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| - My friend made a reservation online for 7:30pm a few days before the date. They called to confirm everything an hour before our arrival, asking if we'd be willing to push our reservation to 8pm instead due to too many guests (strike 1). We were already on our way so we couldn't allow it.
Upon entering the restaurant, you're greeted with a slim, vertical high table enough for 10 people just inches away from the entrance. The hostess only spoke to us in french despite speaking to her in english, and she immediately directed us to the seats right by the entrance. My friends and I didn't like this so we asked for one of the open tables further down near the kitchen. She, on the other hand, argued that since it's busy, we would have to stick with the seats we were given since we made no table specifications on our reservation online (strike 2). We didn't know this seeing as it was a new restaurant and there was no indication of different seat types online. Despite this, we persisted and were eventually redirected to a new table. The hostess treated us coldly and remained tense toward us for the entirety of our night.
Since we got there at a busy hour, the drinks took 20 mins to arrive alongside our appetizers, and our food took another 40mins. We were getting anxious to try out our food only for our meals to fall short of our expectations. Even when we sat right in front of the kitchen, our food was hard and cold, and just as bland (strike 3). Only good thing out of it was the kale mac n cheese.
The decor was gorgeous but as we started to pay attention to our surroundings, we thought it was a little too try-hard on the hipster side. From the bearded and tattooed servers, to the bicycle-mounted sinks, the white open-brick walls, and organic lavender-scented soaps, the aura of pretentiousness started to get to us. That being said, you pay for the experience and the atmosphere, so I'll give them that.
All in all, our experience was a solid 3/10. We tried to like it, but the cold/overpriced meals, the rude hostess, the fussy reservation, and the general vibe of this place left us not wanting to come back. Sorry, Lov.
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