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| - We have not been back here since the disaster that was my mom's birthday dinner last year, May 24, 2011. We had a reservation for a weeknight, and when we were seated things seemed normal. Not sure how long it took us to order drinks, but they took quite a while to come. And then another long period before we could order. Sadly, we made the mistake of ordering appetizers before main meals, and that was terrible. Having ordered some wine, I kept sipping it but there was nothing to soak it up. After perhaps an hour since being seated, we were given a small bowl of bread well after some other tables.
All in all, we were in the restaurant over 1.5 hours before deciding to leave. At that time we had got our wine and water and a bowl of bread. Ridiculous. Since the appetizers were "almost done" we waited another 10 or so minutes to carry them out.
My brother, who had worked at an Indian restaurant in college, found out that the manager was away and there was basically the one server and the chef. And someone who was doing prep work and serving. Yeah. That doesn't work.
Thing is, this place has great food. We had been there in the past and while it is often slow, the food is delicious. They also have jazz on Thursday nights now.
However, because my mom's birthday dinner was ruined, I don't feel much like patronizing this place again. We weren't given any consideration for our celebration or apology, and we had to pay for the appetizers, though I think the drinks were taken off. We were lucky they didn't charge us for the dinner too, which we never got.
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