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| - When you walk in from the street you have to go downstairs, below The Fifth Grill & Terrace. After arriving at the host stand you can go to the right side for the cafe or to the left side for pub/restaurant. Our bouncy, chipper host quickly took us to our table and assured us that our server would be over shortly.
I really like the atmosphere of this restaurant. It has a very casual yet sophisticated feel. I like the mix of high top tables with high chairs that have backs and the low tables with with short bar stools. The menu was limited because they just opened so everything available was indicated by a red dot next to the name of the item. We had the tempura pickles for an appetizer. They were served hot and delicious (mixture of pickle spears and pickle chips) with 2 sauces. One was a mayo, lemon, chive dip and the second was a hot spicy tomato dip. Both were really good.
For dinner I had the sweet potato gnocchi (which was spelled wrong in the menu) served in a hot healthy portion in a tomato basil sauce that looked and tasted homemade. The dish was yummy but the sweet potato flavor was a little too subtle for me, I would've liked to taste a stronger sweet potato flavor but that's just my preference. There was an option to add homemade meatballs but I decided to stick with the regular. If I get those again the next time (because there will be a next time) I will try it with the meatballs. This might just be my preference but I felt like the dish was missing a little piece of garlic toast to go along with the other flavors.
My fiance got the braised beef sandwich, which I had a bite of and it was delicious. It came with ketchup and a coleslaw that looked to be made of red cabbage and vinegar. It was tasty. She asked him what side he wanted and he picked fries, but we didn't find out until the bill came that the fries were $3 extra. We barely ate any fries and wouldn't have ordered them if we knew they were extra.
There were 3 big TVs behind the bar and I liked that during the game, the music continued to play in the background instead of the audio for the game because it helped to keep an intimate dinner intimate while still being able to look up and check the score. That might not have been intentional since there were a lot of people watching the game but I think it helped to prevent the atmosphere from turning into a sports bar. There were plenty of bar stools as well and what looked to be about a dozen beers on tap.
Now for the service. Our server was very friendly and explained the menu well. She also answered any questions we had. The servers there carry around what looks like a mini iPad, so that as you're ordering your meal, she stands tableside and immediately sends your order. Pretty cool. Our drinks and each course of our meal came out quickly (the restaurant was less than 25% full) and very hot and fresh! Our server did a nice job keeping our water glasses full and our table clutter-free. I did ask about wi-fi because I saw on my phone "fifthcafe-guest" with a strong signal. She gave me what she thought was the password but it didn't work. She apologized and said she'd ask around for me, but I never got an update. In her defense though, I didn't ask about it again because our food started arriving so I wasn't concerned with it.
Instead of dessert, which I wish I had room for, I got a cup of coffee which was really good. I would hope so since they're attached to the cafe. I just wish that I could've had the coffee drink options of the cafe available to me on the pub side, but o well. I'll just have to go again but to the cafe side. A glance over there looked like there might have been some
Overall I really liked the
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