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| - After my previous 2 star rating, Woodbridge Spin has redeemed itself in my Yelp book on the basis of an unplanned Mother's Day visit. The restaurant we actually went to first turned out to be closed, and the only place that seemed to fit the bill as a comparable alternative was Spin.
It was a real surprise to see how slow business was on Mother's Day. Maybe they had an early crowd and another one later, but for the considerable amount of time we were there (likely 1.5 hours at least) at lunch time, business was amazingly light. The way I'd been bracing myself for Mother's Day Madness, this was a welcome (and, perhaps counter-intuitively, auspicious) beginning.
Between the 3 of us, we started with a Peach Lemonade, Rolo Way Latte, and one regular brewed coffee. The Peach Lemonade was pretty good - wasn't sickly sweet and didn't taste too artificial. The Rolo Way Latte appeases those who need to shut up a sweet tooth. BF liked it enough to order a second one so his sweet teeth were clearly very happy with it. My brewed coffee, unfortunately, was the typically acidic/bitter restaurant standard that isn't the good standard, but the server was attentive and I never had a shortage, so I got what I wanted i.e. quantity over quality. My requests for lots of creamers and sugar were dutifully filled each time and I knew that it would be typical bleh-grade restaurant coffee anyway. If they do manage to brew good coffee in the future, it might bring the place up to 5 stars!
Our main dishes consisted of the Chicken Pesto crepe, Mediterranean Salad (with chicken option added as an extra), and a Bacon and Egg crepe. Daughter and BF were satisfied with their crepes, and I know from past experience that crepes here tend to have very good quality filling ingredients which are nicely cooked inside a decent crepe. My Mediterranean Salad was excellent - fresh, crisp greens, grape tomatoes, sliced black olives, cucumber, red pepper, goat cheese (which I prefer to typical feta in salad), and grilled, juicy chicken slices. The only thing I would change was the onion, which would have been far better if it was red onion. The dressing was a fresh-tasting vinaigrette which was pretty good - you can taste the oregano and it's not too acidic. They made a friend with that salad!
We went all out and each had our own dessert - a That's What I Like, We Will Rock You, and I Like It Like That. One of them (I think it was the That's What I Like) was from the May promotional menu featuring raspberries, which we had with a waffle added. The vanilla ice cream was rich and silky with a light, bright-tasting, raspberry ribbon, the raspberry syrup tasted like it was made with real raspberries, the made-to-order waffle was a light yet crispy on the outside texture, and the cheesecake cubes, juicy, real raspberries, and real whipped cream put it on the top of the chart. I think mine was the I Like It Like That, which I took in a crepe. Another ginormous scoop of ice cream (this one chocolate peanut butter), and a whole sliced banana topped with chunks of Reese peanut butter cups and chocolate sauce, plus the warm chocolate syrup and real whipped cream. The chocolate peanut butter ice cream was a beautiful blend of just the right level of chocolate and nicely sweetened peanut butter - OMG yes, did I Like It Like That. We Will Rock You (if I got the names connected correctly) is with (Tiramisu?) ice cream, which my daughter also took with a crepe and comes with pieces of almond biscotti, chocolate shavings, and warm syrup along with the requisite real whipped cream. The little chocolate shavings somehow don't seem to be the same standard as everything else but that might really be splitting hairs. My taste buds were probably way overloaded by that point but the Tiramisu ice cream tasted a little too subtle for me to appreciate right away. By the time we were ready to roll away home and I managed to eat the last bit of it that remained, I thought I might have to try it with uncorrupted taste buds another time.
The server was nicely attentive the entire visit, topping up water and coffee regularly. The one glitch with the side Caesar salad served instead of the requested garden salad was quickly rectified. And, not only did I miraculously miss Mother's Day Madness in a restaurant, they presented a fresh cut flower at the end of our visit. IDK if I can count on these lucky stars in the future here, but after this pleasant surprise visit, we plan to come back again! I sincerely hope the next experience will be as good as this one was.
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