We at The Hive have been strong supporters of Arbitrageur Restaurant. It is well known as the favorite haunt of key personalities around town such as NZ Post's Suzanne Carter and other members of the political and economic establishment.
So we were surprised to receive negative reports of encounters in recent days. First we here that a senior member of the National Party had a bad experience of "the volume being turned up to clear the clientele" syndrome. And then more recently we hear that people siting with a Korean War artillery officer veteran (who is a bit hard of hearing - we wonder why???) asked for the music to be turned down a bit because it was becoming too loud. Was it turned down? No! The poor vet (winner of some of the most distinguished military awards awarded in the British Commonwealth, and now somewhat aged) was subjected to a sharp shoulder tap and a lecture from a French waiter about how this restaurant doesn't lower its music volume because one person complains. Unfortunately for said Frog, our Korean war vet was not the person who complained....
What a shame, is all we can say. We are still very positive about Arbitrageur. But we are surprised that they have not taken more note about what happened across the road to Copita.....
