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| - I saw Betty's Nosh presented on a local show called, "Check Please!" By chance I happened to be on that side of town and decided to check it out. The place is located in a strip mall and looked quite commercial, meaning it had a "chain restaurant" look to it. Which I suppose is fine, I sometimes visit chain restaurants. The place was empty when we walked in. Completely empty. We were seated and given our menus. I was very disappointed that on Sundays, they only have the lunch menu as dinner. They offered $3.00 Bloody Marys, Bellini's or Mimosas. I do not like sweet drinks so I ordered the Bloody Mary. I asked if I could have it garnished with celery. The waitress was friendly, but was unsure how to deal with a customized request. She apologized that she usually does not work evenings and had to ask. I mean, it was a piece of celery, but OK.
I had to use the ladies room, and I was not happy with the overall cleanliness of it. I actually had to tell the waitress that they needed to send someone in immediately to dispose of something that was left on the floor. OK, so now I am trying to get that out of my head as I return to the table.
I was looking at the mushroom prices and really blown away. WAY OVERPRICED! Should I have walked out right then? Probably, but curiosity got the better of me.
When the waitress returned with the drinks, mine was minus the celery. OK, no big deal, my world isn't going to end if I don't have celery in my Bloody Mary. The waitress let me know they would be bringing it to me from the kitchen. I thanked her and thought that was nice. Another waitress appeared with the celery, sadly presented to me, by hand, on a cocktail napkin. OK, we couldn't use a plate? The celery piece was not even cut, but broken off at the bottom. Whatever........
Because we couldn't quite recall, we asked the waitress which items were featured on the "Check Please!" show. She said she didn't know and she never heard of that show. Hmmmm, as a restaurant owner, if my restaurant was featured on a T.V. show, even a local one, my wait staff would know exactly what was featured. So, with the luxury of technology at my fingertips, I looked it up. Because the waitress told us that the button mushrooms were REALLY small, we settled on the Portobello Mushrooms figuring if they were $4.00 more, each, they would be just the right size. We chose the Italian sausage and the Angry Shrimp. It was 7:00 PM and there was now only one other couple in the restaurant. Maybe everyone was at the Mexican restaurants since it was Cinco De Mayo? Who knows?
When the dishes came out I was in shock. WOW! We couldn't believe what we were presented were $12.00, EACH! The Portobello Mushroom was smaller than the diameter of an English muffin. I looked at my guest's disappointed face and offered to buy "second dinner" later on since the portion size was so pitiful. The toppings did not make up for the lack of size of the mushroom either. A total of FOUR bites! That's it! Oh, and it was missing the crostini that was supposed to come with it. We had to ask the waitress and it seemed there was confusion with the guy behind the mushroom bar, who was in full view, that although the button mushrooms came with the crostini, the Portobello didn't and there needed to be a full discussion. Come on, it was just 2 pieces of toasted bread! The waitress DID return with two pathetically sized, over toasted crostini. Thank goodness too! Four bites does not a make a meal for $12.00! We complained to the waitress about the portion size, she defended it and stated, "that's just the size they are". It would have been overpriced even at $6.00! So in conclusion, was the food good? Yes it was good, not great, but good. Was the service good, yes although our waitress was often lacking knowledge, she was nice. Was it overpriced, COMPLETELY! I won't be back, as I just felt fleeced.
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