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| - After having read great reviews about this place, I finally decided to have (my first!) brunch here. We arrived around noon, were told to wait around 30-40 min for a table and that we would receive a text when they were ready. We waited, watched people who arrived after us get a table, waited some more, and then at the 45 minute mark we went in and bam, got a table. Okay then.
So we sat down, received our menus, but we already knew what we were going to order. We had 45 minutes before to plan this. We were going to go ALL OUT. About 10 minutes passed and it appeared we were forgotten. No one had greeted us, told us about the specials, or even gave us water! We flagged down a staff member for water. Okay, got that done. What about our orders? We asked if there was someone serving the patio, and were told she would arrive shortly. Well, she didn't. We had to flag someone to take our order. Shortly after that order, a woman, who I assume was the waiter that didn't show up earlier finally arrived. Our stomachs were doing the talking now so we ordered a third dish and two sides.
She appeared a bit flustered and sorta judgmental that we ordered a rather large amount of food for two people. Well, maybe if we hadn't waited so long we would've ordered just two dishes like civilized people. Fortunately the wait for the food wasn't too long, but the poor service certainly left a poor taste in our mouths that carried throughout the meal.
So, the food. The pancakes were probably the best I've ever had: fluffy, warm, not too sweet. Loads of blueberries on top. The Manhandler and Veda's choice (with smoked salmon, yum) were good too but not as great as the pancakes.
As delicious as it was, it wasn't worth the poor service. Very sad first brunch experience.
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