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| - Food is fairly decent. Service fairly deplorable. We've been to Bodega several times over the last few years. It has always been pretty hit and miss. And that goes from course to course. Some dishes will be delectable and others atrocious. Poor service has been consistent. Dined with a party of three on a Friday. Decided to go all tapas for our meal and ordered a good cross section from the tapas menu. Stuffed quail, Lamb Lollipops, and truffled pomme frites were highlights. Several disappointments included lobster nachos (barely any lobster), tuna tartar, and seared foie gras. Martinis were lacking in flavor and booze - we quickly switched to wine because the wine list was extensive and cocktails were sad.
Our disappointments were exacerbated by our relative clueless server. Don't want to call him out, but his name starts with a P. - so good luck. When we were served our tuna tartar which consisted of a pretty paltry portion of seemingly over-seared tuna on top of a too generous bed of arugula which was basically frosted lightly with avocado like a birthday cake, I mentioned to P. that there was an awful lot of greens in proportion to the other ingredients on tuna tartar. He smiled, said OK, and walked away. When we were served a fois gras dish that included one delicious piece of perfectly cooked liver and a second that was so overcooked it looked like a cat turd on a bed of surprisingly delicious mushroom risotto, we had to try and track P. down. He had no clue what to do. He finally tracked down a manager who had us pick up the cat turd risotto and place it on a bread plate for her so she could take it to the kitchen for some reason. Why wouldn't she just take the whole plate it was served on back you may ask? When you have an answer let me know. Because I knew what was coming. While I was waiting for the new slice of fois gras to be prepared, that aforementioned tasty risotto was getting cold. I'm not going to eat it while waiting for a new piece of fois. Which took way longer than it should. So then a sad little piece of new fois is delivered from P. and I mention the cold risotto to go with it. Do I eat this with the cold risotto I ask? Yeah he says, and walks away.
Kicker to this is that the refired fois gras comes out cold and undercooked. Apparently at this point, P. is scared of us because we do not see him for another 10 minutes. When he comes back we tell him about the cold fois and he does eventually track down the manager again who argues immediately about our cold risotto and how I should have asked her to redo the entire dish if that's what I wanted. I disagree that this should be on me, but I assure her that not being able to enjoy an entire composed dish with all warm components was a 10 minute ago problem, now we have the cold fois to deal with. She did take this off the bill, but it was bittersweet as this dish could have been the best thing we were served if everything was cooked properly. As it was the cold slice of fois sat untouched and wasted on our table - a fate no fois gras should have to suffer. No additional refire was offered.
After this, P, did not want to come anywhere near our table and we wanted to order more food and another bottle of wine. Spent plates piled up in front of us and water glasses were not refilled. Had to practically jump out of our chairs to flag him down at this point. Don't be scared of the table when the kitchen is messing up; not your fault. But you make it your fault when you avoid us.
Overall, I think this was probably our last try at Bodega. We had a restaurant.com gift certificate, but without that, I would have been even more disappointed with the value for the money.
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