{Actual Date of Visit: 12/9/2011}
Oh where do I begin?...I had a Living Social Deal for Limelight. I was looking forward to coming here because the menu looked amazing. We arrived on a Friday night around 8:15 pm. Cute spot, modern decor. It was surprising slow, but I was excited about my friends and I having more personalized attention! I decided to order a Portobello Burger. Guess what ladies and gentlemen? They ran out! At first I thought the waitress was joking. With a slight smirk on her face, she told me she wasn't. Oooo, that didn't go over well with me at all. A hungry NY vegetarian who can't get what she wants to eat on a Friday night. Bad business. (Sorry I'm spoiled in the restaurant department.) My friends ordered while I tried to think of a new game plan. One of my friends has food allergies, so when she began to ask about certain ingredients in the entrees. Guess what again? The waitress didn't know. Huh? Do you really work here hon?
Noticing my frustration, my friend asked to speak to the manager to try to figure out some sort of accommodation for me; because besides the salads, there aren't many vegetarian options there. The manager (Mike?) to his credit was extremely personable and figured out a way to make the Accurate Vegetarian Dipping Sticks into a falafel-like sandwich for me. It wasn't what I was in the mood for, but it actually came out pretty good! Thank God for him, because that waitress would have earned him a 1 star review.
The friend with food allergies ordered the Caneohe Burger without the bun, it was a little burnt. And my other friend loved her Pesterella Burger! I don't eat meat, but It did look tasty. All of us enjoyed the sweet potato fries.
The pineapple skinny cosmo was just ok and the first dessert, the chocolate chip cannoli was really not good at all. It was pasty with a strange aftertaste. I'm used to creamy goodness seeping out of a cannoli with a crisp shell. So we decided to try again with the chocolate fudge filled cupcake. It was fine. I was so disappointed with my experience at Limelight because I really wanted to like the place, but there were way too many snafus. *sigh*