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| - One Word: EMBARASSING.
A restaurant that has so much potential, but unfortunately in the wrong location. A beautiful wall mural spanning what seems to be 50 ft high with vibrant colours, and would probably attract the business investors in the financial district, sipping a glass of expensive wine, talking up a business deal.... However... I feel like this establishment is just going downhill.
Looking from the outside, the floor to ceiling glass windows will shOwcase the beautiful artwork, luring you in. You see that there are cocktail and wine deals from 4 -7, seeming attractive.... Both the reasons that I had to try this place.
I get here around 6pm.. The place is pretty much dead. We are seated and the waitor tells us that they are revamping the wine list so he is going to talk it out with us. We ask him what type of red wines there were and he starts describing them as " leathery" and "jammy".., I have no idea what the heck he is talking about nor do I have the slightest idea what type of wine it is. I tell him I'd like someone like a Malbec or a cab. He tells me I have two very different tastes yet cannot really compare it t the ones he listed earlier.
We get our wines.. They are fine. We try a second glass and I ask him to name the wine for me.. He starts to tell me about the sangiovese but stops halfway and apologizes that he cannot remember the full name... Sigh. He exclaims how bad everything is and that this is really embarrassing. No kidding,
We finally order food.. Well attempted to... I wanted to go straight to dessert and not to my surprise, the dessert option I selected is not available... Not really sure what type of establishment this is. I order the Brussels sprout salad... It is absolutely tasteless... No flavour, no acidity, just plain greens on a plate that look pretty.
The manager came by a couple times to see how things were going but not sincere at all... What was I really supposed to say... What type of restaurant are you running?
The bill is stupid expensive. Each five ounce glass came to $13 each.. So much for any wine deal, any service, anything to wow about.
I think the place should just be turned into an art gallery... Think there would be even more traffic and less expectations.
So wish I went somewhere else.
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