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| - A group of us went here for a small birthday gathering (5 people in total). It was a Wednesday night dinner around 9pm and the place wasn't really busy and we decided to sit in the dining room. Our server was gracious and wrote down our orders:
- Feta Bruschetta Flatbread
- Richard's Red Market Fish and Chips - 2 pieces
- The Sophia burger with market fries
- The Lumberjack with baked potato
- Michigan Avenue Chicken with veggies and garden salad
I excused myself to the washroom to let the server know that it's a birthday and we'd love to have a small dessert with a candle at the end of the meal - she said it's not a problem at all - score!
Food:
- The Feta Bruschetta Flatbread was the best out of the 5. The portion was great and cut into 8 pieces. Nice and delicious!
- Richard's Red Market Fish and Chips; this was massive!! My friend said he could definitely not finish it as it was too much. The taste was a bit oily, but not bad.
- The Sophia burger with market fries; My friend who had this said it was underwhelming and the patty was small. It was passable. The fries were just out of the box type.
- The Lumberjack with baked potato; My friend said the patty was also small. The baked potato was alright, nothing spectacular.
- Michigan Avenue Chicken with veggies and garden salad; My friend who ordered this got a massive plate with 2 fairly small chicken breasts and nothing else on the plate. She got the garden salad. She inquired with the server about the veggies but the server said it was a choice of the veggies or salad. My friend didn't really think anything of it. The chicken itself was great and the sun-dried tomatoes were so good! The salad.. well nothing special.
At the end of the dinner, we were waiting for the birthday dessert. Another server (not the one we had previously) brought the dessert without a candle or anything. She just said "Key Lime Pie?" and I said "Ohh, um it's for him, birthday boy!" We looked at each other and couldn't really do anything at this point. Kinda disappointing. Didn't really enjoy that as we were hoping for a nice gesture since it was a birthday. MEH.
Anyway - I went home and checked the menu and this is the description for the Michigan Avenue Chicken:
"Two fire-grilled chicken breasts topped with goat cheese, finished with a fresh basil, sundried tomato and roasted garlic Parmesan cream sauce. Served with fresh vegetables AND your choice of potato, field of greens salad, savoury rice or quinoa". Well, well, my friend got the two chicken breasts and the field of greens salad, but no fresh veggies.
Thanks Shoeless Joe's. We don't think we'll come back again. The birthday dessert was a bust and you didn't even fill the orders correctly. Avoid.
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