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54th Street Grill

54th Street Grill

1303 South IH 35, San Marcos, Texas, USA, 78666, United States

Pasta • Vegan • Grill • Burgers


"Time arrived 4pm on a Saturday (not busy . Party of 4 First and foremost, the service during our visit was horrible. When I first walked in, it took the staff about to minutes to acknowledge I was even standing there (after they were done looking at their phones . Once I was able to be added to the list the wait time was fairly short only took about 8 minutes for the text to come thru on my phone informing me the table was ready. My wife, 2 kids and I were seated and our waiter immediately came to take our drink orders (did not provide his name later found out his name is Adrian our receipt . My wife, daughter and I ordered unsweetened tea while my son ordered Sprite. We received our drinks but there was no sugar provided (or any on the table . My wife also noticed there was a lipstick stain on her glass. When we were finally able to get our waiter 's attention we informed him of the tainted cup and our lack of sugar. We responded, oh ok , took my wife 's glass and headed off into the kitchen. He returned moments later with few packets of sugar and a new glass of tea only this time there was no ice. When asked why, the waiter replied, I could of sworn I heard 'no ice '... be right back before walking away again. After about 10 minutes (and several passes from the waiter we still did not receive the cup of Ice and we assumed our waiter just forgot our request so we had to remind him once again and he finally returned with the cup of ice. The service didn 't improve from there we had to request silverware for the table once our food arrived and both times we requested refills for our drinks our server Adrian appeared to be annoyed by the request. On the plus side, the food didn 't take long to come out. We all ordered burgers that were seasoned well (and the fries were great! . If you can make it past the service staff, there 's some potentially good food to be had here, it 's just not worth the hastle for me personally given that there are many other restaurant choices in the area. Would not eat here again"

El Patron

El Patron

1030 Freeland Dr Salisbury, NC 28144-5175, United States

Pizza • Seafood • Mexican • Fast Food


"Our family took my daughter to El Patron for her 6th birthday in March, and from the moment we entered were treated as burdens rather than guests. We waited over 30 minutes to have our orders taken. The waiter, Alex was extremely rude, cutting my wife off when she had questions about the menu and acting exacerbated when we asked for more chips. At one point he moved his hands hurriedly as if to tell us to wrap it up We asked if we could have the waiters sing happy birthday to my daughter as that was the entire reason she wanted to go there. He gave us a sour look but said nothing. Our food finally did come out 45 minutes after we ordered, is was dried out, lost much of its flavor and had clearly been sitting under heat lamps for an extended period of time. Long after finishing our meal Alex finally appeared at our table for the first time since he slapped down our food in front of us. He handed us the check and informed us bluntly that he was too busy and would not be singing to our daughter. It seems the only thing Alex did successfully that day way upset a 6 year old on her birthday.I have waited a long time to post this review as I wanted to let mysef cool off from how angry I was at the time. Let me be clear. At one time I loved El Patron, I had gone there since it opened and for a long time it was the best place in town in both quality and price. Sadly much has changed there. The service has has become abysmal. It saddens me to have to have written this review, I always admired George the owner as a model restaurateur, he has always made himself visible, often working behind the bar or as a server, and in the past their was almost always a manager on the floor who would check up on tables at least once a meal. I hope those days return at some point, however I'll never know as my family and I will never eat there again."