MAN: Hello! Is this for dine in or take out?
ME: Dine in.
MAN: Okay! Have a seat!
** ME sits at a two-top table by door **
MAN: No not there! (Gestures to seat at four-top with one setting)
ME: Ooookaaaayyy....
So, an odd way to start my dining experience, but it didn't really get much worse than that. Otherwise the guy was pretty friendly. It was a small place, only a few tables (of which I must have picked the wrong one), but clean and quiet -- the perfect place for a quick break while running errands, all conveniently on the corner of Warm Springs and Arroyo Grande.
I went to my absolute favorite dish, Pineapple Fried Rice. It usually combines the sweet with the savory with the spicy perfectly. But this place just didn't hack it.
First, I had to ask what kind of meat came in it. Almost everywhere I've been has had either chicken, pork, beef, or something mixed in. Then he told me it was just the pineapple and the fried rice, but he said I could order some meat with it, so I got some beef added in. Again, odd, but not too off-putting.
The portion was nice and big... and pretty plain. It was just pineapple, egg, and a tiny bit of green onion on top. Don't most fried rices come with more veggies? At the very least some carrots and peas, right? Not this one. And it was pretty bland. I was kind of disappointed. It wasn't BAD, per se, but it left a lot to be desired.
I don't know how the rest of the dishes are, so maybe I just caught them on an off-day, but I don't know if I'll ever be back to find out.