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| - After my first trip here, I simply cannot imagine finding a reason to return.
The service this past Saturday evening was *awful*. It wasn't even at Fuddrucker's levels, let alone what I would expect out of an establishment that charged me $38 for 2 tiny pieces of still-raw Lamb (we will get to that one later). When we were seated we gave a drink order, and then the waitress brought out some bread. She brought 4 pieces of bread for 6 people. I know it is complimentary, but what is that supposed to compliment exactly?! Turns out it perfectly complimented the aloof and tragic service we were to receive the rest of the night.
We spent the evening asking to have drinks refilled, asking for more water, asking for the simplest things that should have just been done at a restaurant that proposes to be of this high caliber. It was not. The server couldn't even remember what people were drinking, a nearly empty glass with ice, a straw, and a lemon wedge received "should I get you another kiltlifter?" No, you shouldn't replace my iced tea with a beer thank you very much... maybe there is a reason I'm not consuming alcohol?
Then the food. Ah yes, the chance for redemption. It didn't happen. The wedge salad was ridiculously overpriced for 1/4 of a $.99 head of old, bitter, wilted iceberg lettuce (you can AT LEAST take the bitter, white parts off of the lettuce. At the very least, remove the brown parts... that's bare minimum. Pretty sure even McDonald's wouldn't have served this salad). The bleu cheese dressing was very good, it would have been nice to have enough for more than 4 bites of bitter lettuce because it was doing a fine job of covering it up. Naturally, the server never bothered to ask how it was. I asked for more dressing, though, and was told there would be an additional charge so I declined. Pay more for an already overpriced salad that you deleted the bacon from just to have enough dressing to cover up the bitter lettuce. Hmm, nah.
My entrée came out. Two tiny bits of lamb, $38. Fine, whatever... I'll deal with it. The baked potato looked great, it was good... I cut into the lamb and it's raw in the middle. Now, you would think our waitress would have come back by to see how everything was. Why would you think that after what I've already said above?! She didn't. I'd have told her it was gross, undercooked... in fact when she came by to collect the plates finally (empty glasses everywhere on the table, appetizer plates still sitting around dirty, dishes the guests had stacked themselves now on the edge of the table.. pathetic) she asks if she can take it. I said, very plainly, "well it isn't cooked so I'm sure not going to eat it." She removes the plate, says nothing, and proceeds to still charge me for food that I complained about at my first opportunity and makes absolutely no concessions to me. I was ripped off by this restaurant for $38, right there. That, friends, is an actual criminal act. I was charged for something I did not receive. Theft.
So we had desert, which was average and overpriced. The crust on the key lime pie was severely overdone, bread pudding was dry, pecan torte tasted good but the texture was terrible and it fell apart gracelessly.
So all of that said, I can't imagine there is any reason for me to bother again. It was awful, nothing was done to make it less so, no one seemed to care. I suppose they are content to ride out the 3.5 star rating, pathetic for this price range, and count on continued business from nearby Intel to keep the doors open. They simply aren't striving to be exceptional, or even meet the needs of their own pricing category.
Avoid.
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