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| - Daughters and wife took me here for Fathers Day, promptly seated on the patio around a great round table (party of 5) off to a great start !
We sat and sat ,.. 5 minutes before anyone said Boo! Then five glasses and a carafe of tepid water were placed on our table by someone who quickly ran away. Another five minutes, and our server swings by asks curtly if we have any questions about the menu, we ask a couple to which we get rote answers, she flys off leaving us with no more information than when she showed up.
She disappears for another 5 minutes before she comes back to take our order (we are now into our adventure 15 minutes) Orders are made around the table, and just as she takes a step to leave again, I stop her to ask if we might order some drinks? "Oh Sure" we place 3 drink orders,.. and ask about portion size of an appetizer, she confirms we need two,.. for our table of 5, I say "fine ..lets do two" 5 minutes later our drinks arrive (minuscule), and 10 minutes after that our food arrives. No appetizers!
When asked, our server replies with "Oh I thought you were just asking what it was,.. I didn't know you wanted some" amnesia taking over for the whole "If we order these,..how many do we need?" conversation,.. not totally surprising as that conversation was now 20 minutes old.
By now,.. you have the flavor of the service,,.... slow, inattentive and well,.. absentminded. (and this is the kinder/gentler me saying this)
OK,.. that said,.. the food was A++ very good and plenty of it. (the only reason I did not give it 1 star)
I am hoping this was an off day for the wait staff at North, because the competition in Arcadia is fierce,.. many options consistently outperform my Father's Day experience at North,.. I love FRC's food,.. but this service experience has repeated across several FRC restaurants, Sam; at your prices, you gotta get that service piece down!
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