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| - The story of a SIX DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS
bowl of soup (curry chicken) ! in the cafe, so ordered at the counter (not a sit down lunch), served cold, and served with insults, but no baguette or even crackers.
Our dinner about a month ago, at The Abbey on Butler was underwhelming. The menu was VERY limited ( we did hear a comment about a kitchen problem that particular day), and the dining area's bar was VERY noisy. there is a bar at the entrance, and the folks at the dining area bar could easily have been accommodated there, making the dining area quiet enough to talk to our dinner companions and be heard.
Yesterday, i went into the cafe area at around 3, wanting a sandwich or soup.
My $6.50 bowl of soup was barely luke. More like room temperature. I ordered it at a counter, this was not table service for this price! I got up from my table, took it to the counter and the barista couldn't just zap it for a minute - she instead, took out a thermometer and proceeded to wait for the temp to register. While I waited, standing at the counter. And waited some more. She consulted with another staff member, and said that the soup was a few degrees below normal but that it would be fine for most people. I continued to wait at the counter until she decided to heat it a bit. SO, i'm spending a LOT of time standing at the counter, AND i'm being insulted that most people would accept a cold bowl of soup.
Soup was served in a rimless bowl which is the type that needs a saucer under it ESPECIALLY since it has to be carried by the customer and a bowl with no saucer under it can be hot and dangerous to carry. No saucer. But no heat, so no problem for carrying, other than possible spills. Not a crumb of a cracker or roll served with it for that high price.
I did speak with a server, who was off the clock and intervened to try to make the situation better.
He also kindly helped me get onto their wifi, after the restaurant's server didn't come up in settings. However, it went off line almost immediately and again their wifi server did not come up in settings. I SHOULD have asked for an owner or manager, but the situation had turned into such a fail that I just wanted it to be over with.
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice ...... I won't be going back! and don't understand why anyone else would want to. (the soup was really good though and my margarita at dinner was one of the best i've ever had - and I"m a Margarita Maven.)
oh - and the advertised parking lot? very small (very disproportionate to the size of the restaurant) and hard to maneuver into - of course most Lawrenceville restaurants have NO parking lot, but if anyone mentions that the parking lot is a selling point, it shouldn't be.
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