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| - Honestly SO disappointed in this place.
Let me me start with the food: we all liked the fried catfish. It was the best thing any of us ate, though not good enough on its own to come back here for. However, the mussels were fishy and we didn't finish them (we all shared the appetizers) and they didn't give any bread to dip in the broth (which wasn't that flavourful to begin with, especially since it was supposed to be curry...) and then we got the walnut hummus thing which was pretty bland and we also didn't finish it.
The mains were fine for all of us -- I had the catfish, but it was underseasoned and again very average.
The white sangria was really good, though, for the record.
The biggest disappointment though, was the service. It started out great, with him upselling us on the sangria in a very pleasant way, but then it got bad pretty fast. When I ordered my catfish which came with collard greens, I asked if I could sub for mac and cheese, which was the same price on the menu. He flatout said no, no substitutions, and wasn't very apologetic about it. It was an obvious grab for money as he wanted me to order the $4 mac and cheese on top of my meal, which out of principle I refused to do. Still, not the end of the world -- it's not the first place I've been that doesn't do substitutions although it is rare.
However, then it got worse. As mentioned, we ordered the appetizers to share, and they didn't bring us any plates to share with. When I asked someone (not our main waiter) he grabbed the plates and plopped all of them down in front of me in a stack without a word and with barely looking at us. I divvied them up between us and took note.
The food took quite a while to arrive, but when we did finish eating, it took us a solid 20 minutes to get someone to bring us our bills. The restaurant was not even that busy and no one was around and when they would be at the bar they would flatly refuse to make eye contact at all. *Finally* he came over and didn't even offer us dessert or anything (which was fine because we would *not* have had dessert here). While we ate, no one checked on us.
The food was average and the service was bad, so neither was enough to redeem the other and I would not return here or recommend it to anyone I know.
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