"I was excited for the opportunity to support a new restaurant (for us) during Oakland Restaurant week unfortunately it was a disappointing experience on all levels. We arrived about 8 minutes before our 7:45 reservation, told that we were early and the table wasn’t ready so we could wait in the bar. No problem we go over to bar, sit down and my husband goes to the bar to order a drink. Goes to pay and the bartender says it’s a $10 minimum for credit cards okay then just move it to our tab when our table is ready. She replies back that she is way too busy to do that? Cash please?! Finally get seated at 8:10 (though we watch 3 empty tables). The waitress acknowledges the wait and apologies then disappears....finally order the restaurant week special menu. It’s $40 per person. Soup it was okay served in an odd old cup/saucer. My husband had the risotto (good but served on an entirely wrong plate) and I had the roasted chicken. It was one of the worst plates I’ve had at any restaurant mushy quinoa and brown rice, no flavor chicken (a chicken leg and 2 thighs, rubbery and no seasoning) and Swiss chard with absolutely no flavor and cut with stems that were rock solid. I was offered to try something else off the menu, but we had already been waiting for so long. I passed but asked for salt and pepper seriously table salt? Yuck. Dessert was okay but a 2 bite piece of cake. I get portion control, but really kind of embarrassing. They took off the additional $12 glass of wine as an apology but with tax and tip it was still over $100 for a HORRIBLE meal. Fix your tables and chairs, consider not placing tables by the kitchen entrance super distracting."
