Effie's Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Campbell

Me and my wife visited this location for dinner, one of the waitress told us to sit anywhere we'd like, there were 2 waitresses, and the one that helped us seemed to be in a rush, eventhough she said hi, she asked us if we were ready, we said not quite ready and she walked away, the coffe we got was cold and seemed to be sitting in the pot for a long time, she came back and took our order, we ordered a sampler appetizer that came at the same time as the dinner, my Philly cheese steak was good and hot, the French fries were cold, my wife ordered the taco salad and had a good presentation but as she started to eat it looked like they chopped 3 hamburger patties and placed them on top of a handful of lettuce, the waitress disappeared for a few minutes and we had to call the bus boy so my wife can order something else, then the waitress came and we told her the situation and she rolled her eyes and took the new order, the she came and dropped the French toast which half wasn't cook all the way, she never came back to check on us, finally she came and slammed the check on the table and walked away, we didn't want to complain about the food cos she might think we wanted free food. Anyway we always go to country inn in prospect. But tonight we wanted to give it a try here. It's sad how restaurant business is not what it used to be, nowadays owners managers are so greedy that the only thing they care is to make money, and servers see that if they are careless(owners and managers) of course nobody cares, I used to work for a long time in the restaurant business and was totally different great service and good food( this is the second order we got. Just to prove that...

We really wanted to like Effie's because the retro atmosphere is really cool; however, we've been to Effie's 3 times and won't return again. The first 2 times, the wait staff were wonderful: a tall, older gentleman who has been with Effie's for years and a waitress who had just started. Both were delightful. On both occasions, we overlooked the flaws in the food; for example, the couscous in my salad was not cooked at all, just thrown on the salad. The champagne cocktail was good. The second time the calamari and shrimp scampi were OK, and at the time, they offered La Crema chardonnay, which is an everyday, drinkable wine. Our last visit on April 10th, the food was not good (I won't go into detail here but i could); the mixed drinks tasted watered down; La Crema was no longer on the menu (substituted for another which I didn't drink after 1 sip) and our waitress could have cared less. She was very rude and confrontational. We asked for the manager, who was not there at the time. Her response: " they're not going to do anything just because you don't like the wine." We were stunned. After asking for his name 3 times, we got a phone number (restaurant) scribbled on a piece of paper, no name and delivered with a major attitude. This restaurant is way over-priced for the quality of food, drink and negative attitude we experienced the last time. Again, we wanted to like Effie's but just...

This is your classic neighborhood watering hole bar restaurant. Many of the patrons are locals, and you get the feeling that a good amount of the patrons know each other, the owners and staff intimately. Not in the amorous way, but in a sort of familial kind of way. I have a friend who is one of these regulars, and if I ever come to see her, Effie's will be on that agenda where I will have a vodka tonic and a beer and a nice catchup with my friend before moving on to our other social activities. The restaurant is located near the main Street at the edge of the residential neighborhood. It is its own standalone building, and is not surrounded by other businesses.

I don't have much to say about the restaurant here because all I've ever participated in here was the bar. I imagine my experience is enhanced by being here with a local who I can observe participating in her natural environment, and introduces me to all the other regulars as well. My overall impression is the people are friendly, the drinks are good, and the establishment has been around for a good long while. Maybe one day. I'll actually have a meal here and can then comment on the food. This is why I can't comment on the rating for food.

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