When we went into Bagdad on Saturday afternoon, we arrived as business was picking up for the dinner rush. We only ended up waiting for a few minutes but due to the set-up of the restaurant/bar, we were left standing awkwardly in the corner next to a bar that is essentially impossible to navigate from one end to the other. The unfortunate folks who arrived after us were left crowded at the other end of the bar, a number of them standing within two feet of the table that we ended up seated at. It was kind of creepy to have hungry diners hovering over our table for almost half of our meal. We ordered fish & chips (both soggy w/ unremarkable tartar sauce, though the halibut did seem to be of decent quality), a tofu burrito, a chicken burrito & a roast beef sandwich. The chicken burrito was almost 2X the size of the tofu burrito & both came with a startlingly small amount of sour cream. None of the food was good enough to warrant returning even if we hadn't (later) had some of the the worst service I've ever experienced (& we tipped well!). We had left & stopped by a store close by to continue our shopping but realized shortly that one of our party had left behind a bag from shopping early that day. One friend ran back across the block to see if it could be found, the waiter who had served us had said it would be just a moment. The rest of us caught up about a minute later & proceeded to wait another 10 minutes while the waiter completely ignored us. He took orders for probably three tables, fiddled around on the computer & attended to something in the back of the restaurant. It wasn't as if it was busy, we had turned down help from another waitress thinking that he would be back soon. Finally the bartender returned & asked us if we needed something. We explained that we had thought someone else was helping us, but he was incredibly helpful and it took him less than 2 minutes to retrieve the bag and get us on our way. None of us will be returning to Bagdad for food.
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