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| - I soooo wanted to make this place a regular tradition, but I'm so torn now! First and foremost, the service in this establishment is truly spectacular. You will get taken care of from the get-go. I think the first time I was in though, I got a little extra care and was a little disappointed when I didn't have the same experience the second time around.
On my very first visit to Donovan's, a pleasant gentleman walked right up to the car, opened the door for me and held my hand to help me get out. He then walked my guy and I over to the restaurant's entrance and opened the door for us. Great experience right from the beginning. This time, I went in a couple days ahead of time to make the reservation. No one out front. No one to greet me. No worries. I can park my own car and open my own doors. Then when we actually went in for our reservation, we didn't get that special attention we got on our very first visit. Kind of a let down, but not a huge deal. Our server was indeed spectacular, as they always are here!
I've learned that the food is a hit or miss. Twice I've had the same dinners: wedge salad and the chicken entree (there's only one). Both times were completely different. On this most recent visit, there were very few blue cheese crumbles on the wedge -- the first time around I was in blue cheese heaven! Not a huge crisis, but the further and further I cut into the wedge, the grosser it got. It was yellow, not green. Probably shouldn't have been sent out of the kitchen in the first place. Not good lettuce. Tasted dirty. The wedge salad is one of my favorite things on earth, but for the first time ever, I couldn't finish it.
The chicken is free-range and organic. Great! But this piece I got wasn't trimmed at all. It was covered in a layer of fat. Maybe this is the new normal? Chewy chicken? Plus it was served with some weird sauce that I'm pretty sure was supposed to be blended together. Instead it was a dish full of cooked veggies with a layer of fat floating on top. Wasn't like that the last time I had it. I was too grossed out to finish my entree. Thankfully, my guy let me have a few bites of his steak, so I was happy.
I'm not sure if we'll return here. So many similar places in the neighborhood. For entrees that average $50 to $75, I held them up to the same standards as I had on the very first visit. They could've had an off night, but it was a very special day for me and I was not impressed.
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