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| - My wife and I have been to Beckett's Table on two separate occasions and both have been extremely underwhelming.
1st Visit: It was our weekly date night, Friday, and I schedule a reservation for 2 at 7PM. We arrived approximately 5 minutes before 7 and were told that a table would be ready shortly and that we could order a drink from the bar while we waited. We decided to wait to grab a drink until we were sat because it would only be a few minutes; boy were we wrong.
We waited outside for a few minutes before my wife got cold, in which case, we headed back inside to wait in the VERY cramped waiting area. At about 10 past 7, my wife asked the hostess how much longer to expect for our table and she was instructed that they were just waiting for a table to open. While we continued to wait, we saw several groups of individuals arrive and seated by the hostess before us. As the clock continued to run, we grew increasingly impatient. At 7:30, we began to get frustrated, but we decided to wait because of the glowing reviews we had received from friends. As it approached 8PM, we were ready to head out the door, when the hostess, finally, told us our table was ready.
We were sat at a 2 person table near the kitchen. On this visit, I ordered the short ribs and my wife ordered the cast iron chicken, which were both good, however, our experience at the front of the house really soured our experience. When I schedule a reservation, I understand that a restaurant will, likely, not be able to accommodate my party at the exact time specified, but it should be within a reasonable time frame. At no point should an hour be a reasonable wait time for someone with a reservation. The other frustrating part was that it seemed that they were waiting for a 2 person table to open up before seating us. All the groups that we saw sat before us were 4+, which made the wait much more frustrating. After this visit, we told ourselves that we would not return and that if we wanted Modern American-style cuisine, we would rather visit Chelsea's Kitchen or Rusconi's because their food quality is comparable and their service is significantly better.
2nd Visit: We vowed to never return, unfortunately, we broke that vow and regret it.
Our friend had heard good things from other friends and decided she wanted to eat here for her birthday dinner. We had a party for 10 and a reservation for 6PM on a Tuesday. My wife and I were one of the firsts to arrive, 10-15 minutes early, and we were immediately taken to our table, which was the long bench on the East wall, with tables pushed together. My wife and I ordered cocktails from our waitress and both came within a reasonable amount of time. As more members of our party arrived, we all stood up to greet each person with handshakes or hugs and to say our hellos. Well, that eastern-most table just happened to be next to the server station in the northeast corner of the restaurant.
Apparently, servers get very upset if you obstruct the most convenient pathway for them; not the only pathway, but the most convenient. We had multiple servers get angry at us for blocking the walkway from the server station to the south part of the restaurant. Don't forget that the servers could have easily walked west to the next walkway and head south. This happened nearly every time we stood up to say hello or goodbye to someone. Don't worry, that was not our only complaint this time.
We went ahead and ordered. My wife and I both ordered the cheeseburger, both without the bun; she ordered medium and I medium rare. I, however, ordered mine with a side salad, instead of the chips it normally comes with. When the food came out, mine had no bun, but it had chips instead of the salad. When I mentioned the lack of a salad, she brought one out, but forgot to bring the dressing. My wife's came out with chips, but still had the bun, however, there were no toppings on the burger; no mustard, no pickles. When she mentioned it, the waitress grabbed a couple of ramekins with the toppings. Without a bun, I cut my burger with my fork only to find the burger to be brown throughout. My wife's burger was exactly what I would expect, slightly pink inside. Finally, I bit into my burger only to find that it was overcooked and burnt on the outside. At this point, I was over it.
Burgers are so simple to grill properly, yet, they seemed to find a way to mess it up. It really did not help that the waitress seemed to have a snarky attitude every time we pointed something out or asked her for something. We figured this visit might be different because the food and our waitress were good the first visit, but this time, was the opposite. We have concluded that in order for this place to be considered good, every aspect of the restaurant has to be on their game and at this point, we haven't seen them able to put it all together.
We will continue to avoid this place, if at all possible.
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