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| - Had high hopes for this place, considering I am a big fan of Origin on King.
Unfortunately, my experience here has left a bad taste in my mouth, literally! But the experience overall is what brought this down to 2 stars.
To be proactive for what I thought would be a busy night for them, I attempted to make reservations for Friday at 6:30 p.m. so our party of 4 had enough time to get to the restaurant after work (yay for the 401). To my disappointment, the girl on the phone told me they could only take us at 6:00 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. We opted for the 6:00 p.m. reservation, all scrambling to leave work on time to make it for our reservation. When we arrived, the restaurant was EMPTY. I politely followed up with our server who told me that a manager would follow up with me - never did - even after I followed up twice. Needless to say, the restaurant never filled up the entire time we were there (max 6 tables occupied).
It was apparent that there was no management presence. The service was awkward, slow and extremely unorganized. Our food came out at different times from 3 different servers within a 15 minute time span - long enough for my dish to get cold while waiting for everyone else's to arrive. Not the kind of service you would expect for a restaurant that charges their guests the kind of prices that they do.
As for the food:
1) Deviled Eggs: these come in portions of 3 and since there were 4 of us we asked if we could have an extra half egg. They charged us $4 extra. Something I may have overlooked if they were as delicious as they sounded but to my dismay, they were no better than day old eggs with a bit of paprika sprinkled on them.
2) Spanish Fries: soggy and basically eating fries with chunks of olive and olive juice. No hint of chorizo whatsoever, as stated on the menu.
3) NYC Tenderloin: I was not asked "how would you like your steak?" and as a result, my tenderloin arrived well done (hard as a rock) in a mishmash of a salty garlic sauce. Not worth the $33.
The restaurant itself is beautiful. Very spacious, gorgeous light fixtures, nice ambience and a great patio. I hope that this place will work out the operational kinks and hire the right people to execute to the same standard as Origin on King.
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