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| - What an interesting place!
I came here with the bf on his birthday, because we were intending on going for sushi nearby -- but he was too hungry to wait over 1hr for a seat at their sushi bar. So we called the other hot spots nearby to see how long the waits were. They quoted us 30 mins here, so we ended up walking a couple of blocks... finding the location... and wondering if we made a mistake.
We walked in, they lost our reservation, they asked us to wait 30 mins at the bar... 30 mins became 40, which then became 50. During the wait, the bartender was super busy... she took foever to take our order, and my drink had just arrived when our table was set.
Given how the night was going, I had low expectations, but it is a restaurant after all... the most important factor = food. The food was delicious! We ordered the Brussel sprouts as appetizer... roasted with bacon and jalapenos. Yummy! He got the whole red snapper, crisped, with an amazing sauce that we dipped everything into. I probably ate a good quarter of it, and I don't even like fish! I got the hanger steak which was a little bit of a let down. It came out cold. But it was at least cooked to a perfect medium rare (before letting it sit and get cold), and seasoned wonderfully. For dessert, the fallen chocolate cake was a delectable end to the meal.
They lost our reservation, the wait was much longer than promised, the service was super slow (but friendly) all night long. The room was freezing cold and they refused to adjust the thermostat. But I'll overlook all that on this occasion given they gave me and my honey a great birthday meal.
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Explanation of my rating system -
5*: Epitome of something, the best I've had, would LOVE to go back
4*: Great food and happy to go back regularly, but not the best of the category
3*: Food is fine. I may spontaneously decide to go there based on convenience. But no need to go back either.
2*: If you insist, I guess I'll come along. I'll find something to eat. But I wouldn't have picked it.
1*: No plans to come back. I'll try to talk companions out of going.
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