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| - I was so excited to check out The Nash. I work in Inglewood, and my work team likes to have lunch out together every month or so. The Nash has been on our wish list for a while.
First impressions: the restaurant is gorgeous. Beautiful decor, a great mixture of the industrial exposed piping and nice rustic wooden tables. The tables are all set elegantly - I love the tea-towel napkins.
The menu looks interesting - certainly very meat-focused, but luckily I'm not vegetarian. The average lunch item was about $18 for a burger or sandwich.
Of the ten of us at the table, we each felt an overwhelming sense of 'meh' about our items. Several had the burgers, all noted that the salad has a great dressing, but they felt the burger was over seasoned: heavy on the oregano-type herbs.
I ordered the reuben. The sandwich itself was nice, piled high with meat and lots of cheese. The mustard was very light, I personally prefer a more zingy mustard, but it was still a decent reuben. There was a side of pickles, and a side of chips. When I say side, keep in mind I mean six potato chips (I counted.) That would have been ok if the chips were freshly made but they were cold, so even if they were made in-house it wasn't to order. The chips were too heavily salted to finish. It seems like they just subbed in Old Dutch kettle chips and thrown on some coarse salt.
My table-mate ordered the reuben as well, and asked if he could switch the sides out for coleslaw. The server said that wasn't possible as the coleslaw was only served with the brisket. He asked her to check if it was possible. She came back with the reuben with the standard sides, as well as a side dish of coleslaw and charged him for it, which seemed a bit cheap. He would have prefered the server say "no, I'm sorry we can't make substitutions, would you like a side order?" The coleslaw was bot edible as it was sour instead of tangy like a good slaw should be.
Staff was efficient and friendly - no complaints there. Essentially this is a great looking place, with a staff who obviously are good at what they do, but it all falls apart on the food. The food is your basic diner-level food, but certainly not at diner-level prices.
There are so many great places in Inglewood, I'm disappointed that The Nash isn't one of them.
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