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| - Sarpa is a sister restaurant of Terra and my family and I wanted to try this place since we loved Terra so much. At first glance, this restaurant was nicely renovated and we knew before hand that the prices were going to be slightly lower than Terra. We had high expectations for this place considering how Terra exceeded our expectations. After our dining experience at Sarpa, this restaurant did not meet our expectations and this place has gone to our list of "restaurants to never eat at".
Don't get me wrong, the people who work here are really nice. However, two of their waiters displayed incompetence. One waiter who brought the appetizers wasn't holding the plate well and as a result, some olive oil fell onto my mother's handbag. First of all, this restaurant is a $$$ restaurant not a cheap $ place. It is expected that waiters here should be trained properly and SHOULD NOT be that careless. After that horrifying experience, we had to move our jackets and bags to another corner in case the waiter will drop something again. Also, after finishing our appetizers, another waiter came to take away the plates. This waiter was clearly holding too many plates in his hands and dropped a knife. I mean he could've came back a second round to clear the table. Furthermore, when they were bringing the entrees to the table, the waiters came in at an awkward angle to put the plates onto the table. This is how accidents are bound to happen. Both of the waiters were apologetic but these guys need to be trained again. This kind of behaviour at a restaurant with this price tag is unacceptable.
Onto the food. It seems like everyone on this Yelp page consistently enjoyed the food at Sarpa but not me. Maybe it was one of their bad days but if it is, then it was a really BAD day. We ordered the grilled calamari, black tiger shrimp, grilled veal scaloppine, Angus beef tenderloin and their salmon entree special. The grilled calamari didn't have much taste and the black tiger shrimp was drenched with sauce that did not taste good. Though the shrimp was fresh, the sauce ruined this dish. The steak was super burnt and was definitely not "medium rare". The veal scaloppine also included some type of spaghetti that had a hard texture and did not taste very good. The spaghetti was mixed with Chinese vegetables and the vegetables were very bitter. When vegetables are bitter, this means the vegetables are old and not fresh. The presentation for the veal scaloppine was horrific. It just looks like they dumped a lot of spaghetti on one plate and did not care. The only good entree was the salmon. Also, the bread that they give to you in the beginning was good. But I did not come to this restaurant to eat just good bread. Based on this experience, their high prices are definitely not justified.
I think I'll just stick to Terra from now on.
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