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| - 92nd St Cafe is a local sports bar & grill in North Scottsdale. As a sports bar, I could easily give it 4 stars - great atmosphere, sports on many TV's, and the fans seemed to be having fun; definitely seems like a place that locals have been going to for a long time.
However, we went there to dine, and as a restaurant we had a 2 star experience, at best.
First off, the place is nice - much nicer than your average sports bar. It has a nice Scottsdale classy feel, without being snobby - more traditional pub atmosphere than anything else. It's a nice place, and has a fun adult vibe.
Nobody greeted us when we walked in and we sat ourselves at a booth and had to wait a while for anyone to acknowledge us - we went on a Sunday afternoon, and though the place was busy, it was certainly not full. Most people were just ordering beer and watching football, we seemed to be the only actual "diners" there, and received kinda lackluster service for having paid over $50 for a lunch for two (with a coupon also!).
our food items:
I got the crock of french onion soup. At first it was pretty good - nice melted cheese over a good smelling broth. but once I got into the soup itself, it was a DISASTER. Whoever cut the onions was completely incompetent. there were giant pieces of onion in the soup, so large they were inedible and it was rather gross. I had to pull them out and place them off to the side, it looked disgusting. For the cook to mess up the onions in an onion soup is rather unforgivable. French Onion Soup gets 1 star.
The next two items: well when they were served, there were nothing like the description on the menu. I got something called a Bar Steak - don't ever order it. It was cubed beef stew in an awful and diluted wine/garlic "sauce". The menu did NOT describe it also smothered in mushrooms - I cannot eat mushrooms and was pretty annoyed that mushrooms were the main ingredient of the dish, despite not being mentioned on the menu. After having to removed the mushrooms (which joined the pile of giant slices of onions), I proceeded to try what was really chewy and flavorless cubes of beef. This appetizer is a complete fail - not only was it nothing like the menu description, it was rather disgusting and unappetizing. For $12 I recommend that you NEVER order it. Again, a 1 star rating for the Bar Steak.
My main entree was the Hawaiian Princess salad for $10+. Again, NOTHING like the description on the menu. I received a plate that had two ice-cream-sized scoops of tuna and chicken salad, surround by really large pieces of melon and pineapple and a few oranges. There were no greens to mix the salad with. The menu described a dressing, that I did not receive - when I asked for it, the waitress said there was no dressing for that salad; when I mentioned that the menu indicates a dressing, she shrugged and said it was wrong. I was extremely disappointed that my salad was essentially a melon fruit plate. The tuna and chicken salad were completely bland, I couldn't taste any seasoning in them. This was a terrible entree choice on my part. And again, like the onion soup and beef stew app, this salad "entree" is a 1 star item.
My wife ordered the bowl of chili. Out of everything we ordered, that was the best. It was not great by any means, but it wasn't too bad either. Tasted rather generic, like it came out of a can. I guess we were so disappointed with the other items, we ate the entire bowl of chili out of desperation to have something edible and decent. She also got the tuna melt and was not impressed. The tuna again was bland and unseasoned. The rest of the sandwich was very forgettable For $10, it gets 1 star also.
Maybe we just happened to order the worst items on the menu, but for the money we spent, that was a terrible Sunday lunch. The service was not memorable or helpful, the food was either bland or just plain bad, and it was horrible value for the money.
The silver lining? probably a great place to have a few beers and watch a game, however I would not recommend it as a local dining option, unless you get drunk first at the bar and don't really care what is served in front of you....
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