While down in the Cape May area, passed this place on several occasions and it always seemed super busy which is a good sign. While hunting for good restuarnts that also have decent vegertain dining options, this place seemed Iike a no brainer. Called around 6:30 knowing they do not take reservations and w as told that wait would be 45 minutes. By the tike we arrived and found parking, wait jumped to an hour. At this point we were committed and ended up walking about .4 miles to the shopping district in Cape May ro kill some time. A bonus to checking in is they text you a confirmation as well as a link to check your status in line. As time passed and we were closer to being the next customer, we headed back.
When we arrived, we still had time to kill, and ended up sitting in one of the many empty tables away from the restuarnt. There was some live music, and games such as cornholl to help pass the time. When checking out the inside, was surprised tonsee even more empty tables , despite the long wait time. I will say, the food industry is tough and I do realize people don't want to work, but it still sucks when you have an hour wait and there are so many empty tables. All my pictures off the dinning area (inside and out) were taken on a Saturday evening at 730 pm, thirty minutes in to our hour long wait. Clearly plenty of empty seats. I will say I do realize if they filled the tables and can not staff them betweeen servers and kitchen staff, it is better to keep them empty.
When we finally sat down, ordered a cold beer, Slacktide Bell Buoy (Belgium Blonde) to start of the meal.
For an appatizer, we had the Cauliflower Bites (Flash fried cauliflower chunks, served with your choice of sauce: Sriracha-buffalo, sticky Thai, General Tso or BBQ.) We ordered the sticky Thai on the side. When they came to the table, they were super hot and tasty.
From the curry section, I ordered the Bang Bang Chicken & Shrimp (Shrimp & chicken in a coconut curry sauce, topped with spicy peanut sauce) and my daughter built her own burger with the Impossible (plant based) burger patty substituted.
While I had high expectations of a tasty meal,, I was not blown away with my meal. Surprisingly I think I had more Shrimp than chicken, but chicken seemed a bit skimpy. With a good curry based meal, when cooked in a certain way, the curry flavor gets infused into the chicken. While there was definitely sauce on the chocken itself, if the sauce was not on it, probably would have tasted like a plain piece of chicken. I also found the the way it was prepared, I felt meal was drowned in the curry sauce. In addition to the shrimp and chicken, there was also rice and vegtable mixed all together. With the overabundance of sauce in my opinion, I had to work hard to try and scoop out the rice and vegetables. The taste itself was not horrible, it was just a pain to try and eat. The Impossible burger was an impossible burger that was nothing out of the ordinary. While I am use to paying an uncharte for thr paint based burger, today may have been the first time it came on at $20. I will say that many menu items could be customized to cater to vegetarians so I do give credit where credit is due in that there are many options available.
Overall, the food was tasty but was not 5 star worthy in my opinion. When the check came, I tried to scan my receipt to pay directly woth Google Pay and was having trouble. I did notice when they give you the tip suggestion, they base the tip of the total bill, that includes sales tax. Unless I'm doing it wrong for all these years, pretty sure tip is based on Subtotal before taxes are added.
Will leave it with it was a great place to visit and is a great tourist trap. We enjoyed the overall ambiance. Would I come heat again and give them a second shot, absolutely! However probably would not be my regular go to place unless next visit was dramatically improved. read more