I was very excited to try Bar 145 in the heart of Kent/ Acorn Alley. We came in this past Saturday evening. It was an early dinner service and the place was a bit crowded, but no wait line to get in.
I will start with the waitress we had. Very friendly and knew the menu. Able to suggest drinks and dishes. My drink was a champagne cocktail. A bit sweet but not bad. We got those rather quickly. The main issue we had was with the food.
My date ordered a burger which was on the menu and I ordered a cutting board platter with duck and some cheeses/ fruit that is meant as an appetizer and sounded perfect since I'm not a big eater.
Since it is an open place you are able to see right in the kitchen. They had plates that my date and I watched sit under a heat lamp for 15 to 20 minutes. I don't mind waiting for food, but I do mind if it has been sitting under a heat lamp longer than a Big Mac, especially since these are "gourmet" prices!!!
We questioned where our food was a few times, hoping it wasn't one of the MANY plates sitting around. We were told it would be up any minute for 20 minutes. When it finally came out, my duck was COLD and all dried out. My date cut into his burger and touched the middle. Cold. Like been at the morgue rotting cold. The fries were also cold. Not luke warm... Cold.
We sent the food back untouched. Which was hard for us to do since we had worked up an appetite by watching a galley full of food for an hour... However, not going to subject ourselves to mediocre food with a potential gastrointestinal flare up!!!
The waitress had the manager come out to ask if we wanted something else. We declined based on time and not wanting a repeat. He was noticeably pissed that we declined the offer and said that they are running 12 minutes from ticket to table (ummm your freakin clock is busted boss...or you are forgetting to include the 15 minute wait time on the sun lamp from hell block). So, after his rudeness and unapologetic attitude, we decided then to never return and make sure to let our friends know about the experience. We ended up heading to B-dubs and had a much better experience there.
On a side note... We sat by a bunch of other people (cell mates?) who were all complaining of the same issue.
I hope they can turn this around or there will be one less place in Kent.