Watch what time you go, because there's a dead spot thirty minutes before the change. We arrived at 2:45p on a Saturday and were told that the kitchen had closed, even though they advertise on their website and on a sign in front of the restaurant ""Brunch 11a-3p."" Also, we were told that we couldn't sit in the restaurant side. We had to sit over in the bar area. Once we sat down, we were given the bar menu, which is still very full of goodies to eat. Our waiter came over and asked us if we wanted anything else to drink besides water. When we said, ""No,"" that's when things started to go downhill. He gave us a look like we were going to be a sucky table. We asked him for a few minutes to look over the menu. He returned five minutes later and took our order, then proceeded to tell us that he couldn't actually place it until after 3p, because that's when Happy Hour started. What does that have to do with placing a food order? It being 2:50, 10 minutes wasn't too much of a wait. At 3:10 he finally entered our order in. We know this because he was talking to a table outside until then and that was the time he returned. Luckily we ordered some cold items and they arrived right away. The oysters were what we expected, but their condiments (horseradish, vinegar and cocktail sauce) weren't in any way amazing. The ceviche was just ok. Super chunky, so it was difficult to eat. We ran out of saltines, and our waiter abandoned us again, so another staff member got us some. Another staff member brought us our hot items because our waiter was still outside talking to that same table. Our water glasses sat empty for most of the meal. We consistently had to ask someone else for things. I had to go outside to ask him for the check. The meal was just OK, but at $50 for two apps and two sandwiches, it was overpriced. This might be a two or three star review if the waiter had been better, and the advertised meal times not been disingenuous . The experience was just plain awful.
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