We had been to the Yard House in Hallandale Beach about two years ago and the experience was not a good one; we had decided to not go back ever again (plus it was too far).\r
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Pros: Large Menu\r
Vegetarian Meals\r
Large Wine & Beer Menu\r
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Cons: Noisy \r
Cold temperatures inside\r
Terrible service\r
Long Waits\r
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Orange Peel Chicken- 4 Stars (Be aware that this meal is 2100 calories)\r
Peanut Chicken Salad- 4 Stars (Extremely spicy, wouldve been 5 stars if less spicier, 900 cals)\r
Hamburger- 3 Stars (Go to Grande Lux Cafe for a 10x better burger, 1100 cals)\r
Caesar Salad- 3 Stars (Watery dressing, 600 cals for a small)\r
Garlic Noodle Chicken- 4 Stars (Small dish, 1500 cals)\r
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Seven of us had arrived on a Tuesday night around 6:15 p.m. After being seated almost immediately, we noticed how loud this restaurant was and remembered it was never that loud before. Once we finally got our drinks, the waitress Amy didn't come back to take our orders for probably another 30 minutes. My mom and I were going to share a meal and decided to go with the Orange Peel Chicken (16.95) since the waitress had said it was "big enough to share." My dad ordered a hamburger my brother ordered the kids chicken nuggets. The friends we were with ordered the Gardien hamburger, Small Caesar salad, and a garlic noodle chicken or something named similar to that with a caesar salad. \r
Finally after a good 20 minutes the starter salad came out with some bread and butter. Most of our drinks by now were gone with the waitress no where in sight. \r
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40 minutes later with starving stomaches, we finally got the food. The garlic noodle chicken dish seemed to be quite small. My orange peel chicken that I was sharing came out with about 4-5 pieces of chicken and was cold. The hamburger for my dad was also cold and the grilled veggies he got with it were ice cold. The waitress only came back maybe 10 minutes after the food was served to see how everything was. We sent back the chicken and said it was cold and the waitress said another one would be prepared. We had also asked for a Chicken Peanut Salad (name may not be right) since we knew very well that 5 pieces of chicken is NO WHERE near enough to share. My dad had also said the veggies were cold so she said she would get some new ones for him. 40 minutes later our chicken and salad finally came out steaming and the chicken had about double the amount of pieces in it. Another 15 minutes went by before my dad got his veggies. The waitress had to be constantly reminded about refills because she was always no where to be found. When we took a bite into the salad, it was so spicy that our lips were stinging for the next hour and we could barely eat any of it. It may state that it is a "spicy vinaigrette" but does it no where state that your mouth will be completely on fire and you wont be able to eat the dish. The waitress said it should be a little spicy. That dish was not a little spicy at all.\r
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We finally got the checks and by this time our friends had left since they werent going to sit there and wait another hour for us to eat our food. They took the orange peel chicken off of our bill for the inconvenience, but in our minds our whole meal should've been free for all of the problems. \r
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Definitely NEVER going back to this restaurant again.
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