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| - I was SO excited to hear about this place opening up just a short drive/nice walk from my apartment, as there is nothing remotely this interesting menu-wise in this area. However, I found myself getting disappointed over and over throughout my experience here.
First, the bad stuff:
Bf and I walked in and it took at least five full minutes before anyone even acknowledged us...and there's not really a host stand or any signs indicating if one should seat themselves or to wait to be directed by a host to a table. We stood there looking hopeless and hungry, trying to catch the eye of anyone on the waitstaff who all ignored us before someone came from behind the bar and greeted us, seating us at a table near the bar area. The space is beautiful and huge-I never went here when it was Detours but was surprised it was so spacious as it doesn't seem like it would be from the outside.
The service was pretty much awful, the waitress taking FOREVER to put in any orders (she only had a few tables from what we could tell...and I've been a waitress before so I know how long these things should take!). The first drinks took a while to get to us, and she didn't take our order until wayyyy after our drinks were delivered, despite the numerous attempts at eye contact. We had to actually reach out and tap her when she was walking by to get her attention, not a good sign. After our apps, we had to wait another longgg while before entrees arrived.
When I wanted a second cocktail I waited...and waited...and waited some more. Then I decided to just go on up to the bar myself as I saw the waitress still hadn't put the order in, and told the bartender that I had ordered from the waitress but that I didn't think she had put it in yet, and he was not surprised-he said she did the same thing with my first drink! Well that explains why it took forever to get either round of drinks...the waitress wasn't putting them in the computer after I ordered them. And no, even though I had to wait forever and order it myself they didn't take it off the bill like most places would, most likely because no one noticed. I didn't want to make a scene and it wasn't that big of a deal, but most restaurants I frequent would NEVER let something like that happen. Just sayin'.
Now onto the good stuff:
The menu at this place has SO much creativity and potential! We ordered the pork shoulder tostadas for an app and this was an amazingly delicious dish...I just wish there was more of it. It was three teeny tiny corn tortilla shells topped with the pork shoulder mixture that had a seasoning so delicious, I was literally spooning the juice left over from the plate into my mouth. I had a long time to sit with this empty app dish before the waitress ever came by to take our entree order, so I got to enjoy the plate juice for quite a while.
The menu here reminds me of my favorite restaurant's menu, noca. Bacon and me get along well, and I was 100% ready to fall in love with this restaurant when I saw they had *FREE* bacon on their vegan burger! I love vegan food AND I love bacon, so this was a theoretical match made in heaven. Now, many vegan burgers have corn in them, so I asked if this was made with corn because my stomach+whole corn kernels=bad, and the waitress assured me that while it was made with corn, it was "all mixed up in there, it's not very much and you don't even know it's in there". I was surprised to see that there was TONS of corn in whole kernel form alllll up in that burger. Luckily I was able to pick it out, though that left very little "burger" left to eat, but just be warned if you have any corn issues that this burger is not for you.
However, if you love regular beef burgers, the burger here is fantastic! Bf ordered this and it was amazingly tasty-he got it with bacon and it was heavenly. Bacon costs $2.50 extra on non-vegan burgers, fyi. He ordered fries but the waitress brought him salad instead, though once he mentioned it she did have someone bring over fries and they were decent. The salad wasn't anything to write home about, I had one as my side dish as well.
I'd love to chalk the bad service up to this place being new, because the menu is just too enticing to ignore, especially since it's walking distance from my apartment! I am not giving up on this place just yet, fingers crossed that the service improves.
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