I'd been to Ixia before, so I suggested it to my boyfriend when deciding where to go for Valentine's Day. When we arrived, things went smoothly as they took our coats and we were seated immediately. It quickly went downhill from there. Not only did our waitress not appear within 15 minutes of us being seated, it took almost another 20 minutes to get our drinks (okay, so about 15 minutes to get mine, 25 minutes to get his). Although our waitress completely fell off the face of the earth after taking our order, we did receive our starters in a reasonable amount of time. Around an hour and a half after being seated, our drinks were empty, we were starving and had not seen nor heard from anyone regarding our entrees. By the time we got our entrees 2 HOURS after being seated, they were cold and the "entrees" were about half the size they should have been (a $30 hanger steak was smaller than a deck of cards and accompanied by 5 fries). Ixia may have been forgiven for the remarkably TERRIBLE service, due to the Valentine's Day rush, but absolutely not for the size and quality of the food for the price we paid. I'll never return to Ixia and neither will my first-time boyfriend. He's still complaining about having to go to Wendys after our 2.5 hour, $200 meal.
Pros: Beautiful ambience, live music
Cons: Service, cold food, size of entrees
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