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| - Like I've said before, I've always considered Open Sesame a decent option and appreciate their allergy cards and separate veggie wok. However, the last couple of times I have visited, the service has been fucking atrocious.
A couple months back, I went with Tiffany N to Open Sesame on a quiet Saturday afternoon for lunch before a Heritage Park outing! Our server was grouchy and unwelcoming. When asked if there were any vegan friendly appetizers or anything, she responded very quickly and coldly, with a NO. That was fine, as the "Go Stir Crazy" bowls are usually pretty filling anyways. When our bowls were brought to us, she set them down and walked away without saying anything. I don't think we were checked up on the whole time otherwise.
Last night, made a reservation for family, and was sat in a far corner with stairs, the only table up there. It made for a nice quiet atmosphere. However, while our server was friendly enough, it seemed as though we were often forgotten since we were such a trek and it was a busy time. Two in our party had to join in a little later (which we warned our server of), and they sat at our table for about 20 minutes until anyone bothered to come by and offer drink refills or anything and noticed them. They ordered drinks. Server came back quite awhile later with their two drinks, no menus and one of them had to request one which also took awhile. We were finished eating by the time they had the opportunity to order, which is partially their own fault for being late, but I feel as though our evening could have been about an hour shorter with more attentive service, and I wasn't too concerned about our reservation only being for two hours at that point.
Also, on the note of food, while I enjoy the MAKE YOUR OWN concept, I find that allowing the cooks to throw everything haphazardly throw everything together on the walk allows for uncooked onions and garlic, and they generally aren't as flavorful as they could be. In the future I'm going to drag everyone's omnivore selves to Buddha's Veggie down McLeod Trail and they'll just have to deal with it. Totally over Open Sesame. Plus side though? I TRIED JOEL'S BROCCOLI SECRET. READ HIS REVIEW FOR DETAILS.
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