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We went there for a Saturday lunch today. When we walked in the place was full, but we only had to wait about 2 minutes for a table to open up. Nearly perfect timing! It was a beautiful day, so NoDA was packed with pedestrians, and we considered ourselves fortunate to grab a table so quickly.
A few minutes later our waitress took our drink and appetizer orders. They have very little available for children to drink - no juices other than what they use at the bar, and no milk. For kids who don't like soda or plain water, there's not much choice. My son ended up drinking nothing for the entire meal because he hates soda and they didn't have milk or juices available.
For the apps we ordered the mussels and the brussel sprouts. The mussels were delicious and I could have eaten those all day long. I found the brussel sprouts to be VERY bitter and could only eat 3-4 before the overwhelming bitterness became too much.
About five minutes after our appetizers arrived, the kids' food arrived at the table. We finished our apps soon after that and then waited....and waited...and waited. Our kids were halfway done with their food before our waitress came over to refill a glass and I asked where the food for the two adults was. She said it was coming out next.
So we waited...and waited. For about 30 more minutes. By then our kids were long since done with their food, and getting bored just sitting there (thank heavens for phones with games galore!). Methinks the waitress forgot to put in the complete order - that's the only thing I can think that would have caused such a major delay. But we kept our smiles through the whole thing, continuing to keep the kids occupied while we waited.
FINALLY she brought out our food, and apologized for the long wait. It's not like we ordered complicated food. My husband got one of their standard crepes and I got a burger (having originally planned to have a dessert crepe). There was NO REASON that burger and those crepes should have taken nearly 45 minutes to come out to the table (which was the time from when the appetizers were cleared away to when the food finally arrived). Other tables around us were being served - including tables that arrived AFTER us.
Anyway, despite the wait, the food was good. My husband enjoyed his crepe (spinach and mushrooms) and my burger was perfectly cooked and with amazing flavor.
As we were finishing, our waitress came over and apologized for the long delay and said she would reduce our bill as an apology. She also asked if we wanted a dessert crepe, but in the end we decided against it. We didn't feel like waiting anymore and wanted to get back out into the sunshine to enjoy the rest of our day.
Will we go back? Probably not. While the food was good, it wasn't a meal that made us say, "WOW - WE HAVE TO GO BACK!" Add in the slow service (the restaurant was always full, but surely they should be used to that given how few tables they have?) and it's not a place to which we'd return.
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