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| - Overall, I was pretty disappointed with Avenue B.
I made a reservation for 7:15 and arrived to the restaurant quite punctually. Even though the dining room was nowhere near full, our table for 4 was not yet prepared for whatever reason. Isn't that why I made a reservation so my table would be ready?
After we get settled, our server, rambled through the daily specials so fast that I basically comprehended about 1/3 of what she actually said. When I asked her to repeat one particular special that sounded appealing, she huffed and briskly repeated it for a second time.
We were never offered a drink menu or anything other than water. I had planned to treat my friends to an expensive bottle of wine of their choosing but since the restaurant never provided any type of menu, I chose Coke. Upon reading reviews of the restaurant after I got home, apparently its BYOB. I would have never known...
Our server came back relatively quick for our dinner orders. We weren't ready to order, and she seemed pretty irritated about it. Well maybe if she hadn't spoken so fast about what they were serving, we would have been ready. Regardless, we each ordered an entree.
After about 10 minutes we were served bread and butter. The bread was pretty lackluster. The butter was coffee and cocoa. For 4 people who are aren't big on coffee to begin with, the coffee butter pretty much ruined that course for us. The bread sat there cold for the rest of the meal.
After what seemed like eons, we were served our entrees, all of which were quite satisfying.
In my reservation, I noted that it was my friend's birthday. However, the server at no point indicated that she noticed. So I took it upon myself to excuse myself to the "restroom" to advise her. She responded with "What do you want me to do about it? Put a candle in the dessert you ordered?" You mean to tell me that no one has ever come to Avenue B for a birthday dinner before? To say the least, I was pretty ticked off.
2 stars.
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