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Food: 2/5
Service: 3/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Value: 3/5
Would try one more time and hope for better.
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A few friends and I decided to try this restaurant out last night after hearing it was a nice venue to start the Friday night.
The Perch is tucked away, almost hidden, on S Wall. Driving down Wall you will have that "Oh god I made a wrong turn into the wrong neighborhood" feeling before you see it's lights. Parking is decent, with a car lot immediately in front of Perch and a larger one at the intersection of Wall and Chicago.
Perch has two levels, the first having an open, courtyard setting that I found very nice. There's also a bar on the first level that has TVs over hanging if you like to have the feeling of a roof over your head.
My friends and I decided to seat ourselves on the second level, which is open air and has a more hip, lounge-like feel. The view facing the east is one of the nicer views I imagine there are in Chandler, with the City Hall building lending enough to the skyline to make you forget you're in Chandler.
For drinks, I kept it simple and went with the San Tan Devil's Pale Ale, which I'd had before and liked.
For dinner, I ordered the prime dip, which must be new as I don't see it on Perch's website menu. It's prime rib served au jus on a pretzel bun. After asking the waitress if I could have the meat cooked medium, she informed me that they didn't cook the meat to order. Ok...fair enough.
When my food was brought out, the meat looked of the quality you'd find in a Philly cheesesteak from a street vendor. The cut was noticeably fatty, to the point where it was difficult to actually stomach chewing into it at some points. The meat was also very, very salty, and the "jus" dipping sauce was salty to the point of giving that biting, chemical feel to my tongue.
A friend of mine ordered the same dish and had the same critique.
In fairness, my friends who ordered the wings, pig wings, and garlic tater tots, found them to all be really good. So, overall, I had a disappointing first experience but am willing to give Perch another try sometime in the future.
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