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| - I was curious about the place because it was a gluten free restaurant. We purchased a voucher for it so we decided to visit this place for lunch.
The location is good because it's on 17th.. But I think the sign for the restaurant is not very eye catching. They should rethink of their logo/sign for the restaurant.
The inside of the restaurant is okay, it is more like a small coffee shop or fast food restaurant kind of feel rather than a real restaurant. For the prices they charge though, I think that they need to upgrade their interior somehow.
It was a big hassle trying to sit down and order because the groupons' fine prints state that you need to make a reservation in order to have your voucher honoured. I had made a reservation but the name under the reservation did not match the name on the groupon and they made a really big fuss about it before finally letting us order. We later saw another table that came in to use their groupon and I thought the owner was very rude, she kept saying that you were supposed to make a reservation before you could use the groupon.. But she said she would let the customer use the groupon this time, as if she was doing the customer a huge favour. I saw the customer roll her eyes after the owner went away.. Talk about "great" customer service. I think if you are going to treat people badly because they purchased a groupon, they will likely never return. If you can't handle the business from selling vouchers, then you shouldn't sell them at all.
Anyway, when they finally got around to giving us the menus, our server came and told us that basically half of the stuff on the menu was not available because they were out of ingredients.. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't think this is very professional or acceptable for a restaurant. I don't mind if they are missing one or two items on the menu.. but literally HALF?
We ordered an appetizer, two mains and a dessert. The appetizer was a chicken tostada (I can't remember the exact name and cannot find a menu online). It was delicious, I highly recommend this, if you ever visit them.
We also ordered the mac and cheese and the pork for our mains. The mac and cheese was decent but was pretty small in size and the pork was dry.. the sauce was too sweet for me and I did not enjoy the pork overall.
We were still feeling hungry after the meal so we ordered a dessert, it was waffles with ice cream. I thought it was pretty good, and if you are celiac and wanting some good waffles, this is probably a good place to go.
I think the bill came to a total of $60+ so I basically paid about $40+ (as my voucher was $20 for $40 worth of food) which is a really really expensive lunch if you ask me!
I think that the only big selling point of this restaurant is the gluten free factor. Seeing that I do not have any dietary restrictions, I do not feel I would return as there are lots of other places to eat on 17 avenue.
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