Some friends invited us out to Shadyside on a Friday night and little did I know they had no reservations for the place they intended to take us. I should have known that at 7pm on a Friday night an establishment that has no wait what so ever might be suspect. Well I should have trusted my instincts. No wait on a Friday night whats up with that ???
Well this place was pretty weak in all areas. The service was horrid and I felt that it wasn't worth the %18 gratuity that was already added to the bill. I couldn't believe that from the time the appetizers came out to the time we received our food it took over 1 hour! and to top it off no one acknowledged that it took so long. I order the skillet cornbread appetizer, which was ridiculously small and although it was tasty was by no means worth the $8 they charged for it. It was simply a 2in by 2in piece of cornbread that had no sort of culinary twist put on it, it was just that, a boring piece of cornbread with some stupid garnish on top of it, sorry that didn't make it any better people. Then I ordered the cioppino which was a joke, the sauce that contained the clams and mussels was about as bland as a sauce I have ever tasted and I even think the mussels were slightly under cooked and puny on top of it. The special lady got the sauteed chicken which she said tasted really good but was a very unsatisfying small piece of chicken after waiting for over 1 HOUR! I don't think I would come back here again even for a cocktail. The price to quality and quantity ratio was way off, too expensive for the mediocre food.