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| - I was really, really looking forward to Sunday brunch at the Herb Box, as I have heard rave reviews! I have also walked past it many times on the waterfront, and have enjoyed the live music I've heard, as well the chic look of the place. I'm a definite foodie, and the menu looked great, so I was stoked to try it! Well, I'm not sure if the restaurant was having an "off" day or what, but our experience at the Herb Box today was terrible, from beginning to end. :-(
Maybe it's all part of some restaurant "rudeness" kitsch that I am unaware of, but I really hate to say that the service was pretty awful--the hostesses were snobby and unfriendly, and the wait staff was very inattentive. I accidentally spilled a glass of ice water on my lap as our server handed it to me, and he just left the table without a word, and without offering or bringing back any napkins. Lucky for us it was 90 degrees out and it all dried fast! :-)
And then the food. Ugh. Really disappointing, especially for the price. I ordered a strawberry lassie to drink with a Market BLT, based on Yelp recommendations. The lassie was literally curdled and undrinkable, and the BLT had absolutely no bacon/pancetta on it. My husband ordered the Smoked Salmon Hash, which promised an impressive array of fresh ingredients and flavors, but in actuality looked and tasted like canned fish mixed with fried potato chunks. Awful, awful.
I don't like to complain about food while sitting at a table, and I never send anything back. In this case, I really wish I had been able to, but we only saw our server twice--once when he took our order and again when he brought the check. He did not deliver our food and no one ever refilled our drinks. At that point, we just wanted to get out of there, so after 90 minutes of being basically ignored by the wait staff, we left with empty stomachs, out $50.00. Total waste, will probably never return. Bummer! :-(
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