thursday evening (11/4) my friend and i visited this place. seated promptly, the hostess was very pleasant. the server, not soooo much. seemed to be on some sort of "medication" or was just terribly snobby. he hovered around us and scrutinized our ID's after we ordered cocktails in an unprofessional way. i think a bit of judgement was passed on us, assuming that our small party, age (24-25) and casual dress would result in a low tab and small tip.
we ordered food and bread. the bread was fantastic, combined with the olive oil and the martini, was probably the best part of the meal. it was right out of the oven which unfortunately meant 15 minutes without bread only for it to arrive right as our food did. i poked around at my dish, thinking it looked oddly unfamiliar as i had ordered fish with brussel sprouts and this had romaine and carrots. i'm not particularly fussy so i decided to go with the order anyway. upon tasting it i realized it was not fish. not fish and RIDICULOUSLY salty. as in, burned my palate for the evening salty.
the crappy server showed up and WITHOUT SO MUCH AS AN APOLOGY snatched the plate out from in front of me and placed another down and said "this is actually your dish" in a way that implied i was somehow to blame. it was rude, unneccessary and kind of embarrasing. i can't say much about the food i ate, as my tongue couldn't shake the previous salty nightmare, but as for portion size it was enough to be filling. i can't believe how people can eat more than one plate here. gluttony is just awesome.
i'm just sad about this experience. if the server had merely been unattentive i would have been happier. i later asked him "out of curiousity, what was it that you served me?" and he snottily replied, "why, do you not eat meat?" and i said, "well, just fish. i try not to eat pork." and he said something along the lines of "ohhhhh". and that's it! still no apology! we tipped 15 percent to the penny.
Pros: nice space, good martini, my friend wanted to bathe in the olive oil
Cons: rude server
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