I have passed by this place so many times that I may have built some hype in my mind, which may have ruined it for me.
First impression: LOVE the open space. LOVE the decor and LOVE the chalkboard menu. It's awesome. I even enjoyed waiting in line because, it was totally going to be worth it - so far everything was fabulous and so the food must be also.
Got a bit of Spanish & salmon salad and butter chicken - the salad seemed to have all the things I love; salmon, nuts, spinach in light dressing - and well, can't go wrong with butter chicken really, can you?
Apparently, you can.
I think this is where I need to say that I am a food lover- the sight of it makes my mouth water 95% of the time and you've really got to have not tried for that to not happen. This was one of those times.
The chicken - was not quite buttery and had more curry flavour than anything else. I only had a few pieces of chicken and it really was a soupy kind, not the stew kind. it came with what I heard was Basmati rice - that was just dry - I believe Uncle Ben's basmati rice was better than this.
Apparently I don't like spinach and smoked salmon together either - even though I love both dearly.
My friend's meatloaf was absolutely wonderful -but the mash potato and house salad was not.
Overall, the bland food left lot to be desired - apparently they're not a big believer of seasoning. I have no idea what inspired me to pay $20 for blandness...but there you have it.
It's a chic little spot and I imagine fabulous place for coffee/tea with cookies or something - but if you're looking for a place to have a nice sit down meal during lunch or dinner or whatever - there are much better options just steps away.