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| - Wow, what a let down. We were trying to decide whether to go buffet or the cafe and the cafe won! Less busy, more intimate, less crowded, good burgers, meatloaf and etc!
The host/hostess - Very nice, quick and friendly. They get you seated asap. That is cool.
The wait staff - We had a very friendly wait staff. Quick to welcome us and to get our drinks ready.
The food choices - Appetizers, steaks, salads, meatloaf, burgers, all the comfort foods!
We had the Meatloaf, the New York Steak and the Chinese Chicken Salad. The meatloaf was very decent served with mash potatoes and green beans. The green beans were nothing special or exciting. The mashed potatoes were okay. The NY Strip steak we ordered medium rare and it came out frankly very poor. Cold on inside and very tough to cut and even worse to chew. It was raw. I am a huge fan of having the meat "blue" more than rare, and only when it is tender and melts in your mouth. This was simply a poorly cooked steak. They did replace it with a newly cooked steak and that was top notch and the second steak was very decent. The Chinese Chicken Salad was good, just a bit uninspired. Cabbage, Spinach, Mandarin oranges, and some other bits.
The big 2 - The reason for the big 2 is how they handle things here. IT took us about 5 minutes to flag down the waiter to let them know that the steak was totally bad. We mentioned we could not even cut it and we needed a sharper steak knife. The answer was "The Steak Knives here are dull". It took another 20+ minutes to get the new steak, and I was impressed they delivered a new steak. It was better. When it came time to ask for a take home box, that took literally another 10-15 minutes as the waiter forgot. We did get refills on our water, never asked for more ice tea or another wine...
Another reason for the 2 is the fact that the design of the cafe is poor. The smoke from the gamblers drifts directly into the dining room and this is not very fun to eat or sit and talk in this environment.
GK says, not bad, had plenty better and someone may have to drag me to come back here.....
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