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| - I went into Smash Kitchen with high expectations. As a pescatarian, I already looked at the menu online to see what I could eat and decided to grab the Halloumi Salad. I absolutely love Halloumi cheese after eating the Halloumi sandwich at Nandos.
However, I started with splitting an appetizer, the Seafood Crabcake, with my friend. We were given 2 medium sized portions of crab cakes (a steep price for $16). And they were nothing to write home about. They came on a bed of arugula and had tartar sauce on the side. The sauce was actually pretty good, but other than that, I wouldn't order this dish again.
The Halloumi Salad was also abysmal. They breaded the cheese and deep fried it, so I expected something warm on the inside, but it was just a chunk of room temperature cheese. The salad was made up of some more leafy greens, cucumbers and tomatoes. I will not forget to mention that they really drenched the salad in a sour vinaigrette. It was just a bit excessive and after a time, made me wince at the tartness.
I will say, however, that our waitress was exceptional. We sat at the bar so she was taking our order as well as being the bartender. She was still very attentive as our server and would check up on us the appropriate amount of times, without being overbearing.
Aside from the exceptional service, I don't normally have the best fokd experiences at Smash kitchen, and being even more limited now because of my dietary restrictions, I don't feel that I will come again.
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