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| - It pains me to write this review. I was so looking forward to my meal at George, especially since it was a special occasion dinner to celebrate mine and my twin sister's birthday, as well as to celebrate my recent graduation. Unfortunately, it was a huge letdown.
I booked our table weeks in advance, and clearly noted that it was a birthday dinner and that my sister and I would both be ordering the vegetarian tasting menu. We arrived slightly early for our reservation, but were seated immediately given that the restaurant had yet to fill up. The space is lovely and only contributed to our anticipation of a really stellar meal.
Our "server" came over and greeted us shortly after we were seated, and double checked that we would still be ordering the vegetarian tasting menu. His attitude towards us was slightly condescending as he remarked how "cute" he thought it was that we were dining together for our birthday. Granted, we were probably the youngest people in the room that evening, but this just made it doubly rude. He came over again after putting in our food order to take our drink orders. I ordered the George Sidecar, and my sister asked innocently for a celebratory "glass of champagne". Without confirming our order, he hurried away. Our drinks arrived some time later; he had brought my sister the (much) more pricey champagne available by the glass and myself the double cocktail. Of course, given that we ourselves hadn't specified, we did not complain, but we found it in poor taste for him to make these assumptions without double checking with us. Fortunately, my cocktail was delicious and well crafted.
When the food arrived, we continued to be disappointed. Portions were reasonable, but many of the flavours did not seem to work well together. Perhaps those who aren't vegetarian fare better with the tasting menu here. There was only one dish out of five that I was really pleased with, aside from the cheese course, and my sister fared equally as poorly. Our server did not seem to be genuinely interested in our well-being, and unenthusiastically asked for our names and wished us a happy birthday at the end of our meal. Luckily the company was good and the space lovely, because the food and the service were extremely disappointing.
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