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| - I want to emphasize something, dear eateries--cuteness doesn't make up for okay food. I wanted to like this place a lot, not just for the cow and egg canvas on the wall or the spinning and standstill flower lights overhead. I wanted to like this place for the simple fact that local eateries should be supported and loved dearly. Although I love my local places, this one just fell a bit short on taste and overwhelmed me with portion size.
When you walk in to this place, it's like walking in to a freaky garden turned upside down. I almost felt like I walked in to the Bug's Life section of California Adventure with the oversizes flowers above my head. It's cute, though, and has plenty of seating. The servers are friendly, but they aren't as attentive as they should be. Although checking on us regularly, when we did want to hail one down it took about three minutes.
My mother and I, after going through the sections of the menu--sandwiches, paninis, waffles, pancakes, specials, omelets, steak, etc.--We landed on two dishes that we felt were different-chilaquiles with salsa avocado and chicken with waffles. We were excited and couldn't wait for the food to come over. Thinking it was a regular portion size we even ordered a side of hash browns and bacon. When the food arrived, however, it was unexpected. The chilaquiles was actually nachos with eggs on top and half an avocado sliced on top. IT wasn't that pleasant, although at first it seemed to taste okay. The chips were soggy and were simply covered in salsa and cheese. I couldn't see where the chilaquiles part came in at all, to be honest. The after taste was strong. The chicken was a breast beat out to what I believe was a chicken fried steak-like thing on top of waffles. The problem with putting a UFO disc of boneless chicken breast on top of a soft waffle is the oil went in to the waffle a bit, but the heat between the two created condensation that made the waffle soggy. The chicken was well seasoned, a bit too spicy for just fried chicken, but moist. The portions, however, were enough to feed 6 people between the two dishes alone. Still, it was okay. I do have to emphasize that fried chicken and waffles should be the classic fried chicken pieces with a waffle, but that's just me.
The hash browns weren't pleasant at all to me. We did order it to have a crispy outside, and I assumed it would be either home fries type of hasbrowns or the typical shredded potato one. It was..well..like a baked potato was roughly scooped out then patted in to a pancake like hashbrown thing. They didn't season it either. I gave it to my husband in a take away box with the leftovers so as not to waste it. The bacon was nice, though.
Overall, it was okay, and the restaurant is interesting, but I think that there are a few tweaks they need to make. Then again, I'm one palette against a full restaurant, so maybe I need to try something different next time. I do like them, and I hope that my next experience in six months will be a more tasty one. Still, you should try this place for yourself. In the end, I feel that a cute eatery cannot cover the the fact that it's oversized, just eh food.
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