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| - Epic Fail!
I am happy to see other reviews of this place that were positive. I am sure you got a different cook than I!
Was meeting a colleague here for lunch, we just needed to decide on something quick close to Northland Mall. This is where we picked!
I had never been, never had heard of this place before, being from out of province originally. We walked inside and were left standing at the front of the restaurant for far too long before being seated. This place looked ok, nothing too special, a teeny bit shabby but I was hoping for a nice meal as I was starving as was my colleague. I swear, this menu gives Denny's a run for its money in terms of items they serve. The menu must be 10 pages front and back, I am not kidding. They do have some lunch items that won't break the bank but all of the other menu items appeared to be quite expensive. I ordered just a chicken taco salad for $16.99 - cannot screw that up too badly right? And I ordered a cup of coffee that I hoped was VERY good for $4 a cup. I might as well have thrown a shot of Baileys in it - how much more could it have been? My friend got a house salad and a French Onion Soup. The food took quite awhile which was funny as the place was not super busy. The salads finally came and then strangely, the soup came a good 15 minutes later when the 2 items were to be served together. But anyways, back to my sloppy mess - it was small cubes of frozen ("spicy" = not) chicken drowned in bad canned salsa which was then dumped all over my salad! Which by the way had maybe 3 radish pieces in it and 3 carrot slices. Pathetic. If the ranch dressing, sour cream, guac and extra salsa come on the side, why drown my meal in red goo making it almost inedible.
I did get free coffee refills. And I thought the server was OK until my colleague asked me, "Did you see those huge dangling GUN earrings she is wearing?" I had not, oh boy, time to get the bill and get going! I did get a piece of Cheesecake to take home to the man thinking - well, that is their name, the Cheesecake Company so the cakes should be good? Am I just too trusting or what? The cheesecake was horrible, I just cannot in good conscience recommend the key lime cheesecake. That is so sad! Key Lime is supposed to make people happy-happy and it was just a disaster. I am not sure how they got the cheesecake itself green, I would have picked a different slice had I known!
Won't ever go back again. I give 2 stars instead of 1 as I have not felt sick yet. I so thought I was going to be...!
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