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| - A friend and I went here for brunch and had a terrible experience.
First, it was next to impossible to get a table, which would have been understandable had the place actually been busy. Due to the torrential downpour, however, there were several vacant tables; as we would soon learn, this is not a place worth trekking out in the rain for.
We waited to be seated, as per the sign's instructions, and were completely ignored for a solid 15 minutes, even though there was no one in front of us. Finally, my friend went up to a waitress cleaning a table and asked if we could have it. Score.
Next came the ordering. My friend had told me about their crunchy French toast, which she attempted to order but was told they didn't have any. Fine, it happens. When I placed my own order for chocolate chip pancakes, I made sure to inquire about their availability. The waitress assured me that they had them, only to come back several minutes later and tell me they were out. It was annoying, because I had specifically asked about them, but whatever. My friend and I both ordered the plain French toast (I made the mistake of adding an Israeli salad to my order which was basically a bowl of chopped onions with some other slivers of vegetation tossed in for good measure. Needless to say, it was completely inedible). My friend was charged extra for a couple strawberries sliced on the side.
The French toast was okay -- nothing to write home about -- but the service went from bad to worse when it came time to pay. The waitress asked us while we were in the middle of eating if she could bring us the bill so she could cash out, which I thought that was very annoying and unprofessional. She then proceeded to sit and chat with her friends for 20 minutes while we tried to get her attention, which was no easy feat considering she kept her back to us the entire time.
Afterwards, my friend and I wandered over to the bakery section to check out the over-priced ruggelach and cookies. The woman working behind the counter could barely speak English but still managed to roll her eyes at our questions. We wanted some sweets to take home but ultimately decided not to give this terrible place any more of our business.
Stay far away.
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