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| - Preface: I am reviewing Avalon based on my happy hour experience, I have not yet had the pleasure to enjoy the full dining experience, although I hear it is good. I met some friends here last week, and had a pretty good time. I'm fluctuating between 3 1/2 stars and 4 stars, so I'll just round up. The good and the bad:
* The happy hour prices are not the cheapest. Only $2 dollars off glasses of wine and beer, and both are already overpriced in my opinion.
* The happy hour food menu was small...and the one item we tried to order they were out of.
* They apparently have amazing bread with dipping sauce, that a friend had sampled on a previous visit. When we tried to order it though, we were told that they only brought it out with the order of an entree. Since none of us were staying for dinner, we offered to just pay for the bread. Their response "ehh, management is pretty strict on the bread policy"
(side note - when we informed them that one member of our group actually needed to eat for medical reasons, they brought the bread out free of charge)
* The service was great. Our server was friendly and sweet.
* The ambience is classy and charming - think Fox Concepts -esque. Very nice, kinda swanky - which also is a juxtoposition with the fact that its kind of hidden and surrounded by office buildings. Not a location you would think of for fine dining
As I said, I haven't tried their food yet, but will certainly go back again at dinner time and give it a shot!
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