This weekend we had dinner for 6 there. Our friends had been there once before a year ago. They recommended it despite the ""kinks"" that were being worked out. They said it was because the place was new. Fine...
But I found L'Andana to be a disappointment. First, the place is on RT3A in Burlington. The Burlington House of Pizza and Building 19 are up the street. There's no reason for Valet parking. Not only is it unnecessary, in today's economy, it lets ""pretentiousness"" become the first impression. The bar was nice. Good people, great drinks, lots of buzz. By the time we got to our table, we found the service was abysmal. It took 10 mins to get drinks. We weren't asked for our order until 40 mins after being seated. The place was never full, despite being a Saturday.
I had soup for an appetizer and it took almost 5 mins to get a spoon. We ordered red wine for our main dish and it didn't arrive until we were nearly finished. Most of us ordered steak. My wife and I had just had it the night before, so I had the duck; she had the chicken. The duck was dry (precooked?) and drenched in a berry sauce. The chicken was bizarre. It was a flattened, breaded and unoriginal. To be fair, I after I complained about the wine, they comped our desserts.
The food at L'Andana is decent (not great), but for what we paid, we could have headed into Boston for a less ""pedestrian"" menu and a lot better service.
Pros: Nice bar
Cons: Terrible service
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