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| - If it is really closed, it was LONG overdue.
First time we checked this place out on a Friday night when it first opened, and it as an absolute disaster. We waited to be seated forever even though the place was almost empty, the waitress did not know anything about the menu, had no idea what drinks were available, and was completely overwhelmed. Our food came out at different times (party of 6, and no one got to eat together), I ordered the half chicken and one of my friends did too... and they were both COMPLETELY F'IN RAW inside. I'm talking the plates were bloody and all. The waitress took it off our bill but the rest of the experience did not improve. Also, the food was so ridiculously overpriced. Almost ALL sort of understandable for a new restaurant, so I thought we'd give it another try mostly because we had a Groupon.
Second visit was just about a week ago and NOTHING changed. We pulled up and thought the place was closed. We walked in and did not see anyone around. We waited for 5 or so minutes before some frantic guy ran out of the kitchen and finally seated us. He told us he was the waiter and cook. He served us water and left. We didn't see anyone else for about another 15 minutes... at this point I was ready to leave but I thought about the Groupon and that it needed to be used, so we stuck around. Finally, the owner walked in and came to our table. Turns out he was going to be our waiter. I know he was the owner because I have met him at their original location previously. He made it a point to tell us all of their food is fresh and made to order, and that they don't pre-make anything at all. He assured us we would love the food. We didn't mention our initial visit.
We placed our food orders right away. We tried to keep the dishes simple, especially after we looked at the menu and noticed the sky high prices. This shit was ridiculous. My sister ordered a $10 Caesar salad that was literally a couple of leaves of romaine lettuce and a side of french fries. My fiance ordered the ceviche. I ordered the half chicken again in hopes that it would be better this time. Owner claimed it was "amazing" and that I should order it and wait until it comes out so I can be amazed. I also ordered a glass of wine, and my sister got a vodka soda. He brought the glass of wine and everyone's food but mine. He proceeded to tell me that the half chicken will take "a really long time to cook" and asked if I wanted to wait, or order something else. Dude waited to tell me this WHILE bringing out everyone else's food. I changed my order and ordered french fries and the cordon blue. This shit was so bad, I had 2-3 bites and left the rest of it. Meanwhile, he never returned and we were assigned another waitress who was so lost, I felt bad even asking for anything else.
We asked to pay and our bill came out somewhere around $70. With the Groupon, we ended up paying around $40. The waitress took my phone in the back and didn't come back with it for at least 5 minutes... weird.
All in all, it's a good thing this place closed because I'd hate to see anyone else wasting their time and money on a place like this. Just terrible.
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