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| - Today was the second time I've visited this restaurant. Just like the first time, the wait staff greeted us like a bad smell. Unlike the first time, however, the service did not improve. My friend saw a sign that said seat yourselves, so we did. And there we waited for about 10 minutes at a dirty table while not a single solitary employee came by to bus the table. After they did, we ordered food. Two of the items we requested were sold out, which we were informed of after we placed the order (and waited a fairly long time). When our food arrived via someone other than our waitress, we were asked if there was anything else we needed. Yes. Silverware. The not-our-waitress never returned and 5-10 minutes later our waitress did arrive. I requested silverware. She was gone for at least another 2 minutes (luckily my lunch date was a great conversationalist) but as we sat there with the breeze blowing across the patio, of course our food got cold. I didn't dare send it back and ask that it be re-heated. (We've all heard the many horror stories, and if the staff can't even mask their ill will toward their patrons, I wouldn't risk have my food mishandled in any way.) So, I ate my $15 lunch, cold. Also, when the waitress did procure the silverware, she mentioned that probably the reason the other wait staff never returned with it is because the kitchen didn't have any. Overall, the atmosphere was disorganized, unprofessional, frankly a joke. Although the food had good flavor, we probably will not return. To our waitress's credit, aside from not knowing which dishes were sold out, not noticing beforehand that we lacked silverware, she was more courteous and professional than the 3-4 other employees who interacted with us.
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