What do you do when a restaurant has great food, but can't get their service together? Go somewhere else; there's plenty of great food out there.
Taste of Dahntahn sets you up for disappointment from the get-go. The name conjures images of native Pittsburghers in their black and gold, eating pierogis and chip-chopped ham, and "warshing it dahn" with an IC Light. Aside from the name and pierogis on the menu, nothing here says Pittsburgh. Large cut-outs of Marilyn and Elvis, multicolored abstract art, a Hollywood poster and lots of red in the front room - just what are they trying to be?
There is a huge, cool backlit menu sitting on the table when you arrive. One menu. I want my own menu. Now, the missus and I like to plan our meals (calorie counting) by going to the website ahead of time. Don't bother. The website is not up-to-date. For that matter, neither is the menu. On November 14(!) our cool backlit menu had their summer caprese salad, which is not available.
Our server placed bread plates on the table after we placed our order. After we finished our salads (Artisan Field Greens; Beet Salad - delicious, btw) I asked our server. "Was there bread." "Oh, you didn't get bread? I'll make sure our manager gets you some." The bread arrived as we were finishing our entrees (Virginia Spots; Deconstructed Lasagne - also delicious).
Our drinks (water, iced tea, coffee) were never refilled without asking. Sometimes we asked and were forgotten.
Great food? Sure. Going back? Probably not.