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| - I visited the Jazz Bistro on its opening night featuring a live jazz vocalist. Expecting some opening-night hiccups, I was relatively sympathetic of the servers who were unfamiliar with the menu, dropping plates and glasses. Hopefully these kinks work themselves out soon.
Having made reservations a week prior, we were seated near the stage, with a great view. The sound in the room was good, excellent balance of voice to instrumental and the amplification sounded very natural.
The atmosphere is on the cozy side, especially near the stage, as tables are stuck close together to maximize the number of patrons with good views.
The menu is quite large, with a full lunch menu, and the dinner menu of appetizers, salads, pastas and entrees ranging from chicken, duck, beef, lamb, and fish. There were some interesting flavours, but my lamb was dry and surprisingly small for the price.
The service was attentive but slightly inexperienced, as evidenced by all of the servers waiting until the end of the last song to start bringing out the bills. This resulted in our party sitting and waiting for 20 minutes after the show, just waiting to pay. The phone service was worse; each time I called to inquire about the show and making reservations, the staff was in a huge rush to get me off the phone, which put a bad taste in my mouth even before I stepped into the restaurant.
I was in for a big shock when I received my bill, as the tickets for the show had been added to my bill. I'm accustomed to paying the cover at the door, and paying for the dinner as a separate bill, so I was extremely displeased to have tax and tip added to the cost of the ticket.
Apparently, they have a coat check downstairs, but I'm afraid to use it, in case some mysterious amount shows up on my food bill.
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