Went there today for lunch at around 11am when they first opened. Had gone there because I had seen the brunch menu and it had looked interesting. Hadn't seen the lunch menu and maybe should have looked at it beforehand because it was pretty typical with mostly sandwiches/burger options but I decided to stay and give it a try since I really like smash and I know this is their sister restaurant. So here's how I'd break down the overall experience:
1/ service - I expected better at this type of restaurant
It was my husband and I with our baby in a car seat. The hostess asked us how many, looked at us and said, "oh two". I corrected her and said it was two adults and a baby. Most restaurants would count the baby regardless of whether or not they were eating. Then we were led to a two person table with two chairs. I stood there for a second because I wasn't going to put my baby on the floor and the hostess finally clued in and asked if we needed a chair for the car seat. The service for the rest of the meal from our waitress was fine but the interaction with the hostess really soured the experience as I didn't feel very welcomed with a baby.
2/ food - average
we had the nextdoor burger with a butternut squash soup and the mushroom grilled cheese. The burger was good but at the $16 price point I wouldn't necessarily come back for it. The soup was too sweet. The mushroom grilled cheese I didn't enjoy too much, the sundried tomato was the predominant flavour where I was expecting to actually taste more mushroom but it wasn't terrible.
Overall I don't think we will be back in the very least for lunch as the prices were high, food average and the service doesn't seem very family friendly.