Delivery
No
Payment
Credit Cards Accepted
Parking
Yes
Good for Kids
Attire
Casual
Alcohol
No
Reservations
Cuisines:
American New,
Wine Bar
Price Point
$$
$ - Cheap Eats (Under $10)
$$ - Moderate ($11-$25)
$$$ - Expensive ($25-$50)
$$$$ - Very Pricey (Over $50)
WiFi
No
Outdoor Seats
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02/01/2023 - MenuPix User
Have you ever felt that something was chasing you during the day, or you saw the same object several times a day but in different variations? Weird to say, but on my birthday this year, I was chased by an oyster...
My husband and I like food. We do a tasting menu for the new experience on special occasions. Initially, we booked the best restaurant in Naples for our liking, but a week ago, my husband asked if I wanted to switch it to a different, small restaurant with a tasting menu and good reviews. Enjoying my last oyster on a plate, I agreed, as I am always open to trying something new. So, we ended up booking Hyde N Chic. I was excited. The birthday and something new and delicious were opened in front of me in a week. When we arrived in an area, I thought we had gotten lost. The promising chic restaurant was nowhere on the horizon. It was an empty open plaza with a few cars and a beautiful Mercedes with surprised-looking people leaving it. I felt worried, but the picture of stuffed oysters in my head calmed me.
As we approached the restaurant, my husband noticed the door was locked. I noticed that the doormat and the area around it are very dirty. I do not like “unswept” entrances; it tells me a lot about the house and its people. The entrance should always be clean. Period. Suddenly, the door opened, and a smiling face of a chef was letting us in. I was about to pronounce the'' phew" relief sound when I suddenly got interrupted by the wave of the damp mold smell of the dirty mop that my brain refused to ignore. The black walls, unevenly hung pictures, empty tables (except one), and big objects covered with some white sheets "looked" at me from the kitchen, and three plates of oysters on some ugly ocean grass looked ignored on an empty table. We were granted the privilege of choosing a table, so we picked the big one by the window. Chef introduced himself and his wife, emphasized at least three times that he was raised in Germany ( not sure why it was so important), and poured some very dry white wine as a present from the house. He then gave us a wine menu, and we started to discuss what we wanted to drink with our dinner. The wine on that menu seemed unfamiliar, though my husband knows a lot about wines. He would hear about the wine for $79. He checked on his phone, and the mystery opened at once. That $79 wine is $8.99 - $12.99 in any store that sells cheap wine.
Meanwhile, the chef already showed up with the first course. I was not even surprised when he brought oysters. I was waiting for oysters. He put three tiny baby oysters with clear-red-orange sauce in front of me. I was about to complain in my head like my four-year-old about mini cupcakes when my husband said to the chef, who was about to put the other plate on his husband's side, showing with his hand on me: ''You might as well put them close to my wife as I don't like oysters." I got so excited again for a second, thinking about six oysters instead of three, but got interrupted AGAIN by the chef, who started to yell. ( my exciting thoughts were interrupted frequently that night.) The chef yelled: " I asked you several times if you have food allergies, and now you reject my food with your body language. It doesn't work this way in my place. I'm sick and tired of this stuff, like in Europe. I would rather you leave than mess up my kitchen. Take the food back to the kitchen(to the waiter). Out of my restaurant! Out! I don"t need your money (strange to hear from the person who charges 1000 times for the wine)" He yelled something else about the soup instead of oysters that I don't remember because, at that time, my brain was already grieving after three lost oysters. We, shocked and speechless, asked for a minute, then said a few words to the chef and left the place. While leaving, the same three oysters on an ugly ocean grass were lonely left on the table. Coincidence??? Don't think so.
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