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| - Sorry, but Sage just doesn't do it for us.
I know that I would be the odd one out in the sea of 4-star and 5-star reviews, but hey, I tell it like it is.
Our dinner was at 7.30 and we thought we had ample time to get ready before heading to our table at XS (I told our host we would get there at 11.30).
But we were late - a large part of it was due to our server. He was nice and all, but boy was he slow. He gave us our menu, left, came back 15 minutes later to go through the specials, and left again, during which time we decided to go with the four-course signature menu. At that time, it was already 8 and we were ready to kick off the dinner, but our server was busy chatting with other patrons despite the fact that he acknowledged that we were ready to order. Another 10 minutes passed before he finally wrapped up his earnest discussion and finally took our order.
$79 for the four-course dinner plus $39 for wine pairing seemed like a great deal, until the courses were served. The dishes ranged from underwhelming to pure nasty. My beef tartare was the latter and the beef belly was the former (maybe I'm uneducated and unsophisticated but, I don't come across beef belly too often. I'd like to think it's for a good reason because well, it just doesn't taste good and I could think of a bunch of other parts of the cow that are infinitely better). The best dish was dayboat scallops, which were plump and fresh.
But the entire experience, plus the price tag, just made for a bad meal overall.
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