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| - I hesitated to give this place one star. I think it is just a sentimental thing. I used to love this place. However, I must agree with many of the lesser reviews on here. The food and service at this location have gone south, really south.
I went last night by myself for an early dinner since my spouse was out of town. I was asked if I wanted to sit at the bar or at a table and I asked for a table, not really in the mood for the bar scene. They sat me at a little table in the bar right next to the bar/waiter station. Not a great seat in the place considering there were only three or four other tables occupied in the entire restaurant when I arrived.
Next, I ordered some shrimp dumplings and some Street Noodles. The dumplings were OK. They really lacked for some sauce, so I tracked someone down for some hot mustard to add some kick. This only helped some, so I thought that the lettuce wrap sauce would do the trick, but could never get a hold of anyone to get it for me. The bartender who took my order became busy with his side-work and with his girlfriend who had happened into the bar.
The street noodles weren't nearly as good as they sounded on the menu. The noodles were kind of a dry/sticky combination of an odd curry mixture and there were green onions that were literally a whole stock with the ends cut off, then cut in half. How am I supposed to eat that?
I only had water with lemon to drink. The bartender gave me a glass with a very little and thin slice of lemon in it (not really meant for more than appearance). When my glass was empty I had to flag him down for a refill and he summoned a bus boy to fill my water. He grabbed a pitcher from a nearby ledge and proceeded to fill my glass with room temp water that melted the little ice I had remaining there and looked completely shocked when I requested a separate glass filled with ice.
Lastly, I just have to throw in a side note. They have stopped preparing any dishes with sea scallops in them. May seem a little like I am whining, but the kung-pao scallops and orange peel scallops were some of the best dishes I had ever experienced there.
Unfortunately, I think I am going to have to let this place go. I desperately want for it to go back to the great restaurant with amazing food and even better service that I recall from only a few years ago.
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