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| - My wife and I just wanted to take my 95 yo mother for a nice brunch. Checked Lake and Geauga counties for something different. Smith's Restaurant came up with a 4* rating, and 2$ pricing. Perfect.
I called Saturday to see about reservations,...no need. We arrived exactly 10:00 am Sunday and we're seated immediately.
We ordered the basics; a couple eggs each, hash browns, toast, French toast (me), bacon, and sausage. Drinks; nothing fancy coffee for my Mom, tea for my wife, and OJ for me.
Btw, when we arrived there was ONE table of three who were eating, and two other couples who had arrived just before us.
The waiter seemed very frazzled that he had SO many customers to deal with at one time.
After about 10 minutes, he finally came to take our drink order. No problem with my Mom's coffee or my OJ, but for some reason they don't have hot water for tea, OR a microwave to heat it. Strange.
My wife's tea finally came about 5 min after our drinks, and was literally tap water hot.
We ordered brunch at that time, then waited another half hour for the order. There were NO new customers during this time.
Brunch finally arrived at 10:55. It consisted of three plates with eggs, and a "trough" (the waiter's word) of the remainder of our order. The "toast" was some type of oddly sliced warm multigrain bread. The sausage consisted of two large hockey puck sized "mystery meat", which tasted nothing like any breakfast sausage we've ever had, and it was "just" warm. The "hash browns" were toasted 1/2" square nuggets of hot grease.
To be fair, the eggs were well cooked.
Despite the fact that we had a knee container of milk on the table for the coffee and tea, a half dozen cooked eggs, and some type of bread, our waiter informed me that they were out of French toast. Huh?
He also indicated that the "chef" had been catering to some "high falooten" customers in the bar side of the restaurant.
NEVER AGAIN!
This restaurant deserves the same fate as it's predecessor.
They are asking for a "star" rating. Unfortunately I can't leave a -5.
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