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| - I really don't find too many hotel restaurants that impress me. To be honest, most are downright awful (Mitchell's cough cough). But Habitat seems to try and break that mold. You can't beat the beautiful views and there's definitely a classy feel to the place. I felt out of place a bit among all the suits. But you won't find me suiting up anytime soon, don't you worry!
They have a stellar lunch special called the "express lunch." You order a soup or salad, sandwich and dessert for $16 (just soup/salad and sammie is $10). I reeeeeally wanted to go for the dessert option, but since I'm trying to watch the sweets I stayed away. I settled on the beet salad and butternut squash soup. The beets were presented in a way I had never seen before. It was probably a full beet and half (I'm very aware of how much beet they server since I'm a beet nerd) with goat cheese and lettuce and honey drizzled on top. It was different, but good. I really liked that you could add on a protein to the salad, so I opted for the ahi tuna. It wasn't bad either, not the best I've had, but not bad. The butternut squash soup was also good, but was missing the really creamy consistency I enjoy. It was creamy, but just a tad off.
I believe our waiter wanted to sit down and enjoy the meal with us, he was so present. That kinda sets the stage for how attentive their service here is. I mean, your glass gets below the halfway mark and they're there. You order, give them your menu, blink and then your lunch is in front of you. Seriously, that's some attentive service.
Side note: The water pitcher is a "trademarked" silver frog that an artist designed for them. It's seriously adorable and you can buy one for the low price of $150 (I know, not low) but the proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity, which makes the purchase awesome! You can also put your business card in for a free one!
I would definitely try out the dinner at some point, I think it would be a really romantic date night spot. Maybe they can wow me at dinner. I feel like they're just on the cusp on doing that...
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