I made a reservation at the Fat Canary and asked if they would recommend another restaurant in Williamsburg, VA of their caliber. They suggested The Blue Talon so I had relatively high expectations. From the moment I walked in I was disappointed and decided to give it a chance anyway. The decor looked as if it was best suited to lunch and I still had high hopes of a good meal. My girlfriend?s mother had been there before for lunch so we maintained a positive outlook on the evening. We ordered champagne that was flat and they replaced it with a more expensive bottle that we had to pay for which was fine because it was a better bottle. We ordered our food and had appetizers and before I had finished my salad the server asked if we were ready for our food and I said 5 more minutes please. By the time we received our food the burger my girl friend ordered was dry and she asked for mayonnaise. Her burger also had wilted, brownish lettuce on it that didn?t look very appetizing. She had requested crisp french fries and they were cold and tasted old. They asked her if something wasn't to her liking and she told them about the fries. They brought her new fries that were warmer and they were soggy and tasted like old oil. The dish her mother got was dry due to waiting the extra 5 minutes and she had sent it back and when my girlfriend finally received her mayo, she cut into the burger and found it to be rare when she asked for it to be medium. My steak was fine since I asked for it rare and it was, although it was the same color as my girlfriend?s medium burger. All of a sudden it was time to bring the meal to a close and deserts were not on our minds at all. I have to say that I would never recommend this restaurant to anyone. The food was mediocre at best and the servers bumped into the back of my girlfriend?s chair a number of times without an apology. They did take things back and they never offered us anything as compensation for our inconvenience including an apology.
Pros: Our expectaions due to the recomendation from the Fat Canary
Cons: food, service, atmosphere, limited menu, old cold fries
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