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| - My friends & I stumbled upon Stewart + Ogden after the Color Run a couple of weeks ago. We had to get our parking validated at the Downtown Grand & didn't want to wait at other places nearby (Pizza Rock had a 45 minute wait, boo) because we were starving!! Besides, it looked like it had good potential: cute-ish decor (blue/turquoise booths & chairs with silver chandeliers), there was no wait, & as a diner/bistro there is something for everyone.
I built my own omelet which includes 3 eggs and 2 items of your choice, along with house potatoes. Any additional items are $0.80 each. I decided on spinach, mushrooms, sausage & swiss cheese. It was smaller than expected, but okay - I mean, you can't really mess up an omelet, right?
Now - about everyone else's food:
- Ogden burger (tomato, bacon, aioli, onions) with a side of fries: the waitress put the plate down & then asked if there was bacon on the burger. There was not, so she said she would come back with it. .. um, okay?
- French Dip sandwich with a side of fries: my friend totally did not eat the bottom parts of her sandwich because the au jus was spilled all over her plate & made them super soggy. It looked like her sandwich was swimming in it.
- Saimin: this is a noodle dish with char siu pork, spam & egg that my friend liked. The huge bowl this noodle soup was in came on top of a plate - which had a layer of soup on it.
I was so confused!! Obviously, they acknowledged all of the things that were wrong: missing bacon, au jus spilled on the plate, & to be careful with the bowl & plate of saimin but still sent these dishes out. It was pretty sloppy service.
Lastly.. PAYMENT. What a headache!! Usually with groups, the group or the server will ask for separate checks. We missed the waitress asking us that in the beginning, but thought that letting her know what amounts to put on each card would be okay, but it seemed like she got upset & reiterated that she asked us if we wanted separate checks in the beginning. She then said she would have to separate the checks to take payment and it would take a few minutes. It took over 30 minutes. Yes, we felt bad that she had to separate the checks but we all tipped her because of that.
With all the other places you can eat in DTLV now, I kind of wished we sucked it up & waited to eat somewhere else.
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