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The patio at the DC ranch location is lovely! Lots of greenery, sun, and shade. That said, service was really slow and our server was ragging on their vegan/gluten free food... Like really, do you know what city you're in and what restaurant you work at??? Just set the tone in addition to zero menu knowledge or interest in anything other than their simplilist options. Took about 15 min to place a drink order and another 15 to receive anything other than water.
We started with the vegan nosh board, which we anticipated to be something like a varied bruchetta app, not so! It was a collection of random items that I guess we're vegan. It was pretty good but the kale chips were lightyears ahead of the other "noshes".
For entree, I had the spicy shrimp salad. First off, nothing spicy or salad about it besides the arugala that topped 2 gross crostinis slathered in flavorless mayo avocado mixture and a couple of fried shrimp. Yuck! Def not what I was expecting. In Scottsdale of all places, you def can't just throw something green on a plate and call it a salad. In addition to the incredibly misleading menu description (no mention of the shrimp being fried), the dish was not well thought out because it was impossible to actually eat. Like I literally didn't know where to start. I was embarrassed to be eating it in public.
My friend had a chicken sandwich. She also was not expecting it to be fried, but it was. She asked for an extra side of aioli for her sandwich and the waiter brought a chipotle one instead of the pesto aioli that it was supposed to be served with. I tried the Mac and cheese. It was good but very strong smoke flavor. A little much for a spot of lunch after a morning hike.
Overall, won't come back for anything other than brunch, and definitely won't trust recos from their disjointed and ambivalent waitstaff.
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