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| - Last Saturday night, my husband and I found ourselves at home with nothing to eat and a half-hearted determination to make our way over to the 24hr Metro over in the St. Lawrence Market area. As we left our building, we felt (very small) droplets of rain and because we kinda felt like losers going for groceries at 9pm on a Saturday night anyway, we decided to check out the relatively new Baton Rouge which opened up in front of (what I will always call:) The Dome.
We were greeted by a friendly hostess who ushered us straight to a booth at the back. For a pretty big place, it was not very busy for a Saturday night. We mused that it is likely a more popular place for lunch, tourists, conventioners and game-goers given the location. However, it is a nice space. Comfortable with a lot of room around the tables. Decor is an attempt at traditional steakhouse cool.
Apart from the hostess and a woman who appeared to be the manager, we experienced the staff to be indifferent and inattentive. The woman from whom we ordered appeared to not give a crap about us or the order. It was as though we were inconveniencing her for wanting to place an order.
What's weird is the number of people who ended up coming to the table at one or another throughout the evening. The guy who took our drink order (indifferent), the woman who brought over our drinks, the woman who took our food order, the guy who brought over our food and the manager who came by to ask if things were ok. Inattentive may sound strange considering all these people, but none of them seemed to give a flying **** except for the manager.
My husband had the burger ($14-ish), which he says was ok. And I had the seared tuna with black olive tapinade sandwich on a baguette ($20-ish). It was very disappointing. I had to add salt to a black olive tapinade!!! The tuna was tasteless and the baguette soggy.
The manager had come by toward the very beginning of the meal (it really bugs me when people in restaurants come over as you are taking your first bite to ask how things are so far!), so I didn't have a chance to really taste the sandwich to let her know what I really thought of everything.
It's baffling to me that a place with a potential to serve up a nice meal with good service can be so off. Maybe their entire budget was spent on the decor and there wasn't any left over for a decent staff and someone good to oversee the kitchen... Better to walk a little further east and hit the Canyon Creek for a passably better steakhouse-like experience.
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