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| - If you're looking for a hearty meal and don't care about lackluster service, Hash House is your place.
It took a host 10 minutes to walk us to a table when the joint was nearly empty; the hostess was no where to be seen as we waited behind another guest. When we were eventually taken to a table, no employee appeared at our table for 10+ minutes...until I flagged down a poor busboy to take our drink order. After our drinks arrived, I asked if I could order since I was in town for the IBM conference and I was in a hurry to get to a session but was told he would call our server over. Another 10 minutes go by, and the same busboy took pity on us and told us he'd write down our order for our server who still at this point had not made an appearance. When our food hit the table which was 50 minutes in after we had arrived, I was appalled by the little care they took into assembling our plates. The burger had its patty flopped on, and half of it missed the bun! Hoping it would at least be hot, the patty was disappointingly cold. The only enjoyable part of our meal was the super greasy but flavorful sage fried chicken. However no one in our party seemed to care for the bacon waffle tower. Besides the wow factor of the bacon being cooked into the waffle, it did nothing to enhance the flavor nor contribute to an extraordinary texture. Yes, it's sweet from the syrup and yes, it's a little salty from the bacon. But is it special? No.
All in all, it took us 15 minutes to finish our meal when we had come in knowing exactly what we wanted so that we could be in and out. We did a huge amount of waiting and spent a small amount of time eating. Curiously enough because I didn't notice another employee walking around besides the busboy, I scanned around and found a group of them standing in the kitchen and chit-chatting like nobody's business. We did eventually meet our server though as he dropped off the check and told us to pay at the front.
As for the atmosphere, there wasn't one. No happy faces as the couple of tables next to us were waiting for service.
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