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| - "A little less conversation, a little more action please
All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me
A little more bite and a little less bark
A little less fight and a little more spark
Close your mouth and open up your heart and baby satisfy me
Satisfy me baby"
To be honest, my experience was a bit less than satisfactory.
And I can't help myself, I called the restaurant when I got home.
I got the answering machine, twice.
A minute later, Matt Basile called me back from his cell phone.
I described my experience and areas that I thought could use improvement.
He received my opinions well and said that he would make it up to me if I return.
As an owner, I think Matt is fantastic. He's high energy and talented.
He really takes pride in his food and cares about customer experience.
He's great and one of the reasons I would give Lisa Marie a second chance.
Here's how the night went.
I was hosting an event for a group.
I made the reservation for 10.
I called during the week to reconfirm the reservation, they thought the reservation was for 6.
Upon arrival, my reservation had been made into 12 split into two tables.
At least they take reservations, right?
As for food, tapas style.
2-3 items per person usually does the trick.
Those who ordered tuna rolls really liked them.
Also, the turkey wings were super impressively large!
I ordered the bone marrow, cheese sangweeeeh ($7)
Deep fried and crispy on the outside.
The bread really absorbs all the moisture, so the sandwich was a bit dryer than expected.
The pork belly ($5) was okay, but I did feel like it needed to be saltier...
and fattier, which is strange since it's like 60 percent fat.
Throw a bit more grease on, and it'll be perfect!
As for dessert, the Elvis in the jar is like a meal itself.
Banana cream, peanut butter, french toast, candied bacon, and maple syrup.
It looks cool!
It wasn't that sweet surprisingly.
The french toast was also a bit hard from being in the fridge at slightly too cold of a temperature. I made this comment to Matt, he said that it's made fresh every day and he'd look into it.
As for cocktails - they have a fun list!
The Caesars look freaking awesome.
I ordered a bourbon based cocktail - The Bronx. I could have sworn I read it had egg whites in it, maybe non, but the drink was a bit one dimensional.
Also, our service was a bit lacking.
I was told that the server has some personal health issues that required attention. That's fine, but she probably should have been removed from her shift earlier. We didn't have a smile all evening. Hurried conversations about the menu. I had to walk to the bar and flag her down because she only took one persons order at the table for dessert.
Also, the group gratuity at 18% was automatically applied to the bill.
Some people at the table didn't notice. Including myself.
So I tipped on a tip for mediocre service.
Overall, I didn't have a perfect experience here.
But, I think Matt is great and I hope that Lisa Marie works out their kinks. He did offer to make it up to us if we returned. That was the right thing to say and I really appreciate the gesture. Only being a few weeks old, growing pains are expected, so, I will consider returning.
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