PIERRE’S
A taste of … Italy, America, Asian, I am not quite sure what they were going for here. Like many restaurants in Saipan, most are at a lost what type of restaurant they are. They try to cater to all types of people and tastes, in the end they fall short of becoming a good place to eat. Pierre’s sadly is no exception to that rule. Located in lobby section of Saipan Ocean View Hotel in Garapan, next to Bank of Guam. They advertise themselves as a burger, steak, and seafood restaurant of sort with a salad bar thrown in the side. The menu is typical of all local joints, they have a mix of Asian, American and somewhat Italian cuisine. A blend of taste that would even the most hard-core Iron chef fan unsettled.
Still lets go to the positive side of this establishments, the food is served in decent proportions, the price ranges from $7.95 to $9.95 USD in the average and comes with a salad bar. All dishes are meat dish or in some combinations of meats, ie beef/fish. I haven’t seen a vegetarian menu so I guess you folks are limited to the salad bar. The salad bar consists of a mix collection of normal vegetables you would find in any typical salad bar so no imagination there, but there is always two choices of watery soup. Normal complementary drinks is also available in the bar, ice tea, coffee and water. But do careful some menu items don’t include the bar, which also doesn’t include the complementary drinks. One day I had a craving for some waffles, you wouldn’t imagine waffles of something that should be hard to come by. (That’s another article on its own) So I ordered some waffles and got some coffee. Which tasted like it was frozen and just got reheated in a microwave. Since I got both ice tea and a coffee from the bar to wash out the taste I got charge for both drinks. Which ended up a $12.00USD tab for one plan, stale waffles, one cup of coffee, and one cup unsweetened ice tea. Or I could have gotten a hamburger steak lunch for $9.95USD and had all the drinks and the salad bar I wanted. Dam you waffles!!!
Now, how I really rate a restaurant is not from food portions, food quality, food price, or even the service quality. I believe that there is a direct coalition between how well the restaurant is run and manage and how well the restaurant’s bathroom is kept. Meaning if they don’t really care about the same bathroom the staff and management uses, they are not going to really care that much about the food they serve to a complete strangers. I know its harsh but there is a grain of truth into that. This also assumes that there isn’t a private staff only bathrooms located on the premises, which most places do that have.
So lets look at the restroom facilities in Pierre’s, of course men’s side. Typical two stall and two urinals is what you are faced with in this compact room. Not so typical is that one urinal and one bathroom stall has been out of order for the better part of last year and all this year. Still, unlike other restaurant restrooms, there is a large helping of paper towels sitting on the counter and there is soap in the soap dispenser. Sink is marble and the mirror is clean and over all the room is pleasant in feel and smell.
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2/5 Stall (broken stall and the only available one was the handicap stall)
2/5 Urinals (broken stall and the fixtures were old and worn)
5/5 Wash center (clean neat and ample paper towels and soap)
4/5 Décor (old but there is a over all color theme)
4/5 Smell (neutral in smell)
3/5 Lighting (little to dark for my taste)
Over all score 6.67 out 10
Burgers Steak Seafood
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Open 6:30AM ~ 9:30PM Tel: 233-3838
