I had one of those feelings as we walked toward the restuarant and the paint was peeling worse than our lazy neighbor's house. We went on a Wednesday evening, expecting it to be fairly slow, but the place was so dead there were waitstaff passing time at the bar, which is never a good sign.
The food was truly awful. The "fillet" tasted of liver and the burger of cardboard. The side of veggies must have been frozen and the salad was pulled pre-made from a fridge as the carrots had a nice dried-out look to them.
The veggie dip came with a thick, white hair and my side order of mushrooms and onions never came at all.
On the plus side they gave us a free flatbread with blue cheese appetizer for being first-time customers (actually the best thing we had) and the service was attentive. Also, inexpensive - we had $100 in gift cards and didn't make it through 2/3 of it. Our attentive waiter made 50%.
A surreal dining experience. It was a parody of itself.
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