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| - This place needs to change its name. I can't even really believe this place is associated with the other Crop. And now that I know it is, there is a good chance I won't be going to the other Crop again either. The story goes a little like this - 2 happy couples walk in and get a table... Then they wait, and wait, and wait - and finally flag someone down for a drink. We took advantage of the time we had to go through the small plates in detail and figured we should order while we had this guys attention. We received our drinks and food - the drinks were good - except I ordered a Makers Mark Manhattan on the rocks - there was no garnish, and no bitters. The appetizers came - everything was way under seasoned - everything needed salt.
We ended up being stuck for about 30 minutes - with nobody willing to take our order. We needed drinks too. Here we are, 4 young (35 is young, right?) professionals with american express cards ready to spend baby - yet we can't even get someone to take our order. Finally we flag a server down, he takes order for another round of drinks and dinner.
Dinner - was the worst. My gal ordered the tempura cod sandwich - which should be renamed the tempura cod sashimi sandwich. It was gross, undercooked mess. I ordered the burger, which was again under seasoned and over cooked. Our friends meals were also just blah. Talk about disappointing...
So, I had to talk to the GM or whoever was running this place. I ask the server to get him - he comes over. It was very clear he was in way over his head and lacked experience. Someone he knows must own the place. I explained to him our experience, he listened, but really did not know how to handle the situation. He took off the sandwich off our bill - and offered to buy us a round of drinks and left - but he never told anyone to come over and take care of us. Instead he went back and yelled at our server who then took it out on us by walking by and avoiding eye contact with us. It was the strangest thing ever. Then I see the manager sitting at the bar drinking and eating with a girl - while we are stuck waiting for a check.
We paid the bill and walked - and I had a long internal argument in my mind if I should call american express to dispute the charge.
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