Lauren J.
Yelp
Tried to walk into Hexx for Saturday brunch and it wasn't happening. The bf and I started calling other brunch places with good ratings and ended up getting a reservation at The Smashed Pig. We took an Uber to the restaurant, which is in the Fremont District.
The restaurant was fairly empty when we arrived. There was no one at the front desk, so we stood around for a few minutes until someone came up front. I told the host my name for the reservation and she starred blankly at the list and started shaking her head. Meanwhile, I could see my name at the top of the list... For some reason, we were crossed off, even though we were exactly on time for the reservation I had called in 30 minutes beforehand. Ok... She said it would be a wait and went to the back. Meanwhile, 3 or 4 other parties filed in behind us and were waiting and waiting. When the host came back, she said "Oh, shit" and seemed frazzled. Again - there were only like 3 parties in the entire space and we were still waiting. Needless to say the front of house operations were whack. Once we finally got seated, things got better.
Our party of 3 was seated in the back room and we were greeted by our server. We all ordered the unlimited mimosas and they said we could order one flavor at a time because they came in a carafe. No problemo! Unfortunately, they were out of the "cool" flavors like peach and guava, so we ended up with the mainstream pineapple, orange and cranberry. Seems like bad planning for the start of weekend brunch, but oh well. They kept the carafes coming and we each consumed 1 to ourselves by the end of our meal :-)
For food, I ordered the Smashed Cubano sandwich that came with fries. It was pretty flavorful - no complaints. I couldn't eat it all, so my boyfriend happily downed the rest. I also checked in on Yelp and got free monkey bread, which was cool. By that time, I was kind of full, but we all ate a bit and it was a sweet ending to our brunch meal. The server came by at a good clip and we never ran out of mimosas - a big deal to me if you're paying for unlimited. The food was good and I was happy that we were able to make a last minute reservation on a Saturday morning. If they get their host operation up to snuff, they'll go from good to great!