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| - Saving Grace has always been busy every time I go by especially on the weekends, so the place must be that good if it's always busy. Mind you, the place is small and seating is probably limited to about 20 people.
I finally managed to go with my BFF for brunch at 11:30am on Monday morning which I thought would be okay on a weekday, but it was already packed. Guess we should have came before 11am. Luckily for us we didn't wait long as there was a table for two available that a group of three in front of us passed along to us. Thank you kind strangers.
Menus were already on the table, plus the brunch menu was written on the chalkboard, so we were able to peruse and be ready to order when our server arrived. It was at least five minutes before a server came by and plopped down a bottle of water for the table, then went away, then returned and plopped down two glasses without an exchange of any words. A simple hi/hello would suffice at this point since we weren't even acknowledged or greeted when we arrived since we sat ourselves.
It was close to another ten minutes before the server came back to take our orders. She didn't smile and didn't introduce herself, but was ready to take our orders with pen and pad in hand. It was definitely not a pleasant interaction and I thought fast food service was bad.
I was famished and knew what I wanted, I ordered the baked eggs 'florentine' on oven baked french toast with spinach, provolone and parmesan ($11.75), plus blueberry lemonade ($3.75). My BFF had a hard time since the brunch menu on the chalkboard didn't appeal to her, so she ordered a simple breakfast of two eggs, plus sausages which included toast and salad ($8.50). She also ordered the Espressado shake ($5) which I thought was a weird mix of espresso coffee and avocado. I love avocado, but am not a fan of coffee, so I cannot imagine the pairing of the two.
Despite the lack of service (I believe there were two servers in total), our drinks arrived at a reasonable time. My blueberry lemonade was refreshing and tasty that it quenched my thirst immediately. My BFF's espressado was okay according to her and nothing to rave about. I now wished I had tried some to see what the hype was as she read the reviews saying it was amazing.
It seemed the food took an extra long time, so when it finally arrived I was just happy with my order as it was simply presented and it just looks like cheesy goodness on top of french toast. The first bite was heavenly in my mouth as all the flavours blended well together and tasted fresh especially the salad which was served in a light vinaigrette dressing. I guess the food is truly the saving grace for this place since the service was horrible.
Somehow my BFF ended up with her order and someone else's order. The server plopped the two plates in front of my BFF and left before she could say anything. I wished I took a photo of the extra plate as it looked good despite not knowing what the extra dish was. My BFF and I were still puzzled with the third plate, but thankfully the server returned a few minutes later realizing her mistake and took the extra plate away. No apologies whatsoever, but at least there was something that resembled a slight smile on her face.
During our meal, no one came over to ask us how our food was or if we needed anything else. The next interaction we had with the server(s) was when the check arrived on our table, still without any words spoken. Thankfully, we were done our meal and were ready to leave. The empty plates were cleared, we finished our drinks, paid and were on our way and still no word from the servers. I felt like I was at Signs Restaurant, but without the usage of sign language. Good thing we both had cash and although service was awful we still gave a decent tip.
I'm hesitant if I will return, but definitely will not wait in line as there are many other brunch places with better service in the area.
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