You know the food is always good at OJs. The variable is usually the service. This afternoon we took in a lunch at OJ Quarry Park. About six tables of diners there, we sat outside on the patio. Very nice seats.
The service was acceptable but scarce. When I say acceptable I mean the bare minimums like a diner counter. And when I say scarce I refer to when I came in from the patio I was standing in the middle of the restaurant and no one was there. No one! No bar tender, no wait staff, no one! Strange feeling. Don't know where they all were.
The food tasted good as it always does but the old fry with my wings and the old, darkened celery show a sign that they don't care as much as they should when serving $12 wings. Maybe some will say I'm picky but these small things tell me a lot about bigger attitudes. A chef I know would be horrified if the old food floating in the deep fryer ended up on a plate. But then again, he would not let it go out like that.
Keep an eye on OJs. They are a successful operation in several locations in Calgary and should hold themselves to a better standard.
Side note: I ordered a dish to take with us for someone at home hoping to place the order just before we left so it would be warm by the time I got home 2 block away. I told the server my plans but she brought it out when we still had half our food to eat! It sat there on the table for 45 minutes while we finished our meals and conversation. This made me feel they didn't really care what I was doing they just wanted to close the bill out. Nothing about the wait staff said "glad you are here" or "hope you will be back".