Rose C.
Yelp
3.75
This new-ish restaurant/bar/entertainment space was about a block away from my office and we were looking for a spot to celebrate a friend's departure. My teammate made a reservation in advance, which was easy enough. The ten of us walked there and after only a minute or so of waiting, our table was ready. It was a high table, the chairs were comfy, and the table spacious. There were also hooks right behind us which was great for our purses and backpacks.
We arrived during happy hour and they had a separate menu with things like salads, fries, oysters, sliders, etc. The whole table ordered drinks and we started off with two orders of fries, bread, shishito, one salad, and two orders of popcorn.
A colleague came like 5 minutes later, and our waitress came back but instead of walking over to her to take her order, the waitress stood at the opposite end of the table to take her order. The music was loud and there was conversation, so naturally my colleague was saying what she wanted and the waitress couldn't hear. There was no lack of space, she could've easily walked over. After a couple of "What???'s" the waitress finally walked to the opposite end to take her order.
Three of our colleagues are vegetarian, so veggie friends be warned - there aren't many options here. You can have popcorn, the shishito peppers (which actually are not even vegan because they have tuna salt on it), and the salad. The salad is delicious btw. We also asked our waitress for other vegetarian options and she recommended the seafood LOL. When we said that wasn't vegetarian, she said "Oh, because of the egg?" No, friend! Because of the seafood!
We had some trouble ordering the oysters too - we tried to order them twice and there just seemed to be some misunderstanding about the amount. There's a minimum of 3 oysters per order, so we said three orders of three - which is NINE oysters. What came out was just three. So we ordered again :)
Overall though the food was pretty good - bread soft and warm, butter amazing, salad a bit overdressed but DELICIOUS, pork belly sliders very filling for just two, oysters sweet and fresh, shishito peppers delectable, popcorn tasty but skippable, and drinks were all prettily made.
The service could definitely use some work. Everyone is friendly and kind, and they definitely want to help, but the attention to detail and repeat-backs could use some support.
Would go again for happy hour!