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| - I've been there twice. The first time (in 2013) was a birthday celebration. The food was flavorful, unique, colorful, and delicious. They brought out dessert with a little birthday candle....it was a nice and special little touch. The second time in (Dec. 2016) was a terrible experience because of the server. We had reservations at 6:15 and had to be at Ohio Theatre at 7:30. After being seated, we waited for over ten minutes with no server in sight, until I finally got up and told the host that we haven't seen our server and we have a show to catch. After another 5 minutes, she finally arrived and was not apologetic. We let her know that we had a show to attend and that we were ready to order (since we'd been waiting for 15 minutes, we knew what we wanted). Our food arrived incredibly fast, maybe within 10 minutes, so I felt much more relaxed about our time. My dish was kind of bland and didn't fill me up (porcini/cod/miso)...I was hungry later... but everyone else's dishes were amazing (salmon and cabbage rolls). I think I just ordered the wrong thing. We were done eating by 6:55. We then waited another 10 minutes before we saw the waitress again. She finally showed up and inquired about dessert. We said we'd like to share a dessert if it's quick, and she assured us it would be and grabbed some menus. Then she disappeared for another ten minutes. It was almost 7:20 when a waterboy came by to ask how we were doing. Exasperated, I said 'We need our checks!' He saw my frustration and ran to grab the bills. After he left, the waitress decided to show up and asked if we decided on dessert. Are you kidding?? I told her we were out of time and that someone was getting our checks. She left and returned (quickly...mercifully) with our bills (she must have found the waterboy who ran to prepare our separated checks). We had our credit cards in hand when she gave us the bills so she wouldn't run away again.
We were able to make it to our seats in Ohio Theatre with a couple minutes to spare. I was looking forward to a really nice experience at Cowell and Hubbard because my first time was so amazing. But that waitress really soured the whole experience. I don't know if I would go back...if I did, I would refuse to have that waitress again.
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