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| - I really don't want to be that DOWNER of a reviewer, but here we go.
I came here with 4 other friends on a Friday night around 6. We all arrived at different times, I was the second to get there, and instead of being led through the beauty of the dining hall by the host, I was brought somewhere else. Even though the restaurant wasn't full, the host guided me to some awkward downstairs location, past the bathrooms, past the kitchens, to a really ugly dining room.
It really seemed like we weren't cool enough to sit with the people out in the front, and we were embarrassing the restaurant so we were placed in some god-awful location. My friend who got there first said that the host told him that patrons who were eating would sit downstairs and those were drinking would sit upstairs - or something along those lines. (Turns out this was a lie because on our way out, we saw food being served on the nice first floor). Boy was it LOUD down there. We were all shouting on top of each other, and the air conditioning made us all really cold. After the whole dining experience, my friend said his ears were RINGING because of how loud the downstairs was. It was also friggen dark down there. The light was incredibly dim, and none of the curtains were up even though it was still bright outside.
Also, we asked for a table for five people, and initially we were given two sad little tables in the corner, with a fifth chair awkwardly placed perpendicular to the rest of us. I had to ask the waiter to keep give us an extra table so we could all eat comfortably.
I usually pick really neat restaurants for our once-a-month get together but I was actually terribly embarrassed to bring them here.
The meals were mediocre at best and it was very pricey.
I wasn't too hungry, so I got the Spring Risotto and it didn't taste too good. For dessert, my friend and I shared the flourless chocolate cake, which was quite hard and tasted like a brownie. My friends didn't like their dishes very much - especially the pasta and the whipped cheesecake.
Overall, The Wickson Social is a very mediocre place.
Unfortunately, I will never come back here again.
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