Last Friday Ellie and I were looking for somewhere casual to have a quick drink and dinner. We decided to check out the new Trader Vic’s in Bellevue. When we arrived it looked a little more formal than the website (see photo in the link). As a general rule: the less lighting a restaurant has the more expensive it is and Trader Vic’s didn’t disappoint. The prices were a slap in the face considering the very average food quality and ‘chain restaurant’ service quality. The Mai Tai (Trader Vic invented the Mai Tai) was OK but hardly earth shattering. For the kind of $$ we paid it was a total waste of time. My verdict: Don’t do go there under any circumstances. It’s simply not value for money.