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| - First some of my background....20+ years as a waitress, hostess, catering captain, catering business owner.
We arrived at 5 pm on 12/31. The first words out of the hostess/owner's mouth were "do you have a reservation?" Not a good sign. I snuck a peek at the reservation book, and there were a handful before 6 pm but no more. I said that no, we thought we were safe coming in at 5. She gave us the stink-eye and proceeded to make a big deal about "finding" a table. This while there were maybe 2 tables occupied in the whole place.
We should have taken the opportunity to say "thank you very much" and turned around and walked away, but we did not...having been wanting to try this place for a long time.
We sat and were waited on by the hostess herself. Cordial enough, but no offering of a wine list or anything. Clearly getting the bum's rush from the beginning. We opted for a glass each of the house wine since no other options were given (generally we would order a bottle). The wine was horrible, watered down and flavorless. We ordered prime rib (Traditional cut) for $22 each. Salad bar was small but good and fresh. Meals were timed quickly after the salad was cleared. Prime rib was decent, mine was not medium rare but more medium, barely room temp. I had the steamed veggies which were done fine...husband had baked potato. We were quickly offered coffee which we refused...at this point we couldn't get out of there quickly enough.
While the food was decent and the prices were reasonable, it was the initial treatment and the feeling of needing to free up the table that will keep us from ever returning. Next time we will stay and have dinner at Dick's Hideaway where we had cocktails before venturing into Feeney's.
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