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| - Was so looking forward to having lunch at the Hawthorne Grill with a woman's club I belong to. I have eaten at most of the restaurants in the Marriott, and most were very good.
The menu at Hawthorne was adequate for lunch, with a lot of standard things. However, I saw the roasted mushroom grilled cheese with chips, and it sounded so interesting, I ordered it. The sandwich came with two pieces of toasted 1" thick french bread, and in the middle was a little bit of what must have been pureed mushrooms (it was brown) a small piece of cheese in the middle (supposedly havarti) and a sprig of something green, all completely tasteless. Around the whole inside edge of the sandwich was completely dry, no filling at all, and no indication on the outside that it had been grilled, just toasted. Crust was so hard as to be almost impossible to bite. Needless to say, after the cutesy name, I was incredibly disappointed. The "chips" were made from large idaho potatoes thinly sliced lengthwise and fried. They were OK but I would take McDonald's any day. We arrived at 11:30, and it was after 2 by the time we were all served and checks received. Our waitress was WAY out of her element with that group. Good thing an 18% tip was included or I am sure she would have been very disappointed. All in all, I think it will be a long time before I return to the Hawthorne Grill.
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