Grapevine Café — Restaurant in Bellevue

We arrived (3 of us) and were seated immediately. It took 10 minutes for a server to acknowledge us at all. We ordered everything at once at the suggestion of our server. Our appetizer came out 5 minutes later but our lattes took over 25 minutes. Which is ridiculous. She brought them to us and made no acknowledgement of the wait. She also brought my daughter the wrong one but walked away so fast we couldn't catch her. Eventually we just asked for a cup of ice and she offered to put it on ice for my daughter (appreciated but frustrating).

The food was good. While the server didn't do a good job, she was friendly and polite.

Side note, the glass fixtures over the dining tables were quite dusty with visible cobwebs handing from them, which wasn't a good aesthetic when that's hanging over my food.

Overall, it would help if a server is busy just to acknowledge the table and let them know they will get to them soon. It also helps when the entire table's drinks are forgotten to at least apologize and acknowledge it. Or maybe offer to take the messed up drink off the check?? Hopefully they can fix some of these issues in the future. Don't think we'll be back...

#1: Staff was masked! #2: Positioning of tables allowed sufficient distancing. #3: Wait staff was extremely competent. Our wait person knew her menu! Soup du jour was sold out, but we had arrived at 1P. The Rueben sandwich was hearty and wonderful with the horseradish sauce. Kettle chips were the bagged variety.

The blackened shrimp salad looked wonderful. Big chunks of feta, fresh greens, half tomato sliced, 4 huge slices of cucumber. However, the blackened seasoning was so salty, they were inedible! I even inquired if seasoning contained MSG. The wait staff offered to cook more shrimp without so much seasoning. They were much better. There are many salt-free cajun (blackened seasoning) blends available. Patrons should be able to add their own salt, if desired. But the tables are not set with pepper/salt shakers

We had raspberry iced tea ($3 each), which seemed pricey. But it was very good.

Total bill with tip $40.

Would try it again.

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The food was good. We had the chicken salad wrap. Missing something?? Flavor maybe. Maybe offer a honey mustard or Chipotle mayo. Something to give it some flavor. A rather boring wrap. I ordered a unsweetened tea. It had a funny taste. Don't know if it was the ice or the tea itself, but I will not be ordering that again. Bruschetta was ok. Sorry I did not take a photo. It looked fantastic when served. Good atmosphere. Lot of people came in and out of the door while we were there. We will just try something different the next time to give a far chance to the place. There has to be better food then what we had on the menu. I can't see standing at the door for 15 minutes, waiting for a seat and the food not being better then what we happened to order. I have driven by this restaurant several times,and there are always a lot of cars here. I must be missing something? I will give them a second...