Same... I'm not articulate enough, but I feel like there's something missing. I wonder what it is.
It just doesn't feel like anything is really fleshed out, is the best way I can put it.
Take the current "arc" for instance. We got 4 chapters with Gil, who's set up as a kind of mild antagonist due to his jealousy of the MC. You expect some actual tension between the two, and the fact that they can't work together will cause an issue for this important banquet. Maybe they'll have to team up when something goes wrong and finally learn to respect each other!
But nope, Gil is just a mild jerk, the MC blames himself until Gil insults his friends, and then everything just kind of neatly resolves itself when Ray gives Gil a pat on the head and tells him to come back to the Bistro.
It's just unsatisfying, and Gil will probably fade into the background like every other character so far.