Samah K.
Yelp
I came here with my sister on a Sunday evening. The restaurant was pretty much empty, despite the Avalon being such a busy and happening area, so maybe that should've been my first red flag. Immediately upon entering, we noticed a terrible stench, it smelled like a sewer pipe has busted. For that reason, we chose to sit outside. It was a little warm outside, and they didn't have the ceiling fans turned on, so we felt hot.
Our server (Heather R.) came and brought us some waters and said she would be back. When she came back to us, she didn't ask us about drinks or starters, went just straight into taking our entree order, which is unusual, but I can overlook it. I had checked in on Yelp prior to being seated, and I received a Yelp offer for free fries. I told her I wanted to redeem the offer during that visit, but since my entree already came with fries, she offered to give me a side of fries to-go. I was fine with this.
Finally she took our food order. I got the Avalon Burger and my sister got the same. The food came out fast. Fries were not good. Burger was EXTREMELY GREASY. I'm talking dripping in oil. This made the burger nasty. All I could focus on was the amount of oil that was dripping off the burger. So ridiculous.
After eating, we got the bill and to no surprise it was $50 (again, only for 2 people... all we ordered was 2 entrees and 2 sodas). It was extremely expensive for the lackluster food we got. She also never gave me my fries she promised me that was a part of the Yelp check-in offer. I don't understand why restaurants will offer Yelp users deals and then not live up to their word when a user actually tries to use the deal. I don't ever recommend anyone coming here, it'll just be a waste of money and time. Terrible food, terrible smell coming from the establishment, and terrible service.