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| - So this building started out as Cannery Row, then it's been a couple other restaurants which included a Thai place. Now it's Asian fusion on the menu.
Everything about this place is a solid three stars. No more, no less. Except for the service, which is sub par. We were promptly greeted at the door and seated immediately in the almost empty restaurant. During our visit here the place started to fill up and by the time we left it was almost at capacity. There were three staff on the floor. A gentleman who seemed to be doing everything from greeting guests, seating them, taking orders, serving food, and ringing up bills. There was another gentleman who seemed to serve food sometimes and answered the phone, but not much else. Finally the woman working wasn't doing much other than filling the odd water glass, but only on one side of the restaurant. I felt bad for the guy doing everything, he was literally running back and forth between the tables and the kitchen.
We were never asked if we wanted drinks. After our order was placed we had to flag down the overworked server to get a beer (Sapporo) to the table. The appetizers came out in a reasonable amount of time. My mom and I split the calamari which was unremarkable, don't bother ordering this one. My dad had the pumpkin soup which he said was excellent.
After our appetizers we waited for a long time to get our meals. Too long. I went with the red curry. There was a healthy amount of chicken in the dish which was great to see. Unfortunately the dish as a whole was mediocre. I get better curry at the fast-food place by my office. There wasn't really anything wrong with it, a good three stars, it just wasn't anything above and beyond.
After our food arrived we never saw our sever again until about 15 minutes after we had finished eating. We felt that we had been forgotten about when he came back to the table to see if we wanted anything else. We just got the bill, paid, and left.
If this place is going to survive they need to sort out the roles for their service staff. The food is good enough, but I shudder at coming back because of the poor service.
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