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| - I'll admit, I was a bit leery going in after hearing things from friends. I met a friend there for breakfast on a weekday. There was a sign at the front saying to wait to be seated. So we did. Over 10 minutes. No one greeted us except the man carrying out water for the plants out front. A woman came over eventually to seat the group that walked in a head of us. Didn't seat us. People started coming in and walking past us to seat themselves. We finally caught the eye of someone who told us to go ahead and find a table. Yeah...maybe they should change the sign then? Anyway, we chose a table that was for four since we wanted to be by the window. Evidently, this was the wrong choice. When our waitress came over, she asked if we were waiting for two more and when we replied not, she sighed and asked us to hand her the extra settings since we wouldn't be using them. Note for the restaurant, if you don't want us to take a four-top, then either seat us like your sign says or tell us to help ourselves to a table for two. Oh, we had also grabbed menus from the front so we could start deciding (since their online breakfast menu doesn't work). According to one guy, they were fine, according to our waitress, we needed different ones. When I asked for a tea that was listed online, I was told that was out-of-date. At this point, I'm just praying the food is outstanding to make up for all of this plus the prices which are basically the same for all meals.
Our food did come out sooner rather than later (which I was also praying would happen since promptness had not been exhibited as yet). I ordered the vegetarian eggs benedict. Taste-wise it was great, although the eggs were not consistent. One had a very runny yolk and the other a firm, just short of boiled-egg yolk. I can handle both but I'd prefer it to be consistent. Assembly-wise, I would have preferred it traditional open-face style rather than sandwich style. It made it very difficult to eat. I ended up just eating it ingredient by ingredient. The salad was fine but a very odd side for breakfast. Fruit would have been much better.
Our table was cleared in pretty good time but, after asking for our check, it took at least 10 minutes. In which time our waitress brought out water and such to other tables but never dropped off the check. My friend was planning on getting something from the bakery for later so got up to pick it out and pay so as not to waste more time. When we were finally brought the check, we were told there was no reason to go up front and we needed to settle the bill with the waitress. Yeah...
Overall, not impressed at all. The decor (in front where we were) was fine. But the wait time, and the unpleasantness of the staff, could have used improvement. There are ways to make the same point without the attitude. Saying, "oh I see you got something from the bakery, I hope you like it. When you're ready to pay for the meal, I can do that right here" would have been much better. Although, frankly after all the waiting, I was tempted to just go up and ask if we could just pay up there so we could get to work. The feel of the place is no longer that of a bakery and my friend, who liked their baked goods and would often stop in at their old location, remarked that she wouldn't feel comfortable popping in here for treats even when it is on the way.
This is definitely going on my not-recommended-but-wouldn't-refuse-if-a-friend-insisted place. But I would try to talk them into someplace else. And I would make sure I'm in a good mood for the needed patience.
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