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| - What a sad sad night my evening at Union turned out to be, and it had started with such high hopes.
I'd called their reservation number and left a voicemail with my preferred time for dining (10pm - I like eating late, what of it). But my weakness with the medium of voicemail reared it's ugly head and I didn't leave a phone number for the staff to return my call. Fortunately, a kind heart *69'd my ass (or did some hard creeping) and found my number and let me know that they'd be happy to accomodate my request, and if I'd rather come for 9:30pm-9:45pm there would be lots of room as a large group would be leaving at said time.
So... I started getting hungry and my partner-in-dining and I ventured over for 9:50pm. When we arrived the staff seemed somewhat confused...lovely. We stalked a staff member down and told them our name for the reservation and they told us it would just be a minute for our table. Luckily it was only a moment later for our table... but I would have waited longer.. we were placed at an obvious table for four, but squished in a back corner where it was difficult for staff to speak to us and our neighbours had no choice but to listen in on our conversation.
Lest you think I'm an anti-communal table fiend, I'm not, I love Oddfellows for example. But when you sit me at a FAUX table for two, that pisses me off.
Things went from bad to worse... the group that was supposed to leave at 9:30pm apparently showed up VERY late and was overwhelming the staff with their seperate bills and appetizers and main orders. Now I understand the frustration with big picky groups, but it doesn't excuse forgetting about diners. We waited ages for water, had a mis-mash of servers, and NO apologies for the long wait times for food/service/drinks. We were continually given the excuse "oh this group is just too much" (the jersey shore crowd was a little over the top, but I wasn't letting them ruin my night. Union's staff was doing that all on their own).
Our neighbours actually commented to us on how we should be upset and that this was insane. While they'd been able to drink their way through the frustrations, our waiter(s) didn't appear often enough to indulge in more libations. Sadly.
But on to the food - delicious. The saving grace. The beef carpaccio was phenomenal, and the rabbit stew was indulgent without feeling heavy.
Will I return? VERY doubtful. Next time I'll stick with Delux and actually enjoy my evening.
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