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| - Came here with a group of friends who were all excited to try this place!
As we walked in and took a seat at the nearly empty bar, we were immediately greeted with an obvious harshness. Feeling as though we weren't really wanted at the bar, we quickly sat at a table, again, in a nearly empty restaurant.
Our table ordered a gamut of apps - frites, all the meats and several cheeses, which also came with pretzels! This was an interesting twist I had never seen before and while all the rest was delicious, the pretzels failed.
For dinner, the ribeye, pork shoulder, risotto and scallops and shrimp w/grits were all ordered, along with another app, the risotto fritters.
After what seemed like a long time to be waiting for dinner, our food arrived. Everyone agreed that mostly everything was tasty (other than the shrimp - four people ordered that dish and all agreed they were awful), however, extremely salty. I was surprised at how heavy handed they were with salting the dishes. About half way through our meal we realized we never received the fritters, figured she'd forgotten about them, and just went on with dinner. Shortly after, they arrived. They are doughy and sweet and just not good. We were at a table of 8 people with 4 fritters and they weren't finished, if that gives you any clue.
We decided on sharing a dessert of churros and ice cream. A few minutes after ordering, our server came over and gave us our checks. Since we never received our dessert we made sure to check the bills, and one of us was charged. When asked about it, she said it was still coming. I've never felt so rushed to get out of a restaurant that, at this point, was only about 1/2 full. I also thought it was awkward that she would bring our bills but not ever mention that dessert was still coming. And when it came, we had to flag her down to get silverware since she had taken all of it when she cleared the plates. We didn't even finish the churros because they looked like they were uncooked in the middle.
All in all, I think my friend said it best with, "this isn't a place I would need to return".
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