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| - I really enjoyed the food at Eden's Grill, but the service was not up to the quality of the food . Stopped in for lunch on Monday. Two other tables were occupied. I was given a huge leather bound menu. Lunch specials listed in this book were $9.95 and up, and all included rice. I wanted salad, so I ordered the $15.95 Steak Kabob Salad, a price far higher than I would normally pay at lunch. It was very tasty, and I enjoyed the balsamic dressing. The almonds and raisins on the salad were a nice touch, and the steak was perfectly medium as ordered. I was disappointed that a salad at this price was not even accompanied by a warm pita.
Companion ordered the $6.50 chicken pita ala carte. Server asked if we wanted the lunch special since it comes with rice, but we just went with the salad and chicken sandwich because "I wanted a salad". I also assumed she was referring to the $9.95 and up specials in the leather menu book, which weren't really very special at all. The pita had very generous portion of delicious meat, tomatoes and lettuce on a pita. We ordered only water to keep down the cost, but with tax and tip we spent $30 on lunch and had NO LEFTOVERS but two cubes of steak. Ouch. Service was fine, not outstanding, but not bad.
As we were leaving, we stumbled upon a little A-frame sign outside, hiding behind a pillar on the back side, facing away from the parking lot and restaurant entrance. This sign indicated six lunch specials with a choice of rice, fries or salad for $7.95 including a drink. Wow, that is a solid deal!
After studying this menu for a few minutes, I stuck my head back inside and motioned for our server to come out for a moment. I showed her the sign and asked why we were not offered this menu when we were seated. She said it was usually on all the tables and gestured (to 10 tables with no lunch menus on them). So I said, we just spent $30 on lunch, when we could have spent half that. She offered to give us all our money back, but since the food was excellent, I said I just wanted to pay the lunch special price for our meals. Some cash was refunded, but the experience left a bad taste in our mouth even though the server "hoped we would come back".
I would have ordered quite differently if we had been given all the facts. I might have tried a sandwich with my salad. I might have gotten to taste that highly recommended rice. I would have enjoyed an iced tea instead of water!
Was that an attempt to get us to spend more by not offering the value lunch specials?? I saw two other tables that had ordered a variety of items, none of which were lunch specials either. HMMMMM.
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