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🤮 1/5 - AVOID like the plague!
By 👻 @Donny, 10/13/2020 3:00 am
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This "unfinished" glam hotel/restaurant with one of the worst locations in Menlo Park was charging big bucks (~ $750+/night), pre-COVID. The fancy bar drinks are mediocre, yet somewhat reasonable for the area & the patio can be nice if no smoke from the fires, extreme heat, or rain, that roughly lasted from Jan 2019 - June, as the venue apparently failed, and still has yet to take prudent measures to arrange some form of overhead tarp, or the likes thereof, so to take advantage of its a huge outside patio. (And now, with COVID - OUCH!)
The menu, outside of "petit" changes (e.g., and forgive the pun, the removal of the 40 ounce bone-in filet mignon & petite 16 oz (?) filet, converting to a simple, straight-up and pretty run of the mill generic filet w/ bone marrow), has changed little since its foolish clown chef consultants conceived it (just prior to the grand opening in October, 2018). They apparently didn't know that the venue's Frank's Hot Sauce-based signature Buffalo Lollipop Wing dressing contained vinegar - like... WHAT?) and not surprisingly, departed to “scoots-ville” shortly after the opening. Thereafter, the hotel/restaurant apparently went downhill fast, undergoing incredible staff turnover with multiple+ senior- to junior-level kitchen and general management departures.
With only four or five true protein main courses & some decent appetizers & sides (but no soup, nor bread (outside of expensive pan-baked-to-order ritzy ($) business), salt/pepper, butter, espresso & most other traditional accoutrements, many fine restaurant staples are noticeably absent from the O+V service offering (as are most great non-California-sourced wines).
In closing, any visitor or local should anticipate much more in respect to consistent food quality, traditional restaurant hospitality practices and professional service. A nice, but poorly executed idea, and unfortunately, the local owners, financiers & nearby residents are going to pay the price of this poorly managed farce of an eyesore, with sky-high prices, and little service value to offer to the community at large for years to come. If mini lobster tacos are the best bet ~ pass on the bet! (PS: Beware of absurd, hidden up-charges for things like "a classic cocktail," and ~ $30+ for a modest salad with a ~ 6 oz "side salmon.")
Lastly, I noticed that, generally, in addition to an ant infestation around the bar area (not surprising, given the citrus juice/syrup & garnish preparation and massive indoor/outdoor "cross-border" food and drink handling and lack of regular, sufficient best practice cleaning and bussing going on BEHIND THE BAR (forget about the kitchen!)). Apparently, the bartenders and courtyard waitstaff serve food & prepare drinks with ready-to-eat food/garnishes without ANY standard observable sanitary hand washing/measures (no soap in sight!); nor did it appear that any safe food & beverage handling practices were employed. AVOID like the plague!
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