I had high hopes walking into this place--an elegant exterior, and the kind of menu that suggests someone in the kitchen once cared deeply about food. Unfortunately, all of that crumbled the moment I stepped inside. What followed was an evening of slow, grinding disillusionment, punctuated by bland dishes, disinterested service, and a soundscape more fitting for a daycare center in meltdown mode.
Let's start with the atmosphere. Imagine trying to enjoy dinner while the shrieks of overtired children echo off every hard surface. Kids were literally climbing the decorative iron gates like zoo animals while the staff looked on with dead-eyed indifference. Any attempt at conversation was a shouting match over the cacophony of clattering cutlery, wailing toddlers, and what I can only describe as the soundtrack to culinary despair.
Service was equally uninspiring--slow, inattentive, and somehow both rushed and unbothered at once. Our server seemed perpetually confused, forgetting half of what we ordered and delivering the other half cold or incorrect. At one point, we waited over 25 minutes for water refills. When we finally did get our entrees, it felt like a reward for enduring the previous hour of chaos.
The food? A masterclass in mediocrity. Lukewarm pasta drowning in sauce that tasted like it came from a jar, a steak cooked with the finesse of a microwave dinner, and a dessert that managed to be both dry and cloyingly sweet. I kept waiting for things to turn around--hoping each course, each interaction might redeem the last--but the evening just spiraled deeper into disappointment. read more