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| - I came to Georgetowne Inn with already low expectations, as a group of us were going for Valentine's dinner on a weekend and the restaurant had been chosen already, and I did my research on yelp after I learned of the choice.
We had a reservation, yet still waited ONE HOUR. The hostesses were rude and unprofressional. Maybe I have too high of standards; i'm from Chicago i'm sorry. But if you're going to charge that much for a restaurant and pretend to be all fancy, your staff must also get that memo. We waited by the bar area, and each time the hostess announced someone's table was ready, she would say "settle your tab with the bar and i'll seat you". That is just fine if this is a pub or some TGI Friday-esque restaurant, but for a fancy "top knotch" restaurant? Management needs to be slapped.
When our table was finally open, the waitress literally took 20 more minutes to set the table with plates and an assortment of cutlery and napkins. I say assortment, because when we sat down (they told us they wouldn't be showing us to our table, we could just go sit - this tells me they're tired of us asking when our table will be ready. Also that there are absolutely NO MANNERS to be found at this establishment) each person was either missing a napkin, or a fork, or a spoon, or a knife.
Like many other reviewers, the only reason this place deserves a star is because of the view. And like those same reviewers, I agree that the survival of this place is only because of that view.
I ordered the petite new york strip - rare, which came out medium so I sent it back. Fine; but even the rare steak was bland (my husband said that he could cook a better steak than that) and my baked potato looked and tasted like it'd be baked for a few hours too long. French onion soup was eh, spinach salad with warm bacon dressing actually had a sweet bacon COLD dressing. Fine, whatever. Can everyone in this establishment just get on the same page? The waitress also never asked if we wanted drinks; maybe because this restaurant always has a long wait, they're used to people getting drinks at the bar.
I will NEVER EVER EVER return. If you want to eat a dinner that you could very well make for yourself by buying everything at Giant Eagle and just kind of cooking it in any sort of random fashion, you will probably have the same meal as you would get here. PASS.
And if you're ever in Chicago, do go to The Signature Room at the Hancock center. Their views are amazing, and their food and service is equally amazing.
Georgetowne Inn needs to travel a bit outside their narrow world where their type of "food" and service might have worked at one point, and learn where the rest of the world is going.
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