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| - My husband and I went to the Vic on a Friday night for date night. The view is amazing. As is the patio and restaurant with its roll up windows.
We had no wait. We ordered the hummus appetizer, a Thai Shrimp Flatbread, and the Rueben sandwich.
The hummus was fabulous. The plate looks beautiful, it included big, large red olives (I had never tried thus type before), really lovely roasted vegetables with pesto and basil oil, homemade pita, and a reddish hummus. I wanted to put my face in the whole plate. It was really well done.
The Thai flatbread was mediocre. It looked good, had a homemade dough that was cooked well, but the shrimp wasn't curried as promised, it had watery vegetables on it, and had a weird mayonnaise based sauce that was unpalatable.
The Ruben sandwich came with hand cut fries that were to die for. The sandwich was good, tons of meat, but without the sauerkraut (my hubby doesn't like it, weird man) they cooked it a bit long and it was a bit dry.
I ended up not liking the Thai flatbread and let them know about it. The manager explained that even she didn't like it. They took it off the bill and asked if I wanted anything else. I asked for another hummus. They charged us for it. I found that weird. Usually when they have to replace your meal you don't get charged for the replacement. (It's not like I ordered the $29 salmon dish.) I was a bit disappointed in that, I felt like that was poor customer service.
The three stars was for the way they handled the dish that I didn't like and for the hit and miss menu. It seems they have great or mediocre dishes and I found about half of it uninspired. (Potato soup on a Friday when it's 117 degrees?!)
We might go again because of the view and the hummus. But I might wait for the fall menu.
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