Not even a shadow of what his place once was. I lived in Mission for 12 years and this place…read morerocked.
Then.
Had dinner tonight. Not hard - 2 cocktails: dbl spicy Cesar's. Wings, Dry Ribs and Cesar salad.
Wings are completely different from past visits, skinless unseasoned chicken with broken sharded bones that if ingested can kill you, and even with a bowl full of sauce completely tasteless, with an overpowering chicken-y taste that informs like when fish gets 'fishy'.
My 'to go' box got 'to go' straight into the trash when I got home.
Dry Ribs were wet with massive uncooked fat.. dipped on the deep fry and pulled out moments later. Probably ate raw Pork. Almost threw up on way home.
True.
Cesar Salad?
Wet lettuce with a couple shavings of parm and a handful of dry bread. No sauce. Literally. NO CESAR SALAD SAUCE. In a Cesar salad.
Right on.
And the cocktail Cesar's? Tasted like the dishwasher was putting laundry gel packs in the dishwasher by mistake.
Floral soapy cup, not spicy, and when asking the server about these mystery tastes and ingredients, she said, "of course I used the V-8 mix!".
Ah.
No wet wipes for the wings, and with the 3 napkins presented, it wasn't the cleanest experience, which made sense as the table itself was a medley of prior meals.
Perhaps scraping the wings across the "seasoned table" could have produced better results, but hindsight is 20/20.
Then the disappearance.
She was gone.
Should we call 'Cold case' for an investigation?
No.
She showed up wanting the 'man' to pay the bill,
(what, do men tip better?)
but said 'man' was busy in the washroom washing his hands and face from the clown face painting day called chicken wings at Mission Springs.
Do you know what my GOOD REVIEW is? Coming here multiple times a week for 12 years giving my business and excellent tips, which were deserved in their heyday.
Coming back and spending hard earned money was my review.
My money kept the lights on. My money kept the operation - operational.
It's sad to see on other platforms the manager literally attacking the progressively bad reviews.
Do you know what makes a 'good business'?
Well, for starters, it takes 'being good'.
Blaming customers will not help.
Calling those you want to walk in your door your enemy will certainly make them just that.
Some advice. I
have worked in several Resty's as cook, and am the cook of the house; a joy by the way.
If making a meal for someone to enjoy, and to nourish them from stomach to spirit, is not your gifting in this world, then what are you actually attempting?
And if a heart of service, as in the gifting of making your guests feel that they are in for something special, an experience, and treatment they would NOT find at another establishment, is not in your wheelhouse.. then why pretend it to be so?
Imagine, if you will, the 'idea' of Restaurant owners betwixt with, say: Doctors and a Hospital.
"Yeah..we got 'em",
"He's ok, feed him a little more whiskey!",
"Well, we tried our best, but we lost 'em."
You either know what you are doing, or simply you do not.
And if you don't, why do you pretend?
At this point - unfortunately - Mission Springs has gone the way of Theatre, the ILLUSION of what is as once.
So long, goodbye, may Gods grace be upon you, may his face shone heavily upon you..
But I cannot truly understand the utter garbage you are expecting people to pay truly hard earned money for.
Get it together, or really: Get Lost.