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| - Brava made Avenue Magazine's top 10 restos in 2013 so I took my spouse for Father's Day. All of the food was fine and cooked well, not spectacular but fine. We had lobster gnocchi, which was actually the best dish of the evening, scallops, short beef ribs and crispy roast chicken. Similar to things I would make myself at home. No fancy plating or presentation here.
But the service was so dismal. Although our waiter was nice enough, he was completely useless. We poured our own wine from the bottle, had to get up and get the pepper mill and serve ourselves, he forgot to order our entrees, he took away our bread and butter when it was half done (why?), and we had to ask for our bill and wait about 20 minutes. After the 20 minute marker of waiting to pay, I decided to go in from the patio and ask him again. I saw him coming in the front door. I don't know where he was, or if he was just opening it for other guests but by this point I was pretty annoyed. The only reservation I could get was 5pm and we left about 6:30. The restaurant was pretty dead, maybe 30% capacity, so I'm not sure why the little details of good service were overlooked.
I think Avenue Mag missed the mark on this one. Top 10? I don't think so.
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