We have been waiting for a reason to go here...and decided that our Anniversary would the perfect excuse to try House of Tricks that several people had recommended to us. To sum up our evening....it took us 10+ minutes to give our server our drink order (a bottle of wine)....then another 10+ minutes for him to come back with the bottle of wine. After sitting for over 20 minutes before we took our first sip of wine... we were really trying not to be irritated. However, after ordering then receiving our apps, I had to finally ask/grab a staff member to please take our menus stacked on the already very crowded table. Then after the apps were finished and the dishes were piled up in the middle of our small table for at-least 10 minutes... I had to ask a server/busser again to take the dirty dishes from our table. The food (Salmon & short ribs) was just okay. Coming from the NW...if you have to cover the salmon in that much sauce...your usually trying to hide the fishiness (I still could taste it). Would not recommend sitting by the lawn...you could not hear the music and there were no misters. Overall, when you spend almost $150 on one meal...you would like to be matched with experienced servers. They really need to spend more time training all their staff (bussers and neighboring servers) on how to be friendly and attentive to all guests.