China Johnson
Google
I made a reservation to visit this establishment on June 14, 2025. My wife and I arrived before our reservation time which was at 6:00 pm and we waited about 15 minutes before someone came to greet and seat us. There were two other parties that I guess made reservations at the same time so the hostess looked really overwhelmed, however she worked it out and started asking us all questions about our reservations and seating. Between ourselves and other party waiting at the same time, we were asked if we would like to be seated downstairs or upstairs. We chose the upstairs because we felt it might be more intimate, and it was okay. The art work was very nice and was a wonderful talking point while we waited for service. The tables could be a bit bigger, or at least longer to support if you would like to order a number of dishes. We waited for about 22 minutes before anyone came to get us drinks. I honestly am the one that is very critical of restaurants because in my experience, well ran restaurants have a system of how they operate to keep the flow of a great dining experience, so I was ready to walk out. She wanted to stay because she really wanted to try this place, so we stayed. Our server, a very upbeat, and knowledgeable young man came to service us and I appreciate him asking how long we had been there. I told him we have been seated for 22 minutes. He promptly apologized and asked us for our drink orders. He hurried and got the drinks, which we had two waters, and I ordered some kind of lemon berry cocktail. It was really good. When he returned, we had questions about some of the dishes and he was very detailed and patient. He even suggested dishes he thought were very good. My wife ordered the whole fish with veggies, and I ordered the goat with veggies. When the food came to the table it looked very good, however, my rice and veggies were ice cold! 🥶 We also had to eat with plastic utensils, because well as the server said, people take the silverware!IDK, just what we were told! 🤦🏿♂️ I notified the server about my dish and proceeded to eat just the goat, which was very good. During our meal, I was bit turned off and annoyed because some of the other parties from downstairs came up to view the art work and just to take a look around the upstairs. I was annoyed because I didn't like people walking past my food and drinks. They should direct their customers to come upstairs using only the front staircase to avoid this type of issue because that just didn't sit right with me. My wife's entree was very good though and she enjoyed it. The server accommodated the issue with my entree which I was very pleased because he was very apologetic. All in all, my personal opinion, I would be okay with not returning. My experience wasn't one that so many people post online as spectacular! A lot of them notify these businesses that they are food bloggers in the order to get the spectacular experience. This obviously can't be said for people that spend their hard earned money just to enjoy good food.