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| - Just had dinner at Soba with the girlfriend and two friends. It was a disappointment from top to bottom as we were excited for a very good asian infused dinner but instead experienced an average at best night out.
At first we were greeted instantly by our server and things started off fine. However once we placed our drinks it took the staff, I kid you not 25 minutes to make and bring 4 drinks. They would have never been brought if the manager didnt approach the table and ask if everything was ok. After he finally brought them with the time in mind he did comp our round which was a nice gesture. The appetizers, which mind you were brought out BEFORE the drinks, without any staff paying attention that fact. Apps were the best part of the meal. Korean BBQ Ribs, were dry and really needed the extra bbq sauce to make the rib succulent and still the flavor wasn't anything to write home about. The Rock Shrimp was excellent, very light batter, fantastic lightly spicy sauce and spiced well. same shrimp as Umi. The Softshell crab was pretty good, the heirloom tomatoes and avocado added a nice touch and the crab was prepared perfectly, soft and a good crisp crunch.
What really hurt this experience were the entrees. I had ordered the Double Cut Pork Chop and ordered it cooked t
o the chefs suggestion in preparation when it came out, it was a tough pork chop, noticeable without even cutting into it. I dealt with it and continued to eat it but overall a tough and dry dish. The accompaniments such as snap peas, lotus root and mushrooms just seemed very thrown together, and didnt add anything to the taste of the dish, did not mesh well. My friend ordered the Roasted Chicken which was a variation of a chicken ramen soup. For $22 a ramen entree should be out of this world and it was far from that, and it was work to get the dish into ready condition to be consumed. The girls ordered shareable sushi offerings and found them to be just ok nothing greater than they have had at good sushi restaurants.
The service was lacking all around our meal. Apparently it was "Jam on Walnut St Festival" which meant that many checked out the soba bar for drinks. However when I went to the restroom and passed by it looked like a normal bar scene to me. Not only did our beverages take 25 minutes to arrive. The waiter never checked up on us after app or entree until we were obviously ready for the table to cleared and when I was served my pork chop I still was left with a butterknife to cut this tough piece of meat. Had to ask server for a steak knife, which was clearly meant to be served with this dish. When the girls got their shareable entrees the dumpings they ordered were replaced by shittake mushroom dumplings when they ordered shrimp.
The ambience of the restaurant is nice but some of our party had trouble seeing as it is extremely dim all around making it tough to read and even see your dish. There was a lot of cell phones out at tables around us for flash light usage.
I wouldn't return to Soba it just does not offer enough for me to justify the cost and it looks like right now they are having trouble serving dinner on a saturday night.
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