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| - I had never even heard of this place previously, and just came with a friend before we went to catch a show at the Panasonic Theatre. Quite honestly I would have walked past this place without a second thought, not even realizing it was a restaurant/cafe. From the outside, it just looks like a house.
They have 3 floors, and my friend and I sat on the first floor. To be honest the whole setup is kind of confusing... they don't have anyone there to greet you once you enter, so my friend and I just randomly went into the adjoining room and sat ourselves down at a table. We didn't even know whether we were supposed to go upstairs or not. Once we sat down, no one bothered to attend to us or even bring us menus until 10 minutes later. Overall, I can't say I was too impressed with the service here.
I ordered the penne chicken, which was cooked in a white wine cream sauce, while my friend had the pulled pork sandwich. The food was pretty decent, and very filling, but nothing really too exceptional.
Afterwards we decided we had to try some of their dessert (you can see their cakes on display at the front counter, and we had been eyeing it all evening.) Ended up trying the red velvet cake which was fantastic and super smooth and creamy... just like real velvet. Yum, so good.
7 West was kind of a hit and miss for me in various ways. The food was okay, the service was lacking. Our server was friendly when she was there, but most of the time she was nowhere to be seen. I get that it's meant to be kind of a more laid back, relaxed vibe, but I didn't like the lack of direction I guess coming into the restaurant, and there were various times when we wanted to place our orders/refill our water/pay the bill when we had to sit around and wait for the waitress to come. Desserts were good, but not really enough to make me want to come back again unless I happen to be in the area.
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