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| - I hardly ever write a bad review, but I feel so compelled to warn anyone who is looking for a great dinner to not waste their money here! There are so many better options in Phoenix. We went a couple weekends ago, had a reservation and had read great things about the place. This place has SUCH potential for a home run considering the wine selection, menu and most importantly the location on the farm.
We got there right at our reservation time and were greeted. The hostess let us know that it would be about 10-15 minutes and directed us into the restaurant to the 'wine bar'. This is when we began to wish there was an instruction guide to this place...it was not clear where to go for the wine bar and when we finally found someone to ask, she brought us a wine list and had us stand right smack in the middle of the dining room to look over the list. After we ordered a bottle of wine, we went outside to sit and wait. The wine was great and there was a fire outside. After about 15 more minutes we were seated. The table was in a weird spot right next to a door that wait staff were coming in and out of constantly.
In the restaurant, the atmosphere was odd...I don't know exactly how to explain it. It was quiet, but almost too quiet, like awkwardly quiet. We saw wait staff walking about and helping customers and after 10 minutes we were still waiting for someone to come to our table. I finally go the attention of the hostess and she apologized and sent someone over. He was friendly but kept forgetting to bring water, we got the bread about half way through the meal, and he took about 20 minutes to get our check. The food was decent, but compared to places like Kai, T.Cooks, Binkleys, not at all worth the money. They have this plate with salted meats, cheese, etc. which is per person...so for the 2 of us it was $30. Seriously! For that price, go to Cheuvront's or Postino's!
If this was more reasonably priced, I might give it a second chance, but when you are going to spend over $200 for a meal, I'd rather go with a sure thing. It was a really negative experience overall and the next night we did go to Cheuvront's to make up for it!
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