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| - My first (and last) experience at Culinary Dropout was not good. I'd say it was a total disappointment, but I wasn't exactly looking forward to dining there from the beginning. I was hoping the food would change my mind...not so.
A friend suggested meeting at Culinary Dropout for a recent Friday night dinner so my husband and I headed that way. I am not a huge fan of Fox restaurants, but our friend has somewhat of a connection to Mr. Fox himself, so we humored him and went along. I was well aware that it was a Friday night and we would have to wait, so I wasn't surprised when our friend informed us that it would be 20 or 30 minutes. No big deal. We ordered drinks from the bar and enjoyed the people-watching. There isn't a lot of room to wait, but we shoved ourselves in a corner and enjoyed the show. And holy crap, there certainly was quite the show! The people visiting this restaurant were some of Scottsdale's finest. Plastic surgery, skin-tight mini dresses, and gelled hair galore! I almost threw up in my mouth a little...
So yeah, did I enjoyed the people-watching? Absolutely, but it started to get rather old when our thirty minute wait turned into forty-five minutes and then over an hour. Our friend finally went up to ask about the wait and happened to mention his connection to Sam Fox. That brought a manager out rather quickly. Logan came and greeted us and apologized for the long wait. He also offered to buy us appetizers and drinks (I assumed that meant the alcoholic kind) once we were finally seated. That sounded great to us, so we stayed to wait a little longer. I also want to add here that the hostess (who was dressed in something that seemed incredibly inappropriate at a restaurant...shorts so short her cheeks were hanging out the bottom) was very sweet. She apologized regularly and kept us informed when it was almost our turn to be seated. And honestly, it wasn't the long wait that was so annoying...it was the fact that we waited more than double the time we had been quoted.
So anyway...we finally got our table and our server promptly greeted us and we ordered our drinks. I had the mojito (which was pretty decent) and my husband had a glass of red wine that he enjoyed. Shortly after being seated, Logan, the manager on the floor, sent us over three free appetizers. Awesome! We had the burrata (very creamy and great flavor), the pretzel and fondue (not bad at all, but doesn't compare with Windsor's), and an order of bread and olive oil. After enjoying our free apps, we placed our order for the main course. I really struggled with what to order...the menu just didn't appeal to me at all...but finally decided on the grilled cheese sliders (sans bacon).
And then we waited. And waited. And waited. Our server didn't come to check on us and the food was taking foooooreverrrrrrr. When it finally arrived (maybe 30 or 40 minutes later), I was not pleased. The sliders lacked any flavor and the little bread slices they were on were far too crispy to eat easily. After one bite, I let my husband finish them. He didn't enjoy them either. Our friend liked his salad, but was so annoyed with the long wait for our meals that he called the manager over again. I really did feel bad for the guy. He was clearly working his butt off, but something was going terribly wrong that night. In fact, we overheard him comp several other meals throughout the evening. He agreed that we waited far too long for items that have a four minute ticket time and offered to take them off our bill. Well, at least we were getting a free meal out of this whole ordeal.
Needless to say, we were not happy with our experience at Culinary Dropout. The entrees were disappointing and the waiting time was ridiculous. Unlike many other Yelpers, I was not at all impressed with the decor of the place and the live music, while a good concept, was pretty awful. The guy there that night was singing covers of songs I like, but he just did not sound good. At all. Oh and we could barely have a conversation over the extreme volume in the place. What really sealed the deal? When we received our check...which we believed would be comped...we saw that they still charged us for our drinks. And those drinks were not cheap. I would have had no problem paying for drinks (they were fairly tasty and we didn't have any problems with them) except for the fact that we had been told that they would be taken care of. Unless we heard the manager wrong...which could have been possible since it was so incredibly loud in there. Either way, it was a surprise and left a bad taste in my mouth after such a frustrating experience.
I seriously doubt that this kind of thing is a regular occurrence for Culinary Dropout, but for whatever reason it was pretty bad that night. I don't plan to return.
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