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| - I came here on Dec 30th for my birthday dinner. Sadly, this restaurant was a disappointment. I had high expectations for Inspire, so maybe that's why it fell short. I was excited to eat here, specifically for the cool looking desserts and delicious pastas. I was looking at photos here on Yelp and on Instagram, and let me warn you - their menu is small and apparently always changing. It was probably my fault for not checking beforehand what was available on the menu the night I went. We came exactly 8 minutes before our reservation, and felt like the waitress wasn't as friendly as she should've been... She told us we were "early" and they have not set up yet. We didn't have to wait long, but I felt like the worker was not very welcoming. Anyway, I ordered the udon carbonara, which was AMAZING. One of the best udon dishes I've ever tasted. Besides that, I wasn't really interested in anything else that was on the menu that night. I wanted to get the butter chicken pasta but that was not on the menu. There weren't many drink options, and the waitress was not helpful when I asked her for a recommendation.
So the main reason why I'm giving this place only 2 stars is for the service. Me and my boyfriend were waiting for our main dish to arrive for AT LEAST 35 minutes. When we placed our orders (2 drinks, an appetizer, and 2 mains) the drinks and appetizers came in a timely fashion. The waitress asked us if we needed anything else or if we were okay for now, and my boyfriend asked her if we could have ALL the food together. We wanted to wait for all the dishes to arrive before eating & taking a photo of the food (lol). Regardless of how silly my reasoning is for wanting the dishes together, we were clear when we told her we wanted all the food together. What made the situation worse, was the fact we were obviously waiting but she didn't know we were. We were literally sitting there for over 35 minutes doing nothing, not eating. We had no clue that our waitress didn't understand us when we said we wanted all the dishes now (rather than waiting for us to finish the appetizer). We kept looking around and were increasingly getting impatient. Our appetizer is STILL untouched, making it quite obvious we were waiting for the other dishes... Me and my boyfriend assumed it was taking long because he had ordered a steak, but no. It was because she didn't understand us when we said to bring the rest of the food. I completely get that it's a longer wait for the mains, but she literally did not get the memo that we wanted the mains and was waiting for us to finish the appetizer. When the waitress finally comes to us she asks if we wanted the chef to start making our mains. Um... YES..? I thought that's what we were just waiting 35 minutes for! So after some more waiting we got our food. My boyfriend's steak dish was average and the udon was fantastic.
The dessert was the last disappointment. They only had 3 desserts on the menu and none of the ones I was eyeing online were there. No big deal though so we ordered this white dessert with caged sugar, and were still looking forward to that. A few minutes later she comes back and tells us it ran out. The restaurant wasn't even closing soon; major let down that the only dessert with the sugar cage ran out. The other options did not appeal to me so we didn't order any dessert, and got the bill instead. The service wasn't good in my opinion... I felt so bad for my boyfriend because he told me he asked the waitress to put a sparkler for my birthday, and she agreed - but then we didn't even end up getting dessert at all. Overall this place was a disappointment, although the udon noodles were spectacular. Good job to the chefs.
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