We were at the District Sunday evening and decided to try Elephant Bar for dinner. I was surprised how empty it was on a Sunday evening, but after our dinner I realized why.
Obviously we were seated as soon as we walked in and almost all the tables were empty. Our server was nice and provided pretty good service with a few exceptions. We started with the calamari and ordered the California cobb salad and the misoyaki salmon. I usually stay away from farm raised fish as there is a big difference in taste but I was assured it was good.
The calamari was brought out and it was terrible. Very greasy and fishy tasting with a thick coat of batter. The Cobb wasn't bad, but just your typical salad. The salmon was presented nicely and I liked the thin vegetables it was served with. The fish itself I didn't like, it just didn't taste fresh like salmon should. The misoyaki sauce was pretty good but didn't help the flavor enough.
For dessert we ordered the butter cake and cheesecake. By now a few more people came in that were seated around us. We saw our desserts sitting on the counter in the kitchen for quite a while. We didn't see our server, or anyone for that matter. It was all I could do to not walk over and just get them myself. Finally the hostess walked over and brought them to us. The first couple bites of butter cake were good, but then it got cold and hard, like they didn't heat it all the way through. The cheesecake was better.
I visit the district often, but don't see myself returning here.