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| - Unfortunately, I have to give out my first yelp-one-star here. My experience at Libertine was nothing short of a total disaster, and I had such good expectations. Such a shame to be let down like this.
We had a reservation for 30 people on a Saturday night, supposedly on the lounge floor of this place. We were totally disappointed when we arrived to find out they had double book our reso with a speeding dating event and shunted us to the restaurant side. Not the kind of night/vibe we were going for.
Anyways, we managed to look past this major slip up and try and enjoy our evening, regardless of the fact that management didn't apologize at all to the birthday girl. 30 of us sat down in a long row in the back corner. Unfortunately things just got much worse from here out. We had one server who just couldn't handle our group. To get a drink took well over 20 minutes, and was on several occasions not what one of us had ordered. From here on out, the service was just terrible; slow, inattentive, impolite, just really bad.
I had ordered the Quinoa Beet Smoked Salmon Salad, with really high hopes and it was really disappointing. There was maybe half a beat in my salad, way way way too much unwashed, half cooked quinoa, some lettuce, and no sauce. This is probably the most boring dish I've had yet. A friend of mine at the table never even got his food. So when we all got our bills, we laughed when it wasn't even on his bill. Our server to so MIA that we didn't even have the chance to mention she forgot some food. Several other people with us complained about their food, but I'll let you read their reviews for that story.
The only thing going for this place is location. But they wont' survive in this trendy area if they don't pull up their socks. They basically lost referrals from 30 people last night. Ouch.
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