I ventured into Milton because my best friend lives there and I had a date with her for a dinner and a movie. She picked this one because of the stars on yelp. I glanced at the reviews before heading there.
The parking is street or across the street at the Coffee Culture, annoying to have to climb over snow banks afterwards. But that's neither here nor there...
We arrive and the restaurant is empty, although it was around 8pm when we came. We were headed to the counter to place an order, but no huge menu on the wall or on the counter to be seen. Then the chef/owner/waiter came out from the kitchen and asked if we wanted a table for two? Puzzled, we said yes and he brought out 2 menus and seated us at the table in front of the counter. While we were settling in he offers us the steak or salmon ?!?!?
At this point I was still excited because I was starving, we ordered a chicken plate to share, and added a babaganoush and an extra greek salad (at the waiter's insistence).
I went to the restroom and came back and there was a bottle of water, and a glass of water on our table. I asked my friend about it and she told me that he had brought 2 bottles of water to the table first and when she asked if it was extra, he said yes. She then informed him she'd be fine with just tap water please. At which point he said it's only $1. This is horrible not only because no restaurant should ever try to force something the customer didn't order but then to basically call her cheap??? He eventually came back and dropped off 1 glass of water for her but my bottle is what i returned to.
I realize a lot of take out places or fast-food restaurants don't give free water, and only sell bottled water. But this is the first time I've seen a dine-in place do this. It's like you need to decide whether you're fast food or fine dining... Another example is while we were waiting for our food, the chef was cooking in the front of house and was banging the spatula against the silver cooking top and made so much noise, it was as if we were in a normal take out schwarma place.
If that was the case, then why was our bill $28 and we split a meal. The meal was under- whelming. The babaganoush had no flavor but oil, the greek salad tasted like water, the pita bread was the kind from the grocery store and there was way too much rice compared to chicken. The hot sauce was the only memorable part for me.
When we were paying I was gathering my things when my best friend was paying so I didn't get to see the bill, but i know he charged us $1.20 for the water, and a 5 or 6 dollars for a salad the same size as what came with the meal. As a side note: i try not to drink bottled water because of the fluoride.
The whole time we were there, 2 customers came in, both to pick up take out. I think this restaurant needs to re-evaluate what kind of restaurant they are running.
Pick one and stick to it: fast-food or fine dine in.I paid $14 for something I would have paid less for anywhere else. 1 hit 1 miss in Milton so far! read more
