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| - I really expected more when I came to this restaurant for the first (and last) time. It took about 20 minutes to get menus for the table, a subsequent 20 to get a drink order - all in all it took us about 3.5 hours to eat. Keep in mind this was just the servers inattention. The table shared a bottle of wine, however I don't drink so I asked for sparkling water. You guessed it - 20 minutes! There was a packed house and it seemed like service was really backed up (go figure). When we finally got our plates, it was a joke really. One slice each of "seasonal vegetables" (beet, sweet potato, green beans, carrot) and a bloody duck breast, with its serving of 2TBSP of rice. My husband received 3 scallops. Three! (Keep in mind the plate was ~$25) I've been to upscale restaurants before, so I was under no expectation that I would get a large portion of food. However when the (barely 200calories) worth of food came out on my plate, I was a little put off. Realizing that the vegetables had no flavour, and that the blood from my duck breast had completely ruined my plate anyways (imagine a swamp of blood on the bottom of your plate) I gave up. By this point the server had mixed tap water into my sparkling, and completely disappeared. It took her about 20 minutes to replace the water she ruined, as she plopped the bottle down on the table, unopened, and walked away. As I've said, I have eaten and several "fancy" restaurants (as well as have worked in them) and this food + service was unacceptable. I'll never go back, and I've already told many of my family and friends about my experience there.
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