Vibe: 3.5/5
Service: 4/5…read moreFood: 2/5
Drinks: n/a
Value: 1/5
Do not come here for Mother's Day. We made that mistake and left super disappointed and hungry.
I don't mind restaurants charging premium prices during holidays, especially if they enhance the experience with add-ons, but what this restaurant did is straight-up robbery. There was no special acknowledgment for moms (like a flower, a card, or even a simple greeting). Just a surprise limited Mother's Day brunch menu for $59/pp that included bakery bites, a choice of entree, and mini sweet bites, with "no substitutions allowed", which my hubby didn't know about. Drinks were not included in this offer, not even coffee.
Since we had driven for over 30 minutes, we decided to give it a go. We started with two coffees, which were delicious and pretty much the highlight of our meal. Unfortunately, they don't carry any non-dairy creamers, which is a bit unusual nowadays, especially for brunch places, but we made it work. Our server kept our Lavazza coffees refilled, which was much appreciated.
Now let's break down what you actually get for $59:
-Bakery bites (3/5): Small baked items randomly thrown on a plate. Other tables received their baked goods with some special butter, which we didn't get and sadly didn't notice until later in the meal. The bamboloni were excellent, but the potato croquette was severely underseasoned and needed a ton of salt; everything else was mid. Not the greatest start, but ok.
-Half Bourbon chicken (2/5): My dish was barely lukewarm--no melty provolone cheese-pull, no crispy skin. The white meat was ok, but as soon as I got to the drum part and I saw hot pink, that was the end for me.
-Eggs Benedict (3/5): If there is barely any Hollandaise sauce, can you still call this Eggs Benedict? Take a look at the photos and tell me what you think. This wasn't the only ingredient they skimped on. The amount of Canadian bacon on one of the muffins was pathetic (covering only half of the muffin). This dish was also not hot by any means. But because the egg was cooked well, the added spinach was nice, and the potatoes were crispy, we let it slide.
- Mini sweet bites (2/5): When this dish arrived, we both almost burst out laughing because of the presentation. It looked like someone had cut themselves and bled all over the plate while cutting the world's tiniest cake slices. Both the chocolate cake and cheese cakes were so thinly sliced (not even half an inch thick) that they couldn't stand. This was supposed to be for two (!) people, but one of us could have easily eaten everything on the plate and would have still been hungry.
We left this restaurant feeling ripped off. According to their website, the chicken is $29, and the Eggs Benedict are $19. That means the 5 small pasties and the fractional cake slices cost $30 and $40, respectively. This isn't a reasonable markup. It's greed and total disregard for your customers.
If that's how you run your business, no thank you. We will not be back.