Ed D.
Yelp
It's a little unreal just how terrible the service here is. I've never seen anything like it. And this is not a one-off, this review is based off of 15+ visits over more than a year. Something is deeply broken with their system. The only reason we come back is for a Pizookie and because we apparently don't know how to learn a lesson. Some things I've encountered here:
- Almost as a rule, no waiter comes to the table until 10 minutes have passed at minimum. The place can be empty, it doesn't matter.
- Wait time for food is equally unreasonable. I've waited an hour for a plate of nachos--and no, they were not remotely busy.
- In general, waiters come by so rarely, and flagging down a waiter is both necessary and nearly impossible. On one occasion we waited 20 minutes to be acknowledged after being seated, and that was after flagging down maybe five different waiters and requesting that they call our server, until we called the manager. Ultimately the manager took our order and our payment, with maybe two other servers dropping off the food and drinks without a word. You could have lined up every employee and we would not have been able to point out our server.
- Once asked for water throughout the meal every time we saw the waiter, got our first glass literally with the check.
- Was told they couldn't make the nachos because they were out of their chipotle cheese sauce. Fine, we told the waiter we'd get two other smaller appetizers instead. When the food was ready (after of course an eternity) he came to the table with nachos and one of the other appetizers, no explanation until we caught him later and asked. Apparently they found some last drizzle of sauce and decided to adjust our order without asking. Emphasis on drizzle, there was so little cheese, it would've been better to drop it instead of "surprise" us.
- Payment is always a hassle. Check gets dropped off, then radio silence for 15 minutes. After a night of unbearably slow service at least don't hold us hostage!
And now to my last visit, which is absolutely my *last* visit. Slow service, yadda yadda, except this time the food comes out cold. Like I'm talking it's been sitting out so long the sauce is congealing. Was starving so didn't make a thing out of it, did not want to wait another hour, and besides the food isn't the main event here for us, the Pizookies are.
Pizookie comes out: burnt. See picture. Flavor profile: ash. On any other day I might have just taken the L but after a night of cold dishes I was done. Called the waiter back, said, "I'm sorry but could we--" at which point he already starts reaching right for the burnt Pizookie to take it back and says, "No problem, I'm sorry." In other words he was aware he served us bad food, I didn't even need to explain. He knew, and just hoped we'd shut up and eat it?? It's crazy to me. The meal was so disgusting, I'm mad at myself for not returning the cold food too. And to add: the place was not remotely busy.
I guess twentieth time's the charm, won't be back. I don't care what BJ's replies to this, if they even reply--this restaurant needs a reset, it's a mess. Save yourself.