My friend and I were going to a concert and we wanted to eat a "hearty" meal before the concert. My friend had once been to this establishment and really enjoyed it, so I was curious to try it. We arrived at around 2pm for Summerlicious. The restaurant was pretty dead, but it was 2pm after all. There was a family on the other side of the room with a whaling baby. Perfect.
I ordered the Caprese salad for the appetizer, the chicken souvlaki for my main and the creme caramel for dessert. My friend ordered the bruschetta for her appetizer, the stir fry for her main and the chocolate cake for dessert.
We got our food really quickly which was nice. I got my salad and was annoyed with myself from not letting them know to omit the onions. Though nowhere in the description did it say that the salad contained onions. My friend was nice enough to switch with me. The bruschetta was pretty tasty, although the bread was a little soggy. The salad was just a salad. Nothing special about it. It did not have a lot of flavor.
I got my main and again it was swimming in red onions (I removed them and took the picture after so you can't see the onions in the picture). Argh, again! Why did I not tell them no onions. I spent 5 minutes removing the onions. The rice needed salt, the chicken was nice and moist but not enough of it. And then there was the salad that I ultimately did not touch. My friend liked her stir fry, but there was nothing special about it.
I love creme caramel and it's pretty hard to mess it up. We were both satisfied with our desserts. Nothing mind blowing, but not bad either.
So why only 3 stars? The restaurant felt a little depressing. But I am sure the time we chose to have lunch had a lot to do with it. The whaling baby did not help either. But no one could help that I guess. But the food.; it was just okay, and after we left the restaurant I stopped off at a convenience store to buy chips because I was hungry! I don't remember the last time I left a Summerlicious meal feeling hungry.