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| - This review is very late (we ate there 12-31-14), but I felt compelled to comment since I saw it listed as a "hot" new restaurant on Eater.com, which is a sight I typically trust. It is not "hot" nor is it good.
One giveaway that it's probably not so great is when you leave Sumo Maya's standing room only crowd and walk next door to Vivo and the dining room is half empty. But, we gave it a shot anyway.
First, the service was a incomprehensibly poor. We waiting at least 10 minutes to be greeted once sat and another table next to us just laughed along with us because they had arrived before us and were also still waiting. Once I got up and asked the host where our server was, someone came over and took a drink order. (At a really good restaurant, that host would simply come over and take the drink order immediately, not search for the server). We finally ordered drinks, and those took another 10 minutes. Service-wise it got slightly better from there, but then the food came.
Again, it was six months ago, but I remember one of us got the butternut squash pasta. It tasted like some pre-made sauce had been applied and the pasta texture was just weird. I also remember neither of us finished our meals and I believe we told the server the pasta was not good. We received not comps on the bill. Stay away from this joint.
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