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| - Hmmm......I'm not so sure about this place. I live in the apartments across the street so I've wanted to try it out in case this means I have a great new restaurant right across the street! I went there with a friend last night about 10 pm. We were the only table besides one of the group of youngun's. It still very much looks like the Eagles Club that it used to be with a sliding faux-wood panel separating the bar from the dining room. Bright industrial fluorescent don't exactly set the mood, but hopefully they'll be able to redecorate once they get on their feet.
We were able to chose our own table and when I sat down I realized the wall next to me was covered in what appeared to be dried-on brown food stains. They were pretty obvious and I'm not sure how the staff could miss them. Easy to clean up but gross to look at while you're eating. A star deduction there.
My date ordered the lamb ribs and I ordered Chicken with JalapeƱos. Granted, this was my first time having Sichuan, but there wasn't a jalapeƱo to be seen on my plate. The waitress had to look at the menu to understand what I meant when I ordered "Chicken with Jalepenos," so there may be a bit of a misunderstanding about the names of different kinds of peppers because what I got was batter-fried chicken swimming in dried red chilies and chili oil. Granted, the chicken pieces was delicious, but wasn't very filling since I didn't want to eat mouthfuls of dried chilies. My date's ribs were also swimming in a bed of the same mix of chilies. His ribs were good as well, but had almost no meat on the bones. Maybe one or two nimbles per rib. It was kind of ridiculous, actually. Needless to say, we both filled up on rice.
The wait staff was very friendly. After we ate someone (not sure if it was the chef or manager), asked us how we liked our meals since we ordered something so similar. It was very good, though I admit, I didn't get what I thought I ordered. I think I'll give it a month or so before I return.
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