Cornelius G.
Yelp
Mane. After two years of wanting to return to P14, I'm sad to report that unfortunately I did not have a good experience. Now, understand that I have been going to this restaurant for years and I used to tell everybody to go specifically for their Pound Cake French Toast (it was made with the guidance of the Patron Saint of French Toast .. it was sooo good), but amazingly they removed it from the menu at some point between 2019 and now. [Side-Bar: Why do restaurants always remove their best items?! Like who are they surveying? Probably the same weirdos that Family Feud surveys with those wild a$$ answers.]
Anyway, I saw that the pound cake french toast was gone but I had faith in the rest of the dood being good like I remembered it, so I booked a reservation anyway. Wow, did they let me alllllll the way down!!!!
Service: First of all, they now have a 1 Hr. max table seating time per reservation if you aren't doing the Bottomless Mimosas ($28 pp), but if you ARE doing the Bottomless Mimosas is 1.5 Hr. Seating Time Max. The hostess sat me down and told me this TWICE. Ma'am.. okay.. I heard you sheesh! This is cool I guess to keep tables churning, but my friend was running about 7 minutes late and the waiter kept emphasizing that my time had started and I had to make a MIMOSA DECISION ASAP lol. Mira amigo... tranquilo por favor!! Chilll mane! I don't drink mimosas so I was feeling the pressure. My friend gets there at 1:07p (reservation was for 1p), and she doesn't want mimosas and our server seemed very let down and was very aggressive/curt. This high pressure mimosa sales routine was weird and uncomfortable, and the waiter was all over the place as far trying to keep up with the growing crowd.
Food Ordered:
French Toast- basic challah style with a few berries and some sweet drizzle. It was not flavored well at all, like they didn't add anything to the egg dip and the drizzle was barely sweet. Totally not worth the whopping $17 price tag for two slices with no sides.
Huevos Rancheros- These were alright but also under-seasoned. Like they need to really go hire somebody's abuela to help with this flavor profile or just add some Adobo primo.. sheesh. I've had better from food trucks. Amazingly these cost $17 just like the two slices of french toast, which supports my point about the a la carte toast being over-priced.
Hangover Burger- my friend ordered this burger cooked medium, but it came out cooked super well-done. She reluctantly sent it back and got a new one that was also not cooked properly medium, but was just not as dry as the first one. She was dissatisfied with the burger but she pushed through because she was starving. I tasted it since she didn't want to finish it, and it wasn't that bad. It didn't taste as good as the description sounds on the menu, but it wasn't complete trash. We suspect that the burger is made from a frozen patty which is why it was probably hard to achieve a good medium temp. Booo.
Drinks:
Tequila Sunrise- good flavor and strong
Espresso Martini- good flavor but not strong
Ambiance: I've always loved the decor and setup in here, and that hasn't changed, and there was a lot of attractive folks out there in groups, so grab your girls or guys and go mingle if you looking for a new bae! However, you better mingle fast, because you only got an hour! Logawt!
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