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| - I was excited to feed into all the hype around Kid Cashew when a group of 4 of us went on a Saturday evening for a friend's birthday. I arrived early and sat at the bar where I had the Goats Breast Milk - delicious! Once a couple of us arrived, we ordered the hummus, spicy feta, and tzatziki trio which was absolutely delicious minus the fact that we had to place TWO extra orders of pita to have enough. That turned it into an extremely expensive side for what it was.
Once we were finally seated, about 20 mins after our table was supposed to be ready, we continued to sit for another 10-15 until we got service. The waitress was sweet but she stopped by our table maybe 3-4 times the entire night so we felt we were asking for a lot every time she decided to stop by (drinks, silverware, even the basics). We really loved the half chicken and pork shoulder...the flavors were outstanding. My friend was not so lucky with the lamb - it looked like something i would give my dog it was so dry and overcooked. The beet side was excellent. Unfortunately, the mac n cheese and potato gratin were both extremely dry, bland, and disappointing which left me and my friend with a meat-only meal.
When the time came for dessert, we let the waitress know it was our friends birthday and she informed us that "Kid Cashew doesn't do anything for birthdays" but she could bring us a candle if we wanted. Really?!?! After spending $75 on a hit and miss meal you can't even give a girl a dessert? After debating taking the candle and sticking it in the potato gratin of Death Valley, we sucked it up and ordered the heath bar chocolate gelato which helped sweeten our bitterness over the lack of service and dry food.
All in all, I would try Kid Cashew again but between the service and the hit and miss food, I am moving some other new restaurants higher on the priority list to try.
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