About 20 of us went to Anthony’s for a work party. The majority of the group got there at 5:15pm and seated immediately at the 3 tables reserved for us. At 5:30 we were only missing 4. By 5:40 we were all there. I was one of the ones that got there at 5:30. It took 25 minutes for the waitress (Jill, who was very nice,) to bring my drink. Somebody said there was a special menu for orders before 6pm.
About 5:45 we asked for the menus or to be told what the specials are. We probably got those menus around 6:30.
I will say here that we had some appetizers. Maybe 5 between 20 people? We weren’t exactly running them to death. The following is from my cell texts-
7:02pm eating salad
I was in the middle round of food served for dinner. 3 people got theirs & ate it before mine & 3 others came. We were half way done with our dinners when the last wave of entrees came out
7:45pm dinner just came
8:17pm bored texting
Dessert came
8:28 the bill came
I will be one of the first to agree that 3hrs is not unusual for dinners on special occasions. I grew-up in a family restaurant and worked at the Keg for 3yrs when I moved here. I get it. That said, service sucked last night. They were very pleasant when they were around but they were never around unless they were carrying something out from the kitchen/bar.
It’s inexcusable that 3 people were done with their food, completely done, plates shoved away before the next portion of the groups food came out and then we were half done before the last round. Seriously! 4 people of 8 at our table were half done before the other 4 got their food. The table that ate first were basically asleep waiting for the other 2 tables to get theirs & eat.
I had the salmon beurre blanc with mashed potatoes. The salmon was medium well. The sauce too mild. The mashed potatoes were shiny. They were good but shiny. I ate the salmon because I’d been craving salmon, not because it was good. I kept telling my friend I shouldn’t even eat the salmon but I felt obligated. But the mashed potatoes were good.
For dessert I had crème brulee. It was cold. The sugar glaze was cold and too thick and it was starting to get a little soggy. When I cracked it, as think as it was, it didn’t make any noise.
I heard one person laughing “Too funny, it’s all cold but the saucer is hot.”
I gave Anthony’s 2 stars out of hope that they will do better in the future. As for me, even at happy hour prices, I’m not interested in going back.
Pros: Good happy hour
Cons: Service was very slow
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