurant was pretty empty on this Thursday night, and I still found myself resorting to waving down staff more than once and every time they were all completely unoccupied and just standing along the walls. Frustrating, but pretty common in Beijing so I’m used to it.  At least they were friendly…when I did finally wave them to come over to our table.
• They don’t serve alcohol, but they make up for this by allowing customers to BYOB without a corkage fee.  Even better in my opinion.
• They have sets for 2 people, but I would still recommend to come in a group, BYOB and order a big combination platter for a diverse selection of their menu.

Rating: (on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being best)

• Food: 7
• Atmosphere: 7
• Service: 5
• Overall Experience: 7