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| - Upon having the worst lunch ever at Carly's yesterday, I was immediately compelled to write a scathing review. However, I thought I'd marinate on it for a day. Well, the queasiness has not subsided and here I am, a day later, to tell anyone who will listen that this place is TERRIBLE.
I'd looked at their menu online before leaving and noticed that they had a tuna salad wrap on the menu. When I got there, the tuna salad was only available on a salad. I asked the waitress if I could get it on bread instead, and she stared blankly at me before replying "well, we have a tuna melt." I asked her if the tuna on the tuna melt was indeed the tuna salad, and she said no. Apparently the tuna salad is not available any other way but on lettuce. So, I ordered the tuna melt cold.
When it came, it was disgusting. It was literally tuna straight out of a can (no mayonnaise) with a couple capers sprinkled on top. There was way too much bread which was dry and gross. I asked the waitress for some mayonnaise, which it took her over five minutes to get (meanwhile, she cleared dishes and completed other tasks). I did eventually get a blob of mayonnaise in a Dixie cup, but when I tried to mix it in with the tuna the whole sandwich fell apart. I ended up trying to eat some of it with my fork and foregoing the bread altogether, but at this point I was so grossed out I and irritated with Carly's that I didn't eat much.
Also, my friend ordered a hot sandwich that was supposed to come with peppers, but did not. He pointed this out to the waitress and she returned several minutes later with a few refrigerated peppers on a plate. He asked another waitress if she could bring him some warm peppers to go with his warm sandwich, which she did after several minutes. Coincidentally(?), he started feeling sick shortly after and had to miss work today.
When the bill came, the oh-so-helpful waitress had charged me extra for the mayonnaise. Needless to say, I won't be going back there. If you are in the mood for a sandwich downtown, there are a million better places where the servers are actually decent. Some suggestions: Cibo, the Main Ingredient Alehouse, and Old Station. Even Subway has amazing service and gourmet food compared to Carly's.
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