What started out as generally promising quickly went awry in every way possible.
The location itself is perfectly fine and it's a simple pour house decor. No complaints there and the staff was generally friendly to begin with.
We ended up ordering a plethora of appetizers and a kids meal for our child and figured we would just share a bit of everything with each other.
Overall- everything is VERY salt heavy. And we are people who enjoy a good amount of salt.
Cajun butter shrimp- the shrimp itself was cooked well. The crostini they advertised is actually just 2/3 very small baguette chips. They weren't large but just your standard sized shrimp you might get in the frozen isle at a grocery store.
Burger kids meal- the best thing they produced the whole time.
Lemon Pepper wings- they come with 5. Decent size and cooked well but these were LOADED with salt. They tasted brined so I think brining them, and then frying and salting and then adding more salt with the lemon pepper sauce was overkill. - we also waited 45 minutes for the wings.
The wedge salad- it's like a 1/4 of an iceberg wedge. Comes with smashed tomatoes, olives and a dill based dressing. - this was sent back as it was inedible according to the person we were with that ordered it.
The house salad- very small. The vinaigrette is supposed to be a pomegranate vinaigrette but it was mostly red wine vinegar. Not the worst- just very small and had very little in terms of the topping advertised. - this was also salty
The loaded fries- lol. We waited an hour for those things and called it quits after about the 4th inquiry. So no idea how those might taste.
( they made sure to try to charge us for them, though)
Pepperoni flat bread. - not a flat bread. It's a personal kids sized pizza with canned sauce, raw jalapeños and some flavorless caramelized onions. - the flavors didn't come together and for the cost- it was not worth it at all.
Wine and beer on tap- general options. No huge complaints except being charged like $23 for 6 total oz of wine.
Alright- so aside from the food being as salty as the Pacific Ocean, it would have maybe been worth a second shot except here is where the wheels fell off completely:
1: when I found our server and asked to cancel the rest of our order and for the check, he came back 5 minutes later with the illusive loaded fries and two other appetizers we didn't actually order. - we did previously ask how long it would take if we ordered the other two but he didn't come back with an answer so we had no idea he put it on our tab or to the kitchen to make.
Before he could put it on the table I politely told him it's really not necessary and we would prefer to just have the check as I already requested.
Minutes later, the manager or owner ( not sure) came over and tried to convince us to take the food, which we declined AGAIN. And once again just asked for our check so we could pay and leave.
We then saw them give all of our food we declined to another table right behind us. Which means one of two things: you either tried to give us their food to begin with, OR you're gross and try to re-serve food from another table.
The server had a few reasons as to why the food coming out was so slow/ inconsistent.
First he said it was because it was fight night.
He later said it was because the kitchen was short staffed. All could be true. But I didn't want an excuse, I just wanted to pay the bill and leave.
THEN when he brought the check- THEY TRIED TO CHARGE US FOR THE FOOD WE DIDN'T RECEIVE, and that inedible salad that was sent back.
He initially tried to contest the salad but I had to flat out tell him it was disgusting, which is why we wouldn't be paying for it. It wasn't eaten and was given back after trying one bite.
Now, I get they're still new. I can understand the limited staffing. I can also see why they as a small business also want to make sure to maximize and also not take a hit on food, as everything's so costly.
But- the food was trash, and the service ended up being damn near as bad.
For $145.00 in appetizers, wine, beer and an espresso martini- we were better off going anywhere else.
Which- we did
Went across the street to Glasshauzzz.
WORLDS better. Spend your money there, or literally anywhere else in that complex. - don't waste your time and money here. You'll wind up hungry, bloated from the exorbitant amount of salt and ripped off from the pricing of what may or may not make it to the table. read more