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| - I have been here multiple times, and last night was with a group of 13. We called RIGHT before we were all going over there, and they were ready with a table as soon as we got there. Apparently half my group knows the manager Maris, and this lady took great care of us. The service was very good to handle 13 people; our waiter came by to refill drinks and everyone seemed to need something on the side and he still brought requested items back in a timely fashion.
Here is the clinker...when I was ordering, the waiter told me I ordered one of the healthiest dishes on the menu (not true..haha). I know these chain restaurants are notorious for bad-for-you food, but until the person next to me found nutritional information on the table, I was in the dark.
*Bravo to Claim Jumper for publishing the nutritional information for every menu item and putting it on the table. This is great for diabetics, etc and is actually quite impressive.
*It is my psychological problem that I felt the need to look at it once I knew it was there, and learned that 99% of the menu items had more than any human's (besides sumo wrestlers or Michael Phelps) caloric intake, 600 times the sodium intake, etc. I was frightened when I saw my order's nutrition so I just ate half and then walked for hours after at the District, and am eating a lean cuisine right now.
*Like everyone else said, the menu is huge with lots of choices, but the food is nothing spectacular.
*The mango iced tea is unsweetened and yummy.
*MAJOR bravo for the vegetarian menu. Most of my group eats vegetarian out and even as regulars, did not know about this. You have to ask for it but there are tons of veggie options!
*summary: good service, average food, nice ambiance, kudos for published albeit scary nutritional info, brownie points for veggie menu
UPDATE 11/18/09: Tilapia Veracruz is awesome. I never usually eat tilapia but this is zesty, rich in flavor, and has avocado! mmm!
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