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| - This restaurant was a distant second choice after finding that where we had hoped to dine, the nearby Pasta Too, was so crowded by 5:45 p. m. on Saturday, 15 November 2014, that it was difficult to get in the door. My wife and I were not going to stand to endure a long wait for a table at a restaurant that does not accept reservations or phone-ahead seating, so we wound up at Pittsburgh's favorite, the old, dependable Eat 'n Park. There were two individuals serving as hostess: one was delightful, pleasant, and smiling, the other was sullen, providing no greeting or pleasantness, simply saying with a frown, "How many?" when we stepped to the stand.
We were seated at a small booth for two, in a cramped part of the restaurant where other parties are just a few feet away across the aisle, not great with an active and loud party directly across from us for most of the meal. When leaving the table or returning to it from the salad bar, there was so little space to maneuver that we had to be careful not to bump anyone who was standing, including the servers.
Our young male server was pleasant and seemingly well-intentioned, but not available after the first part of the meal, hence water glasses were not refilled and a stack of used plates, including those from the salad bar, remained untouched on our table for most of the meal, this despite a busser passing numerous times to clear the tables of parties that had left. How can a manager either not be aware that basic bussing duties are not being performed or not care?
The food, including the salad bar, was not bad, not great. I was surprised and pleased to see fresh cauliflower, an expensive item. The potato salad and cole slaw were satisfactory and not overly creamy, which was good. The garlic bread that came with our entrees would be laughed at by a bona fide Italian restaurant. Nothing here will ever be mistaken for the haute cuisine which is offered by Eat 'n Park at its Six Penn Kitchen division. The best thing I can say is that our dinners were a good value at $9.99 including salad bar and soup that is perhaps a small step up from Campbell's. I wish Pittsburgh had a fabulous salad buffet restaurant like Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes, which are in business in many other parts of the country. Eat 'n Park's salad bar will never be compared to it.
We left this dinner rather disappointed.
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