Kole I.
Yelp
I am sad to write this review because I wanted to find a new, fun restaurant with good service and food. First off, we were never greeted. Secondly, the table was dirty and full of leaves when seated. Although they cleaned the table for us, we were served with room-temperature water from a dated-looking glass wine bottle: no bread, no extras, only water. When we ordered our food, the waitress couldn't be bothered by telling us about any specials or recommendations. When it was clear we were not ordering alcohol, we were ghosted. Only five other tables were being served at this time. A bus person brought us our food; our server could not be bothered. The portion size was less than an appetizer size, and neither dish was that good for the required prices. I had the short ribs, and my wife had the salmon. My wife said I cooked a better salmon from frozen at Costco. My short ribs were cooked well, but there was no sauce, which was under-seasoned. The waitress brought us our check very quickly and ghosted us again.
The table beside us was ordering alcohol, and the waitress chatted them up a storm. They even talked about how great the drinks were and brought them beer samples.
I would never return to this restaurant due to the poor service, lack of food quality, and just plain disrespect from the wait staff because we didn't order alcohol. There are so many better restaurants in the Temecula area. We just tried this place in the hopes that we would find a new favorite restaurant. The prices are overpriced, and the food quality does not compensate for the amount of food charged.
I don't know how this restaurant stays in business, but there seem to be a lot of out-of-town tourists during this time of the year. We were seated next to a group of 12 people, which was a group of families. They had multiple small children and older grandparents. When we were leaving, I could see the family parents looking at the menu, obviously confused because there were no children's dishes. I felt sorry because they were in for lousy service, food, and retinyl portions.
I have reviewed many restaurants in Riverside County/San Diego and Orange County. This restaurant has to be one of the top three worst restaurants I have encountered in the last four years of yelping. I hope this restaurant's owners will consider my review and start providing quality food and service to patrons who are expected to pay ridiculously high food prices.
If it helps the owner to correct the server and cook (they do not deserve the chef title) this night, we had a reservation on 1-2-25 at 530 p.m. Our waitress (if it could be called that) was a female in her 20s, approximately 24 years old, about 5-5, with dark hair. She never offered her name. Pro Tip: do yourself a favor and visit Zen Curry in Temecula or Hana Sushi in Murritea. They are the only restaurants in the area that care about service and food quality.