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| - My daughter recently moved nearby. Despite a bunch of negative reviews, we decided to check it out anyway. 4 of us went here for lunch.
My my my, what a pleasant surprise! I was expecting (due to the negative reviews) a real s***hole, but upon entering, the decor is actually very pleasant. It does not have that typical bar, rundown, needs updating appearance. And from what I was able to observe, they try to keep it clean; even the Men's bathroom was clean. The servers were not just wiping the tables clean, either. They were spraying them with sanitizer and THEN wiping them.
On to the food. As I said, it was lunchtime, and they had a pretty good crowd for lunch. It took a while for our server to get to us, but once she did, the service was excellent. Prompt drink service and didn't have to ASK for refills. She kept our glasses full. Everyone enjoyed their food (a burger, club sandwich, and 2 different salads). Not only did the food TASTE good, the presentation was excellent as well. Nobody in our party ordered dessert; we were all too full. They DO have a dessert case with some scrumptious looking selections, though.
We all agreed we would return to The Getaway Cafe.
As I said before, all of the negative reviews of this place made me a bit skeptical.
I am glad we checked it out anyways.
Based on the fact that my daughter lives in this neighborhood now, we WILL return. And when I do, I will update this review. If the food/service/decor changes, so will the rating. Based on 1 visit, though, I was impressed.
Oh, one more thing. I saw several complaints in previous reviews about this place being overpriced. I'd say they are about average. The days of the $5 hamburger are about gone. This is 2013. While they may be a buck or two higher than some places, our bill for lunch for a party of 4 (drinks included, tax included) was $44. Considering that a value meal at McDonald's is about $6 now, that's not too bad.
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