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| - Before a concert at Stage AE last night, the hubby and I stopped in to grab a bite because we had tried their beer and the food sounded good. For this review, service gets a D and food gets an A+
We walked in and the hostess was incredibly rude. She mumbled something (in a loud bar area during a Pirates game, it's difficult to hear) about table or bar and when my husband asked what she said, she mumbled the same thing and I said we'd like a table. She turned around and started walking away. So we stood there until she turned back around and looked at us with a face that says "Why are you not following me?" So we followed her to our table where she threw our menus down and started to walk away. I said thank you and she didn't even look at me. When we sat down, I noticed some water left on the table and was wondering if I should go to the bar to get a towel. The hostess came back and wiped it down without me asking and when I said thank you again, she just walked away. If you have ever been to a Dick's Last Resort restaurant where they make the paper hats and are total jerks to the customers as part of the ambiance, this hostess should quit and move to one of those restaurants immediately. She would do much better in a restaurant like that.
Next, our waitress came to our table and took our drink order. She brought them back to us and was pleasant enough but definitely not as enjoyable as the lady who brought our food who had a smile on her face the entire time she was at our table. I wish she could rub off on the hostess...
Now for the food: AMAZING. We decided to share two entrees so that we could try different items. We split the seafood mac and cheese and a small coconut shrimp bucket. The seafood mac and cheese was creamy and delicious and full of shrimp and scallops. The scallops were tender and paired perfectly with the red peppers that are in the dish as well. The coconut shrimp bucket was absolutely incredible. A small bucket (you have the option of small or large) comes with five HUGE shrimp battered with coconut flakes and served with a large amount of french fries. The sweet chili sauce that the dish comes with is the perfect amount of spicy to pair with the sweetness of the coconut.
We also enjoyed different beers, all brewed by Rivertowne, that were very good. I had "Always a Home Game" and "Grateful White", the hubby had "Babbling Blonde" and "Hala Kahiki". Very good beer.
So, overall, the service experience is definitely lacking (mostly because of the hostess working that night) but the food is incredible and will make up for any bad experience with service. I will be back again and again on nights I don't have anywhere to be when I can just sit outside with my beer and my food, enjoying the beautiful sites of Pittsburgh from the river's edge.
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